Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Cisco Systems, Inc.

• This is the power of the network. Now.

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Cisco in general

• A global company.
• Designs and sells networking and communications
  technology and services.
• Three brands
• Cisco
• Linksys
• Scientific Atlanta

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History

• Founded in 1984.
• First commercially successful multi-protocol
  router.
• 1990 listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
• 1999 acquisition of Cerent Corp.
• 2000 the most valuable company in the world.
• 2003 acquisition of Linksys.

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Cisco today

• Headquarters is in San Jose, California.
• CEO John Chambers.
• "Cisco" is an abbreviation of San Francisco.
• Logo represents a stylized Golden Gate Bridge.

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Cisco today

• The market leader in multiple areas
• Routing
• Switching
• Unified communications
• Wireless
• Security

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Cisco today

• 14 billion devices will be connected to the
  Internet by 2010.
• More services and tasks being handled online
• From phone calls to personalized searches to
  downloading videos, games and other forms of
  entertainment.

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Research and development

• Innovates in many different ways
• via technology development
• the expansion of technologies after their initial
  invention
• through adjacent technology and market extension
• through world-class integration
• scaling of acquisitions
• by starting new business models

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Cisco Network Adacemy Program

• Trains students to design, build, and maintain
  computer networks.
• Over 1.6 Million students enrolled at more than
  10,000 Academies in over 163 countries.

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• At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people
  work, live, play and learn.