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1997

First enterprise-wide security initiative

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First enterprise-wide security initiative

1997

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The Enterprise Security Initiative provides a multi-technology framework that enables centralized administration and dynamic links between customer security policy, user or host identity and network infrastructures. This industry first framework enables customers to centrally configure a security policy automatically distributed across the enterprise and can associate the policy with a specific mobile user.

The Enterprise Security Initiative provides a multi-technology framework that enables centralized administration and dynamic links between customer security policy, user or host identity and network infrastructures. This industry first framework enables customers to centrally configure a security policy automatically distributed across the enterprise and can associate the policy with a specific mobile user.

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1996

StrataCom acqusition

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StrataCom acqusition

1996

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StrataCom, a supplier of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay high-speed wide area network (WAN) switching equipment, is acquired. Acquired employees formed the core of Cisco's Multi-Service Switching Business Unit and helped to move Cisco more into the carrier equipment space.

A collection of StrataCom Products, all in beige colors
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1996

Enter the service provider market

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Enter the service provider market

1996

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As the modern Internet opens up to more consumers, we set our sights on the newly introduced service provider market.

A graphic showing the expanding enterprise network enviornment, including icons for branch office, frame relay, dial-up customers, ISDN telecommuter and supplie via t1e1 all connecting to the enterprise network cloud in the center
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2017

Catalyst 9K launches

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Catalyst 9K launches

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Ushering in a new era of intent-based networking to campus networks, the Cisco Catalyst 9000 provides faster and more secure network access.

Ushering in a new era of intent-based networking to campus networks, the Cisco Catalyst 9000 provides faster and more secure network access.

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1995

Virtual pattern patent

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Virtual pattern patent

1995

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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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1994

Kalpana acqusition

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Kalpana acqusition

1994

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Cisco acquires Kalpana, a computer­ networking equipment manufacturer. Kalpana means "imagination" in Hindi. Kalpana pioneered Ethernet switching with innovative technologies such as low latency, cut-through switching, and full-duplex Ethernet.

Cisco acquires Kalpana, a computer­ networking equipment manufacturer. Kalpana means "imagination" in Hindi. Kalpana pioneered Ethernet switching with innovative technologies such as low latency, cut-through switching, and full-duplex Ethernet.

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1994

CiscoFusion Architecture

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CiscoFusion Architecture

1994

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Cisco debuted multi-layer switching with CiscoFusion Architecture. The message is switches aren’t just for the wiring closet; they also excel at the aggregation layer and the core.

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Cisco debuted multi-layer switching with CiscoFusion Architecture. The message is switches aren’t just for the wiring closet; they also excel at the aggregation layer and the core.

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1993

1st CCIE award

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1st CCIE award

1993

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Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, or CCIE, is a technical certification offered by Cisco Systems. The first certification awarded was numbered 1024, a nod to the unreserved port numbers in TCP/IP.

By January 2000, 4451 people worldwide acheived CCIE status. By Novemember 2017, 59,737 CCIEs were listed in the Hall of Fame.

A table with two columns, CCIE Certification and Lab Exam Topics, is broken down by each CCIE certification sub-type with the following info: Routing and Switching IP and non-IP routing; non-IP desktop protocols such as Novell IPX and AppleTalk; bridge and swithc-related technologies; voice over IP; network security; configuring ATM, WAN switching: Installing Cisco WAN switches; stratview plus installgation and maintenance; BPX/AXIS switch and service configuration; virtual trunking and tiered networks; ISP-DIAL: Firewall and security; dial on demand routing; ISDN; customer premise equip-to-access server connections; IP routing and tunneling; virtual private dial network; quality of service; roaming, SNA/IP integration: Briding and LAN (token Ring) concepts; switches and switching concepts; data-link switching plus (DLSw+) concepts; CIP; SNA network design, Network Design: Porotocols and technologies used in designing network core, distribution and access layers; SNA/IP migration; multiservice, campus, and WAN design; network management
A world map shows the number of global CCIE professionals broken down by continent or country in areas with more CCIE graduates as of January 2000. Asia: 476, Australia: 176, New Zealand: 34, Canada 128, US 2031, South America 96, Europe 1432, Africa 78, with a total of 4451 people worldwide had achieved CCIE status.
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1994

Catalyst Switch releases

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Catalyst Switch releases

1994

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Catalyst Switch is introduced as the first intelligent switch for client/server workgroups with "plug-and-play" installation. Where a router connected networks, switches allowed for the connection of shared resources, enhancing workgroup productivity by increasing networking performance. The Catalyst is the first new product resulting from the Crescendo acquisition of 1993.

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Catalyst 5000 chasis sitting on a purple and blue background with a globe
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1993

Crescendo acqusition

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Crescendo acqusition

1993

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Cisco's first acquisition is Crescendo Communications Inc. It's high-speed switching capabilities became the Catalyst workgroup switch and the CDDI/FDDI workgroup concentrator.

Cisco's first acquisition is Crescendo Communications Inc. It's high-speed switching capabilities became the Catalyst workgroup switch and the CDDI/FDDI workgroup concentrator.