Cisco completes ThousandEyes acquisition
Cisco announced that the acquisition of ThousandEyes, internet and cloud intelligence platform, is now completed. The platform expands visibility and ...
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Website: www.cisco.com
Founder(s): Len Bosack, Sandy Lerner
Founded: 1984
Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systems
NASDAQ: CSCO
What is Cisco Systems?
Cisco Systems is one of the worldwide leader company in networking for the Internet. The company was founded in 1984 by Len Bosack and wife Sandy Lerner, both working for Stanford University, who invented the multiprotocol router to seek an easier way to connect different types of computer systems in 1984. Two years later, Cisco Systems shipped its first product. Now, Cisco Systems is a multi-national corporation, with over 35,000 employees in more than 115 countries. After spending 20 years in Cisco, Chuck Robbins became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco in 2015 and was elected Chairman of the Board in December 2017.
Cisco has started acquisitions as a part of its expansion strategy in the nineties. In 1993, Crescendo Communications was the first company that has been acquired by Cisco. Up to this date. Cisco acquired around 100 companies from various areas including software and network. The company held its initial public offering (IPO) in 1990, Cisco’s shares rose 24%. The company still trades nearly 50% below its all-time high. Cisco has a market cap of more than $155 billion as of March 2020. The company began paying a dividend in 2011 while it has been through years of restructuring.
The company offers artificial intelligence, cloud, data center, IoT, wireless and mobility, software-defined networking, intent based networking, and software solutions for sectors including cities and communities, energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail, utilities, and transportation. Cisco has many awards on technology, services, marketing, and the workplace. Cisco’s networking solutions allow people to access or transfer information without regard to differences in time, place, or type of computer system. Cisco has over 200 trademarks that signify Cisco’s high-quality products and services.
Recent news about Cisco Systems
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Cisco unveils SaltStack flaws details
Cisco published a detailed report on two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652. Cisco stated that the Salt Open Core team ...
Cisco to acquire ThousandEyes
Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately-held ThousandEyes. ThousandEyes’ Internet and Cloud intelligence platform delivers deep visibility and insights into ...
Apcela expands Cisco, Palo Alto VPN capacity, supporting COVID-19 remote workers
The provider says that any given day most of the companies that allow remote working and remote access to an ...
Cisco patched 3 vulnerabilities in SD-WAN
Three vulnerabilities in the SD-WAN software of Cisco is now patched, two of which can cause root privilege escalation. Vulnerabilities ...
Tech giants canceling MWC events due to coronavirus threat
Facebook, AT&T, Sprint, and Intel are now also canceled their events at Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus outbreak. World ...
Cisco adds Network Insights capabilities to data-center software
Cisco's Data Center Network Assurance and Insights suite can detect problems with the addition of new Network Insights capabilities. It ...
A new data center from Netskope in Johannesburg
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Security flaws found in Cisco Data Center systems
Cisco Systems warned customers to patch their Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) system to fix serious security vulnerabilities in the ...
Cisco to acquire Exablaze
Cisco has announced that it is acquiring field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology designer Exablaze for an undisclosed amount. Cisco has ...
Cisco enters data center switch silicon market
Cisco has announced that it has started supplying switch chips to major data center operators, including Microsoft and Facebook. Cisco ...
Big vendors accused macroeconomics for decline of data center hardware sales
According to the earning reports of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco Systems, and Dell Technologies for the last full quarter this ...
A deeper look into the cloud ecosystem in 2019
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Cisco released new patches to fix security bugs
Cisco has released a new set of security patches for a variety of its products such as Small Business Routers, ...
Two vulnerabilities discovered in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional
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