Cisco Systems, Inc.
Type	Public (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Founded	San Francisco, California, USA (1984)
Headquarters	San Jose, CA
Key people	John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO
Industry	Computer Networking
Revenue	▲$34. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) John T Chambers is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems Inc For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 922 billion USD (2007)
Operating income	▲ $8. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been In financial and business Accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses 621 billion USD (2007)
Net income	▲ $7. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. 333 billion USD (2007)
Employees	63,050 (2008)
Website	http://www.cisco.com

Cisco Systems, Inc. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages (NASDAQ: CSCO, SEHK: 4333) is a multinational corporation with more than 63,000 employees and annual revenue of US$35 billion as of 2007. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange ( also 港交所 abbreviated as HKEX;) is the Stock exchange of Hong Kong. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Headquartered in San Jose, California, it designs and sells networking and communications technology and services under five brands, namely Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort, and Scientific Atlanta. Linksys, founded in 1988 and acquired by Cisco Systems in 2003, is the leader in sales of home and small office network products WebEx Communications Inc is a Cisco company that provides on-demand collaboration online meeting Web conferencing and Video conferencing applications IronPort Systems, headquartered in San Bruno California, designs and sells products and services that protect enterprises against Internet threats Scientific Atlanta Inc, a Cisco company is a Georgia -based manufacturer of Cable television, Telecommunications, and Broadband

Corporate history

One of the many buildings on the Cisco Systems campus in San Jose

Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, a married couple that worked in computer operations staff at Stanford University, later joined by Richard Troiano, founded Cisco Systems in 1984. Leonard Bosack is with his ex-wife Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems. Sandra "Sandy" Lerner was a co-founder of Cisco Systems (with then-husband Leonard Bosack) Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The name "Cisco" was derived from the city name, San Francisco. Bosack adapted multiple-protocol router software originally written by William Yeager, another staff employee who had begun the work years before Bosack arrived from the University of Pennsylvania, where Bosack had received his bachelor's degree. In computing, a protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection Communication, and Data transfer between two computing A router ('rautər in the USA 'rutər in the UK and Ireland, or either pronunciation in Australia and Canada is a Computer whose software and hardware are usually William "Bill" Yeager (born June 16 1940, San Francisco) is an American Engineer. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and

While Cisco was not the first company to develop and sell a router (a device that forwards computer traffic between two or more networks),^[1] it was one of the first to sell commercially successful routers supporting multiple network protocols. A router ('rautər in the USA 'rutər in the UK and Ireland, or either pronunciation in Australia and Canada is a Computer whose software and hardware are usually ^[2] As the Internet Protocol (IP) has become a standard, the importance of multi-protocol routing as a function has declined. The Internet Protocol ( IP) is a protocol used for communicating data across a Packet-switched Internetwork using the Internet Protocol Today, Cisco's largest routers are marketed to route primarily IP packets and MPLS frames. MPLS redirects here For other uses see Mpls In Computer networking and Telecommunications, Multi Protocol Label Switching

In 1990, the company went public and was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Lerner was fired and because of that, Bosack quit but not before receiving $200 million. Most of those profits were given to charities and the two later divorced.

During the Internet boom in 1999, the company acquired Cerent Corp. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) , a start-up company located in Petaluma, California, for about US$7 billion. Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. It was the most expensive acquisition made by Cisco at that time. Since then, only Cisco's acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta has been bigger. Scientific Atlanta Inc, a Cisco company is a Georgia -based manufacturer of Cable television, Telecommunications, and Broadband

In late March 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom, Cisco was the most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalization of more than US$500 billion. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 Market capitalization/capitalisation (aka market cap, mkt cap or capitalized/capitalised value) is a measurement of Corporate or Economic ^[3][4] In 2007, with a market cap of about US$180 billion, it is still one of the most valuable companies. ^[5]

Cisco has made inroads into many network equipment markets outside routing, including Ethernet switching, remote access, branch office routers, ATM networking, security, IP telephony, and others. In electronic digital data transmission systems the Network protocol Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM encodes data traffic into small fixed-sized cells In 2003, Cisco acquired Linksys, a popular manufacturer of computer networking hardware and positioned it as a leading brand for the home and end user networking market (SOHO). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Linksys, founded in 1988 and acquired by Cisco Systems in 2003, is the leader in sales of home and small office network products A computer network is a group of interconnected Computers. Networks may be classified according to a wide variety of characteristics Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a Technology. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a

