Cisco Systems, Inc. facts

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 bee... more

Date founded:

1984

Founders:

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Place founded:

San Francisco, California, United States of America

Industry:

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Business

Founders

Len Bosack

Sandy Lerner

Address

Cisco Systems, Inc. Headquarters

170 West Tasman Dr.

San Jose California 95134

United States of America

Sponsorship

British Olympic Association

Revenue:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	28,500,000,000
US$	28,484,000,000	Jul 29, 2006
US$	28,484,000,000	2007
US$	12,154,000,000	2000

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Operating income:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	8,289,000,000	Jul 29, 2006

Market capitalization:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	170,000,000,000	Dec 31, 2007

Net income:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	5,580,000,000	2007
US$	2,096,000,000	2000

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Board members:

Member	From
M. Michele Burns	Nov 11, 2003
Steven M. West	1996
Michael Powell
Roderick C. McGeary	2003
Richard M. Kovacevich	2005
Brian L. Halla	Jan 17, 2007
Larry Carter
Carol Bartz	1996
Michael D. Capellas	2006
Jerry Yang	Jul 2000

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Number of employees:

54,000

Ticker symbol:

Stock exchange	Ticker symbol
SEHK	4333
NASDAQ	CSCO

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Slogan:

Welcome to the human network

Subsidiary companies:

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Companies acquired:

Company acquired	Date
Navini Networks	2007
AireSpace, Inc
Clarity Wireless, Inc	Nov 1998
Topspin Communications	2005
Pipelinks	1998
Netiverse
Monterey Networks
MaxComm Technologies
Ardent Communications
Sentient Networks	1999

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Venture Investments:

Company	Date
Finjan	2005
Entropic Communications
ZeroG Wireless
MetricStream
Akimbo
BroadLogic
BlackArrow
Pipelinks
Digital Fountain
RelayHealth

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Venture Investors:

Sequoia Capital

Employees and other personnel:

Person	Title	From
Tae Yoo	Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Jayshree Ullal	Senior Vice President, Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group
John N. Stewart	Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Corporate Security Programs Organization
Inder Sidhu	Senior Vice President of Strategy & Planning, Worldwide Operations
Jim Sherriff	Senior Vice President, US Enterprise
Brian Schipper	Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Daniel Scheinman	Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Media Solutions Group
Manny Rivelo	Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Process and Operations	2001
Carl Redfield	Senior Vice President, New England Executive Sponsor
Donald R. Proctor	Senior Vice President, Collaboration Software Group

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Author

Works written

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year	Award	Award Winner	Winning work
2009	Wirtschaft	Trovicor Quante Netzwerke GmbH Utimaco Safeware Syborg Datakom Digi-Task secunet	Data Retention Suite SINA-Box Lawful Interception Center Service Control Engine

Wirtschaft Winners

2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Trovicor

Quante Netzwerke GmbH

Utimaco Safeware

Syborg

Appears in ranked lists:

List	Rank	Year
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For	6	2009
Fortune 1000	57	2009
Fortune 1000	71	2008
Fortune 1000	83	2006
Fortune 1000	77	2007
Fortune 500	146	2000

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Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For of 2009

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Literature Subject

Works Written About This Topic

Cisco UnAuthorized: Inside the High-Stakes Race to Own the Future

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Equivalent Instances:

Ontology	URI
OpenCyc	http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0Uvz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA

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Address

Cisco Systems, Inc. Headquarters

170 WEST TASMAN DR

San Jose California 95134

United States of America

Revenue:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	36,117,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Operating Income:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	7,322,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Net profit:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	6,134,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Cash:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	5,718,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Current Assets:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	44,177,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Total Assets:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	68,128,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Current Liabilities:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	13,655,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Total Liabilities:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	29,481,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Retained Earnings:

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	3,868,000,000	Jul 25, 2009

Governance:

Person	Title	As of Date
John T. Chambers	Chairman and CEO	2009
John T. Chambers	Director	2009
Carol Bartz	Director	2009
M Michele Burns	Director	2009
Brian Halla	Director	2009
John L. Hennessy	Director	2009
Larry R. Carter	Director	2009
Richard M. Kovacevich	Director	2009
Steven M. West	Director	2009
Roderick C. McGeary	Director	2009

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Leadership:

Person	Title	As of Date
John T. Chambers	Chairman and CEO	2009
Randall E. Pond	EVP, Ops, Processes & Systems	2009

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Child:

Child	As Of Date
Cisco Linksys Kiss ApS	2009 2006 2008 2007
Cisco Systems Hungary Ltd. / Cisco Systems Hungary Servicing and Trading Company	2009 2008 2005 2007 2004
Divitech A/S	2009 2008
Scientific-Atlanta	2006 2008 2007
Cisco Malaysia Managed Services Sdn. Bhd	2009
PostPath	2009
Pure Digital Technologies	2009
Cisco QSTP LLC	2009 2008
Cisco Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd	2009 2003 2006 2008 2005 2007 2004
Cisco Technology and Services (South Africa) (Pty.) Limited	2009 2008

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