Cisco on of the giant in the field of networking, is now planning to enter in to the field of application softwares to compete with the microsoft's  office suite .

There are several online office suite from  other companies for example Google Doc (Google), Acrobat (from Adobe).

Cisco has also developing an online office suite that will allow business users to create
documents that will work with its WebEx metting.

Web-based application's is the segment where Salesforce is the biggest player. Gartner estimates a rise of about 30 percent in this segment that will touch $6.5 billion in 2009.

Cisco has extended its focus to a wider range of products including software and video products, such as a high-end video conferencing system called TelePresence and the WebEx service that facilitates online meetings.

"The expansion into new services would continue, including a TelePresence product for homes in the next one to two years," said John Chambers, Chief Executive of Cisco.

"On the one hand, make no mistake about it, we will stay focused on our core competencies, switching and routing. You will see a constant flood of product capabilities and directions coming in these areas," Chambers said.