Cisco
1984
Cisco Systems Inc was founded by a group of computer scientists
from Stanford University in 1984, principally Len Bosack
and Sandy Lerner. Cisco was formed to commercialise technology
developed at Stanford in the late 1970s to support the
campus wide SUNet (Stanford University Network), and to
integrate a many local area networks into an integrated
whole. Their first products shipped in 1986.
It became
a world leader in networking for the Internet with its
Internet Protocol (IP).
Today Cisco is looking to make the Internet more dynamic
and useful in the future with wireless and optical networking,
advanced routing and switching, security and broadband.
As well as
new technology, Cisco is considered an innovator in
how business is conducted with the Internet Business
Solutions Group (IBSG), which helps business leaders
transform their businesses into e-businesses.
