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1995

John Chambers becomes CEO

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John Chambers becomes CEO

1995

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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.

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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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1997

Cisco Foundation established

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Cisco Foundation established

1997

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The new Cisco Foundation enables strategic and proactive philanthropy providing greater impact as a organized foundation over previous individual philanthropic efforts.

Cisco foundation logo of blue tines in the shape of a bridge, red text reading CISCO and foundation in blue
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1992

First Patent (IGRP)

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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.

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.

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1992

First advertising campaign

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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.

Two radio telescopes against an orange cloudy sky background with the text "If They Find Anything, We Can Talk To It."
Three dolphins underwater with the text "If They Ever Decide To Talk To Us, They'll Probably Use a Cisco Router"
A young punk with a pink mohawk sits at a dinner table with his arms crossed and frowning, the shadow of a woman and father implied to be his parents face him, with their back to the camera but their faces tilted in a questioning way. The text "If He's TCP/IP Compatible, We Can Get Through To Him"
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1990

World Wide Web

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World Wide Web

1990

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The roots of the Internet go back to 1969, but in 1990 Tim Berner Lee prototypes “WorldWideWeb” in just three months on a NeXT computer. It features a server, HTML, URLs, and the first browser.

The roots of the Internet go back to 1969, but in 1990 Tim Berner Lee prototypes “WorldWideWeb” in just three months on a NeXT computer. It features a server, HTML, URLs, and the first browser.

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1994

Cisco Information Online launches at Networkers

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Cisco Information Online launches at Networkers

1994

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After a soft launch the previous year, multi-media enabled Cisco Information Online (CIO) launches at Networkers 1994. CIO offers up-to-date online self-help and guided assistance including software updates and upgrades, product specifications, training programs and seminar schedules, and publishes a 'known bug list', one of the first to do so, allowing us to tap into the knowledge base of our customers and partners.

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After a soft launch the previous year, multi-media enabled Cisco Information Online (CIO) launches at Networkers 1994. CIO offers up-to-date online self-help and guided assistance including software updates and upgrades, product specifications, training programs and seminar schedules, and publishes a 'known bug list', one of the first to do so, allowing us to tap into the knowledge base of our customers and partners.

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1998

First television ad

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First television ad

1998

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Our first TV ad, "Are You Ready?", humanizes the network with a message about connecting the previously unconnected with the explosive growth of the Internet.

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2015

Chuck Robbins becomes CEO

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Chuck Robbins becomes CEO

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Chuck Robbins is appointed CEO of Cisco. In 2017 he is elected Chairman of the Board. As Chairman and CEO, Chuck is focused on helping companies, cities and countries around the world as they look to Cisco to connect everything and everyone by building the highly secure, intelligent platform for digital business. In his 20 years at Cisco, he has served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, Senior Vice President of The Americas, Senior Vice President of U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Canada; Senior Vice President of U.S. Commercial Sales; and Segment Vice President, U.S. and Canada channel organization, where he was instrumental in helping build the industry's most powerful partner program.

Chuck Robbins is appointed CEO of Cisco. In 2017 he is elected Chairman of the Board. As Chairman and CEO, Chuck is focused on helping companies, cities and countries around the world as they look to Cisco to connect everything and everyone by building the highly secure, intelligent platform for digital business. In his 20 years at Cisco, he has served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, Senior Vice President of The Americas, Senior Vice President of U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Canada; Senior Vice President of U.S. Commercial Sales; and Segment Vice President, U.S. and Canada channel organization, where he was instrumental in helping build the industry's most powerful partner program.