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Operating Segments: Operating segments of Cisco Systems, Inc. include networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology services and products.

HQ: San Jose, California, United States

Partner: Cisco Systems, Inc. has many partners including, but not limited to, Apple, Microsoft, Google, IBM, NVIDIA, Rockwell Automation, and Dell EMC.

About Cisco

In 1984, Sandy Lerner and her husband, Leonard Bosack, partnered together to found Cisco Systems while working at Stanford University. The company’s first project included linking Stanford’s computer systems with a router called the “Blue Box”, which had software written by William Yeager. Bosack and Kirk Lougheed, another Stanford employee, continued to work on a formal network across the university’s computer systems until 1986. Cisco then brought on a programmer by the name of Greg Satz and a sales member named Richard Troiano who altogether comprised the early team. Cisco then went public in 1990 before Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack left the company later that year. Cisco went on to successfully sell routers for multiple network protocols and continued developing steadily while acquiring other businesses in ethernet and similar technology industries.

Cisco quickly became a major market player from the late 1990’s into the early 2000’s as internet protocol became more widely used, and they were named the most valuable company in the world in 2000. In 2006, Cisco underwent a campaign to reestablish themselves as a household brand with consumer products while also continuing to develop their routing, switching, and security portfolio. Cisco also found much growth and success in the Indian market and other countries abroad, as well as faced heavier challenges from their competitors that resulted in more development. In recent years, Cisco has shifted away from their consumer electronics branding and has turned its focus onto cloud based systems and fog computing. Currently, Cisco is also  seeing continued growth and success in overseas markets such as Brazil, China, India, and Russia.

Products, Services, and Platforms

●   IT Products and Services: Cisco provides products and services for networking, security, collaboration, data center, and the Internet of Things.

●  Network Emergency Response: Cisco has developed Network Emergency Response Vehicles (NERV) for use during natural disasters and public crises to provide wired and wireless services.

●  Certifications: Cisco offers IT professional certifications for Cisco products, specialist technicians, sales, and datacenters. For some of these certifications, Cisco offers courses under certified instructors.

Subsidiaries/Partners

Cisco’s subsidiaries include many companies that they have acquired over time. A few of their subsidiaries that they currently own include StrataCom, Arrowpoint Communications, Tandberg, WebEx, IBM Networking Hardware Division, Jasper Technologies, and IronPort. Cisco Systems, Inc. also has many partnerships that they have forged over the years including, but not limited to, Apple, Microsoft, Google, IBM, NVIDIA, Rockwell Automation, and Dell EMC.

Competitors

Cisco’s major competitors include those such as Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Aruba, Huawei, Arista, VMWare, and Riverbed.