The company was a 2002-03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award. The Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership is a US presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities"

Cisco Logo at the Cisco Systems campus in San Jose

Cisco has put a major effort into its foray into virtualization technologies. Announced in early 2008, with broad facing concept to a self healing system capable of 15 terabits per second transfer rates. A terabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Tbit (or Tb) ^[6] The new type of NX-OS based operating system fully virtualized with tool sets to apply programmable API's with web services oriented tool sets to control the switch with XML applying them across contexts automatically. " Cisco NX-OS is a Data center -class Operating system built with modularity resiliency and serviceability at its foundation" Don't change "Extensible" Security with link layer based encryption embedded into the switching the fabric itself with tags applied independent to IP addresses creating a fully abstracted set of ACL's to control while staying separate from machine addresses in a typical network installation. The Internet Protocol ( IP) is a protocol used for communicating data across a Packet-switched Internetwork using the Internet Protocol

Corporate affairs

The company has its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California, and also has outposts in other countries such as Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico and The Caribbean, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Belize (bəˈliːz formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by The Republic of Macedonia (Република For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. 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The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Singapore Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially ^[7]

Cisco's vision is "Changing the Way We Work, Live, Play and Learn. " Cisco's current tagline is "Welcome to the human network. "^[8]

Products and services

Partial list of hardware products

A Cisco ASM/2-32EM router deployed at CERN in 1987. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire known as CERN

• Application Network Services
• Broadband Cable products: uBR7100 series, uBR7200 series, uBR10012 CMTSes. A cable modem termination system or CMTS is equipment typically found in a cable company's headend, or at cable company hubsite and is used to provide high A line of Cable modems, the uBR900 series and CVA122 series, were also made in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but have since been discontinued. A cable modem is a type of Modem that provides access to a data signal sent over the Cable television infrastructure
  • Clean Access Server
• Content Networking
• DSL & Long Reach Ethernet
• Interoperability Systems
• Cisco LocalDirector load-balancing appliance
• Optical Networking series: 15xxx Series: 15302, 15305, 15310, 15327, 15454, 15600, 1580x, 15900(wavelength router, but end for sale)
• Routers: AGS, AGS+, MGS, IGS, CGS, SB107, 700, 800, 837, 1000 Series, 1600 Series, 1700, 1800, 2500 Series, 2600 Series, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, 4000 Series, 4500, 7000 Series, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500, 7600, 10000, 12000, and CRS-1
• Security & VPN products: Anomaly Detection and Mitigation Appliances, Cisco AVS 3110 Application Velocity System, Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliances, Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series WebVPN Services Module, IPSec VPN Services Module (VPNSM) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers
• Server Networking & Virtualization
• SPA Phone Adapters
• Storage networking
• Switches
  • Catalyst series: 500 and 520 Express, Catalyst 1900, 2900, 2950, 2960, 3560 and 3560E, 3750 and 3750E, 4500, 6500 Nexus 7000 switch etc. Cisco LocalDirector is a server load balancing appliance discontinued in 2003 based on the Network Address Translation (NAT technology Cisco Systems acquired when they bought A router ('rautər in the USA 'rutər in the UK and Ireland, or either pronunciation in Australia and Canada is a Computer whose software and hardware are usually Cisco 837 is a router manufactured by Cisco Systems intended for SOHO network use The Cisco 1000 Series Routers are low end branch office router Cisco 2500 series routers The Cisco 2500 series of routers are a series of 19" rack mount access routers typically used to connect Ethernet or Token ring networks The Cisco 12000, also known as a Gigabit Switch Router or GSR, is a series of large network Routers designed and manufactured by Cisco Systems Carrier Routing System is a large-scale Core router, developed by Cisco Systems Inc In Networking, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series, or simply Cisco ASA, is Cisco 's line of Network security devices introduced in Cisco PIX ( Private Internet eXchange) is a popular IP firewall and Network address translation (NAT appliance. Internet Protocol Security ( IPsec) is a suite of protocols for securing Internet Protocol (IP communications by authenticating and/or encrypting In Information technology, a storage area network ( SAN) is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (such as Disk arrays tape libraries A Catalyst is the brand name for a variety of Network switches sold by Cisco Systems. The Catalyst 6500 is a modular chassis switch manufactured by Cisco Systems since 1999 capable of delivering speeds of up to "400 million packets per .
  • Metro Ethernet ME 3400 Series Access Switches
  • MGX 8800 Series Multiservice Switches: MGX 8830, MGX 8850
  • MDS 9000 Series Multilayer SAN Switches
• Universal Gateways & Access Servers
• Video
• Cisco Telepresence
• Voice & IP Communications: 7900 Series IP Phones: 7936, 7906G, 7912G, 7911G, 7920, 7921G, 7911G, 7921G, 7931G, 7940G, 7941G, 7941G-GE, 7960G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7970G, 7971G-GE, 7975G and 7985G
• Wireless: Wireless Integrated Switches and Routers,Wireless IP Telephony, Wireless LAN Access, Aironet Wireless Bridges and Workgroup Bridges, Cisco Wireless LAN Client Adapters (PCI and PCMCIA), Wireless LAN Controllers, Wireless Network Management, Wireless LAN Management, Wireless Security Servers, Wireless IP Phone 7920

