Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) based networking products and services related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide.
Description: Cisco Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, a married couple who were computer operations staff at Stanford University. The company pioneered the development of routers that allowed disparate computer networks to communicate, effectively laying the foundation for the modern internet. Cisco went public in 1990 and grew rapidly during the 1990s dot-com boom, becoming the most valuable company in the world by market capitalization in March 2000. The company's product portfolio includes switching, routing, wireless, security, collaboration, and data center solutions. Cisco is a dominant player in networking hardware, software, and services, serving enterprise, service provider, and commercial customers. Its headquarters are in San Jose, California, and it is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker CSCO.
