Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner in San Francisco. Cisco develops and sells networking hardware, software, and services. Some of Cisco's major products include routers, switches, networking equipment, and collaboration tools. Cisco has grown significantly over the years through acquisitions and becoming a leader in networking and cybersecurity.

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11. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by two
members;
Leonard Bosack , Sandy Lerner.
The company's first CEO was Bill Graves, who held the position from
1987 to 1988.
In 1988, John Morgridge was appointed CEO. The name "Cisco" was
derived from the city name, San Francisco, which is why the
company's engineers insisted on using the lower case "cisco" in its early
years.
The logo is intended to depict the two towers of the Golden Gate

12. On February 16, 1990, Cisco Systems went public (with
a market capitalization of $224 million) and was listed on
theNASDAQ stock exchange.
Between 1992 and 1994, Cisco acquired several companies
in Ethernet switching.
In 1995, John Morgridge was succeeded by John Chambers .
1996–2009: Internet and silicon intelligence.
2006–2012: The Human Network.
2013–Present: The Internet of Everything.

14. Cisco was a 2002–03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award, a
U.S. presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary
quality of their relationships with employees and communities".
Cisco commonly stays on top of Fortune "100 Best Companies
to work for", with position No. 20 in 2011.
Cisco acquired cyber-security firm Sourcefire, in October
2013.

16. Cisco's products and services focus upon three market
segments.
Enterprise and Service Provider
 Small Business and
 the Home.

18. Borderless network:
for their range of routers, switches, wireless systems, security systems,
and media aware networks.
Collaboration:
IP video and phones, HealthPresence, Unified Communications, Call
Center systems, Enterprise social networks and Mobile applications.
Datacenter and visualization:
Unified Computing, Unified Fabric, Data Centre Switching, Storage Networking
and Cloud Computing services.
IP NGN (Next Generation Networks):
High-end routing and switching for fixed and mobile service provider networks,
broadcast video distribution, delivery systems.

20. Router and switches:
The machines that route and redirect packets across a network,
Security and surveillances:
IP cameras, data and network security etc.
Voice and conferencing:
VOIP phones and gateway-systems, WebEx, video conferencing.
Wireless:
Wi-Fi Access points.
Network storage system:
Persistent people storage on networks, either in the traditional sense or in a
cloud-like manner.

22. Broadband:
Broadband refers to cable modems.
Flip Video:
With the acquisition of Pure Digital Technologies.
Hardware:
Data
Telephony Products.
 Servers / Application Appliances.
Experimental.
Software:
Operating Systems
VPN/Remote Connectivity
Telephony/VoIP

24. Cisco Systems also sponsors a line of IT Professional
certifications for Cisco products.
There are five levels of certification;
Entry (CCENT), Associate (CCNA / CCDA), Professional (CCNP / CCDP),
Expert (CCIE / CCDE), and recently Architect,..
as well as eight different paths;
 Routing & Switching,
Design,
 Network Security,
 Service Provider,
 Service Provider Operations,
 Storage Networking,
 Voice,
Datacenter and Wireless.

25. Conclusion:
Cisco Systems is leading the competition with the most
complete converged networking solutions that scale from large
enterprises to small branch offices, providing your company with
the most comprehensive voice, video, and data solutions available
today, as well as the network expertise and support to make
convergence a reality.

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