culture
Culture card
1995
Key to Cisco's development is our commitment to building culture through shared mission and values. Early culture cards such as this are worn alongside employee keycard badges.
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Culture card
Category: 1995
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“The Racket”
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Virtual pattern patent
innovation
Virtual pattern patent
1995
Cisco earns patent No. 5,473,599 in IP technology. Improving resiliency of customer networks, a system and protocol are provided for routing data packets from a host on a LAN through a virtual address belonging to a group of routers.
Cisco earns patent No. 5,473,599 in IP technology. Improving resiliency of customer networks, a system and protocol are provided for routing data packets from a host on a LAN through a virtual address belonging to a group of routers.
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First business units organized
culture
First business units organized
1995
Cisco creates five distinct business units that reflect our major networking product groups, naming a vice president/general manager to head each group. Each business unit, Workgroup, ATM High End, Access, Core and IBM Internetworking, have their own marketing and engineering organization. This structure formalizes a product sector grouping intialized by Cisco's expansion into new business sectors.
Cisco creates five distinct business units that reflect our major networking product groups, naming a vice president/general manager to head each group. Each business unit, Workgroup, ATM High End, Access, Core and IBM Internetworking, have their own marketing and engineering organization. This structure formalizes a product sector grouping intialized by Cisco's expansion into new business sectors.
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RTP campus opens
culture
RTP campus opens
1995
Our new eastern headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina opens. In 1993, Cisco hires its first employee in North Carolina, growing to over 200 within two years. Simultaneous with the dedication, a second building with 50% more capacity is announced.
A local TV profile, 'Success Stories', on Cisco's RTP expasion.
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John Chambers becomes CEO
Leadership
John Chambers becomes CEO
1995
One of Silicon Valley's longest tenured CEOs, John Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 becoming CEO in 1995. During his tenure Cisco revenue's grew from $1.2 billion in 1995 to $47 billion and 71,833 global employees in 2015 at his retirement.
One of Silicon Valley's longest tenured CEOs, John Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 becoming CEO in 1995. During his tenure Cisco revenue's grew from $1.2 billion in 1995 to $47 billion and 71,833 global employees in 2015 at his retirement.
