Category: 1992

1992

Network map

Post author By Alfredo contreras
Post date January 27, 2021

culture

Network map

1992

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Early internal Cisco networks are often populated by refurbished customer routers in a commitment to frugality. Naming conventions riff on this trend with 'scrap', 'litter', 'dent', 'divet', and 'ding'. Other naming trends include types of beer and descriptive terms like 'watcher', 'isolater', and 'gatekeeper'.

Tags culture, small

1992

First Patent (IGRP)

innovation

First Patent (IGRP)

1992

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Cisco earns its first patent, No. 5,088,032, for its method and apparatus for routing communications among computer networks, Interior Gateway Routing Protocol. The computer networks are interconnected with a series of gateway circuits. Each gateway identifies all destination computers to which it is connected and identifies the path(s) to each destination computer.

Tags innovation, large, Software

1992

Customer advocacy

Post author By Lisbeth Macias
Post date January 21, 2021

culture

Customer advocacy

1992

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Customer Advocacy is a cornerstone of Cisco values. Cisco proactively advocates for customer needs through the Cisco engineer-staffed Technical Assistance Center (TAC). All customers understand Cisco’s willingness to go the extra mile in supporting and configuring their new networks.

Tags culture, Medium

1992

First advertising campaign

Post author By Aaron Chiles
Post date January 21, 2021

culture

First advertising campaign

1992

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Cisco’s first ad campaign runs in Network World. These playful ads highlighted Cisco’s ability to foster connectivity and communication, no matter how unique or difficult the situation.