Partial list of software products

• Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA)
• Cisco Network Assistant (CNA)
• Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA)
• Cisco CallManager / Unified Communications Manager (CUCM)
• Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)
• Cisco IP Transfer Point (ITP)
• Cisco Multimedia Conference Manager (MCM)
• Cisco Fabric Manager
• CiscoView
• CiscoWorks Network Management software
• IP SLAs
• Cisco Intelligent Contact Management
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS)
• Cisco Access Registrar (AR)
• Cisco Security MARS (Monitoring, Analysis and Response System)
• Cisco Clean Access Agent, Cisco Clean Access Manager, Cisco NAC Appliance
• Content Loadbalancers (acquired from Arrowpoint)
• Content Engine
• Wireless LAN Solution Engine
• Cisco VPN Client
• Packet Tracer, a didactic network simulator
• Cisco IP/TV
• Cisco IP/VC
• Cisco NX-OS
• Cisco Unified Contact Center
• Cisco MeetingPlace
• Cisco Unity
• Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
• Cisco Unified Presence Server
• Cisco IP Communicator
• Cisco Unified Video Advantage
• Cisco Secure Desktop
• Cisco Security Manager
• WebEx Collaboration Tools
• Cisco Transport Manager
• Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
• Cisco Enhanced Device Interface
• Wireless Control System
• Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
• BTS 10200 [PacketCable specifications based SoftSwitch with Class 4/5 and IMS functionalities]
• PGW 2200
• HSI

Cisco Systems VPN Client

The Cisco Systems VPN Client is an executable program that allows Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows based computers to connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images Cisco TelePresence, first introduced in October 2006 is a product developed by Cisco Systems which provides high-definition 1080p video spatial audio The Wireless IP Phone 7920 is a Mobile phone branded by Cisco Systems, Inc Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM formerly Cisco Unified CallManager and Cisco CallManager (CCM is a software-based call-processing system developed by Cisco Fabric Manager is a Java web-based application that simplifies the management of Cisco MDS 9000 family of switches in Storage area networks (SANs CiscoView is a Java web-based product sold by Cisco Systems Inc CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution is a web-based suite of tools developed in Java by Cisco Systems Inc Network management refers to the activities methods procedures and tools that pertain to the Operation, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning IP SLA stands for Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement. Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs Cisco IOS IP SLAs is a feature included in the Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance, formerly Cisco Clean Access (CCA is a network access control (NAC solution developed by Cisco Systems that helps ensure a secure and clean network environment Cisco NAC Appliance, formerly Cisco Clean Access (CCA is a network access control (NAC solution developed by Cisco Systems that helps ensure a secure and clean network environment Cisco Security Manager is an application offering an enterprise Class management system. The client makes remote resources of another network available in a secure way as if the user was connected directly to that "private" network. The software is not free but is often installed on university and business computers in accordance with a site-license.

VoIP services

Cisco became a major provider of Voice over IP to enterprises, and is now moving into the home user market through its acquisitions of Scientific Atlanta and Linksys. Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet Scientific Atlanta Inc, a Cisco company is a Georgia -based manufacturer of Cable television, Telecommunications, and Broadband Linksys, founded in 1988 and acquired by Cisco Systems in 2003, is the leader in sales of home and small office network products Scientific Atlanta provides VoIP equipment to cable service providers such as Time Warner, Cablevision, Rogers Communications, UPC, and others; Linksys has partnered with companies such as Skype and Yahoo to integrate consumer VoIP services with wireless and cordless phones. Scientific Atlanta Inc, a Cisco company is a Georgia -based manufacturer of Cable television, Telecommunications, and Broadband Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional Linksys, founded in 1988 and acquired by Cisco Systems in 2003, is the leader in sales of home and small office network products Skype (skaɪp is Software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet.

