Cisco, which does most of its sales through digital commerce, said its fiscal quarter sales grew 8% and projects similar growth in its second quarter.

Cisco Systems Inc. gave a forecast in line with analysts’ projections for the current quarter, signaling confidence in continued corporate spending on internet and computer infrastructure.

In the fiscal first quarter ended September 29, net income was $3.5 billion, or 77 cents a share, compared with $2.4 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 7.7% to $13.07 billion from $12.04 billion.

Although it didn’t break out electronic sales for the fiscal year just ended, it has said in the past that e-commerce transactions account for the lion’s share of its sales. For the fiscal year ended July 29, 2017, for example, it said its revenue of $49.247 billion included about $45 billion processed through the online Cisco Commerce platform, including more than $30 billion through its customer web portal and another $13 billion through direct electronic integrations with customer’s networks.

Sales in the fiscal second quarter will increase 5% to 7% from the same period a year earlier, the San Jose, California-based company said Wednesday in a statement. That indicates revenue of about $12.6 billion, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $12.55 billion. Adjusted profit will be 71 to 73 cents a share in the period ending in January, the company said. Analysts predicted 72 cents, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

CEO Chuck Robbins has returned the largest maker of networking gear to growth by updating its main hardware products and buying companies to push further into software and services. Cisco has also benefited from a spending spree by corporations on their infrastructure. Wednesday’s forecast indicates that may continue as the company projected a fifth consecutive quarterly expansion.

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Robbins and chief financial officer Kelly Kramer said the corporate spending environment remains strong. There was no slowdown in orders from price increases caused by tariffs that are a consequence of the ongoing trade dispute between China and the U.S.

“When we implemented the pricing changes, we saw absolutely no demand change,” Robbins said on a conference call with analysts. He’s confident that an agreement with China is a priority for the Trump administration and likely to happen before any further escalation of tariffs.

Cisco shares, which have avoided the broader sell-off in technology shares this year, rose as much as 5.3% in extended trading following the earnings announcement. The stock earlier closed at $44.33 in New York, leaving it up 16% this year.

In the three months ended Oct. 27, Cisco reported adjusted profit of 75 cents a share. That compares with the average analyst estimate of 72 cents a share.

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Cisco reported higher revenue from all of its regions and all of its major product areas. The hardware division posted sales of $7.64 billion, up 9% from a year earlier.

By region, the Americas, the biggest source of sales, grew 5%. Europe, Middle East and Africa sales climbed 11%, and Asia had 12% growth.

Cisco, which still gets the majority of its sales from hardware, is trying to compensate for a shift to cheaper machinery. Its new products help customers better monitor data traffic, control user access, and diagnose and fix problems. Many of those functions are offered as add-on subscriptions, which provide future opportunities to cash in.

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