Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc
Type Public NASDAQ: CSCO
Foundation 1984
Headquarters San Jose, California, USA
Industry Networks
Products Switches, Routers, Firewalls
Employees 51.480 (November 2006)
Website www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems is a multinational company based in San Jose (California, USA), mainly engaged in the manufacture, sale, maintenance and consulting for telecommunications equipment such as:
Connecting devices for computer networks: routers (routers, routers or routers), switches (switches) and hubs (hubs);
safety devices such as firewalls and VPN concentrators;
IP telephony products such as phones and the CallManager (an IP PBX);
network management software like CiscoWorks, and
equipment for storage area networks.
Currently, Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking and Internet infrastructure.
Inside a Cisco switch 1900Hasta on 8 June 2009, was considered one of the major companies in the technology sector and an important member of the NASDAQ market or technology stock market. After that date, thanks to its strength, enters the Dow Jones industrial index.
The company was founded in 1984 by the marriage of Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner, who were part of personal computing at Stanford University. The company name comes from the word "San Francisco" to look out the front window had a sign that said "San Francisco" and a tree stood between the floor separating San Fran Cisco, hence comes the name of the company. He began his deployment as a multinational company.
Bosack adapted the software for multiprotocol routers originally written by William Yeager, another employee's computer at the university. Cisco Systems created the first commercially successful router.
Today, another giant who is trying to shadow the multinational Juniper Networks is dedicated mainly to selling routers for backbone links (backbone).
In addition to developing its equipment hardware, Cisco Systems is also responsible for developing its own management software and configuring them. This is known as IOS software code currently closed and fully proprietary.
Through the IOS is achieved by configuring Cisco equipment called "Command Line Interface (Command Line Interface, by name in Spanish) that serves as interpreter between the user and the computer.
Cisco Systems also has a publishing division called Technology Cisco Press, which has U.S. publishing agreement with Pearson VUE and an educational division that produces educational material for programs that are aimed at training professional personnel specialized in the design, administration and maintaining computer networks. Some of these programs are:
CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate)
CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional)
CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)
CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional)
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
CCSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional)
These programs are conducted in partnership with academic institutions called 'local academies', which exist in 128 countries.
Acquisitions
Cisco has bought several other companies to enhance its product offerings and access to technologies and markets. Many of them are 'start ups'. Among the companies that were acquired in recent times, are:
Scientific Atlanta: Company leader in television systems. Headers have digital equipment, digital decoders and conditional access system
Webex: Collaboration tools
Linksys terminal equipment (CPE) for residential market
Tandberg: videoconferencing systems / telepresence
Published by Andres Oropeza
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