Cisco is the largest networking company in the world that was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner. It specializes in networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology products and services. Cisco's mission is to enable powerful connections through business, education, philanthropy, and creativity. Some of Cisco's products include routers, switches, hubs, security and VPN solutions, and optical networking devices. The company focuses on corporate social responsibility efforts in areas like education, healthcare, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability.

1. Managed By :- Mamta Khanchandani
C.B. PATEL COMPUTER COLLEGE (BCA)
Affiliated To
VEER NARMAD SOUTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, SURAT
CISCO
Presented By :- Miyani Nishant M.

2. INDEX
 What is Cisco ?
 History
 Founders
 Products and Services
 Mission and Vision
 Wireless Security & Optical Device
 Competitors Of Cisco
 Conclusion
 Corporate and Social Responsibility
 References

3. What is Cisco ?
• Cisco is the largest networking company in the world.
• Cisco is American-based multinational digital communications
technology company.
• Cisco specializes into specific tech markets.
• Develops,manufectures,and sell networking hardware,
telecommunication equipment, high-technology.
• Cisco products power the internet.

4. History
 Founded in December 10 ,1984.
 Founders Leonard Bosack, Sandy Lerner.
 Headquaters San Jose, California, U.S.
 The name “Cisco” was derived from the city name San Francisco.
 The logo is intended to depict the two towers of the Golden Gate
Bridge.

5. Founders
 Leonard Bosack :-
 Sandy Lerner :-
Leonard X. Bosack (born 1952) is a co-founder of Cisco
Systems, an American-based multinational corporation that
designs and sells consumer electronics, networking and
communications technology, and services.
Sandy Lerner, OBE (born 1955) is an American
business woman and philanthropist. She co-
founded Cisco Systems, and used the money from its
sale to pursue interests in animal welfare and women's
writing.

6. Products and Services
 Broadband cable
 Cisco interfaces and modules
 Cisco ISO software
 Network management
 Optical Network
 Router,Switches,Hub
 Security and VPN
 Server, Universal Gateways

7. Mission and Vision
 Company’s mission is to enable people to make powerful connections-
whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity.
 Cisco Systems also strove to deliver a wide range of new products,
expand its offerings through internal and external efforts, enhance
customer support, and increase its presence around the world.
 Organizations started to recognize the value of their information
networks and the Internet as a source of business advantage; all of this
drove company’s mission and vision.
 Cisco saw the need for multiservice network and were trying to find the
ways how to integrate voice, video and data networks together.

8. Wireless Security & Optical Device
Cisco Advanced Gateway Server (AGS) router (1986)

9. Cisco small business SG300-28 28-port Gigabit
Ethernet rackmount switch :-

10. Cisco Model EPC3010

11. Cisco 8851

12. Competitors Of Cisco
• Cisco’s biggest competitor is Juniper Networks.

13. Cisco’s advantage over Juniper
 Larger Product portfolio
 Larger R&D budget
 Single Vendor approach
 Stronger cash holding
 Wider range of technology

14. Juniper’s Advantage
 Most successful of Cisco revals
 Stole 1/3 of Cisco’s router market share
 Strong enterance in enterprise market
 Aquiring Technologies

15. Conclusion
 Market leader in networking solutions
 Plethora of key technologies
 Provides breakthrough services
 Growth by acquisitions

16. Corporate and Social Responsibility
 Access to Education :- Improve access to quality education for students
worldwide using the combined power of network technology and
human collaboration.
 Healthcare :- Cisco CSR healthcare programs use the power of
networked technologies to reduce barriers to healthcare access.
 Economic empowerment :- Cisco CSR economic empowerment
programs and partnerships connect underserved people to information
and opportunities they need to thrive.

17.  Critical human needs & Disaster relief : critical human needs
efforts leverage our global employee network and technologies to
direct more essential resources to those in need.
 Environmentnal Sustainability :committed to reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, optimizing our product lifecycle, reducing packaging,
and increasing product return rates for refurbishment, reuse, and
resale.
 Governance & Ethics : Multiplying impact with honesty, integrity,
and transparency.

18. In India
 India Cash Grant Program
 Cisco Networking Academy India
 A Global Commitment to CSR

19. References
 https://www.cisco.com/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco