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Cisco Systems
By,
Wahida Sulthana . A, II-Msc.cs,
CISCO
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American
multinational corporation headquartered in
San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures,
and sells networking equipment.
Cisco Founders
Sandy Lerner
Leonard Bosack
Cisco Chairman and
CEO
John T. Chambers
Cisco Headquarter
San Jose, California, U.S.
Cisco History
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 Bridge.
On February 16, 1990, Cisco Systems went public
(with
a market capitalization of $224 million) and was listed on the
NASDAQ 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.
Cisco Awards and
Achievements
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.
Cisco Products and
Services
Cisco's products and services focus upon three
market segments.
Enterprise and Service Provider
Small Business and
the Home.
Enterprise and Service
Provider
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.
Small Business
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.
Home user
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
Cisco Certification
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.
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.
Conclusion:
bibliography:
www.cisco.com
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