Cisco is one of the Top IT/ITES Brands known in the world and falls under the Computer and Laptop Brands.
Based in the USA, in the Californian city of San Jose, Cisco is an IT/ITES company engaged solely in networking, communications technology and services.
Cisco or Cisco Systems Inc. as it is better known plies its trade under three sectors and brand names. The names of these three sectors are Linksys, Scientific Atlanta and of course Cisco itself. Founded in the year 1984, by a married couple Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, Cisco initially began as a developer of multiple-protocol router software, and network and networking related technologies.
Cisco Systems acquired its name from the last five letters of the city San Francisco, where the company was first registered. In fact, the trademark of the Cisco Systems is written with a smaller case “c”, and is “cisco Systems”. Even the company's logo is a reflection of the Golden Gate Bridge in the city.
Cisco's claim to fame is the discovery of the multi-protocol router, enabling the communication of computers world wide through the use of different protocols. The popularity of use of their products led to immense success. Hence, in 1990, Cisco became a public incorporation and was also enlisted in the NASDAQ stocks. Fame grew further with the “Internet-Boom” and the “Dot-Com Boom”, resulting in a 500 billion Dollar market capitalization in the year 2000. As a result it was declared the world's most valuable company.
In addition to all this, the company of Cisco also has networking academies in 150 countries worldwide called Cisco Networking Academies.
