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Cisco actively supplements internal development efforts with partnerships, minority investments, and acquisitions to offer customers a broad range of solutions in networking for the Internet.

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Cisco was founded in 1984 by computer scientists from Stanford University. The corporate timeline includes information on the Cisco's history and product innovations.


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Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible for providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.

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Corporate Overview

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 63,050 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies.

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