Environmental record

As a part of an ongoing effort to help its customers to take steps toward becoming greener, WebEx, now part of Cisco (CSCO), announced on April 21, announced a challenge as a part of its 'Plant-A-Tree with WebEx' program. From April 21 through May 31, in addition to planting a tree for each free trial, for every 100 free trials taken Cisco WebEx will plant an additional 100 trees. The challenge is part of Cisco WebEx's ongoing efforts to help business reduce their impact on the environment by reducing the need for travel. Launched in April 2006, the 'Plant-A-Tree with WebEx' program is an easy way to experience the business productivity benefits of web collaboration while helping offset global carbon dioxide emissions.

Criticisms and controversy

China

Cisco has been criticized for its involvement in censorship in the People's Republic of China. Censorship in the People's Republic of China is the limiting or suppressing of the publishing dissemination and viewing of certain information in the People's Republic of China ^[9] According to author Ethan Gutmann, Cisco and other telecommunications equipment providers supplied the Chinese government with surveillance and Internet infrastructure equipment that is used to block Internet websites and track Chinese on-line activities. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Cisco says that it does not customize or develop specialized or unique filtering capabilities to enable governments or regimes to block access to information and that it sells the same equipment in China as it sells worldwide. ^[10] Leaked documents suggests that Cisco sees information control in China as a good commercial opportunity. ^[11]

Shareholder class action lawsuit against Cisco

On August 18, 2006 Cisco reached a settlement in a long-standing class action lawsuit that originated in 2001. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "The original suit, filed April 20, 2001, claimed that the company made misleading statements, or omitted statements of material fact, that were relied on by purchasers of Cisco stock. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. It also alleged that the individual defendants sold Cisco stock while in possession of material, non-public information. Cisco denied all allegations in the suit. "^[12] While Cisco denies all wrongdoing in the suit, it agreed to settle with the plaintiffs. Cisco's liability insurers, its directors, and officers paid the plaintiffs US$91. 75 million to settle the suit. ^[13]

Cisco lawsuit against Huawei

On January 23, 2003, Cisco sued Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd and its subsidiaries, Huawei America, Inc. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd ( in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China is the largest networking and telecommunications equipment supplier and FutureWei Technologies, Inc. over Huawei's unlawful copying of Cisco's intellectual property. ^[14] The suit alleged that Huawei "unlawfully copied and misappropriated Cisco's IOS software. . . and infringed numerous Cisco patents. " Cisco suspended the patent infringement lawsuit on October 1, 2003, after Huawei agreed to modify some of their products. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Brazil

On October 16, 2007, the Brazilian Federal Police and Brazilian Receita Federal (equivalent to the American IRS) under the "Persona Operation" uncovered an alleged tax fraud scheme employed since 2002 that exempted the company from paying over R$1. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Polícia Federal (in English: Federal Police) is the Federal police force of Brazil, whose main assignments are the investigations of |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The The real (meaning "royal" ɹeˈal in English, [xe{{IPA|ˈ}}aw] in Brazilian Portuguese) ( sign: R$; code: 5 billion (US$824 million) in taxes. ^[15]

See also

• Catalyst switch
• Cisco Career Certifications
• Cisco IOS - the operating system used in Cisco routers
• CLEO Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit

References

External links

• Cisco Systems Home Page
• Cisco on Cisco: Inside Cisco IT Cisco IT case studies, best practices, presentations, video
• Cisco Networking Academy
• Cisco Press
• Cisco Blogs Home Page
• Information on Cisco Certifications
• Interactive Overview - 20 Years of Cisco
• Video and audio of speech by CEO John Chambers at Duke University
• USA Today Q&A with CEO John Chambers
• Cisco Tips
• Interview with former CEO, John Morgridge, by Stanford students of iinnovate

Business data

• Cisco Systems at Google Finance
• Cisco Systems at Yahoo Finance
• Cisco Systems at Hoover's
• Cisco Systems at Reuters
• Cisco Systems SEC filings at EDGAR Online
• Cisco Systems SEC filings at the Securities and Exchange Commission