Cisco opens government affairs office in Washington, DC. The Government Affairs team defends and advances Cisco’s business interests before policymakers around the world, and builds relationships with senior government leaders.
As demand for Cisco products grew, our workforce expanded exponentially from 8 in 1987 to 100,000 a decade later.
As demand for Cisco products grew, our workforce expanded exponentially from 8 in 1987 to 100,000 a decade later.
Cisco reorganizes, aligning its products and solutions into three customer segments: enterprise, small/medium business, and service provider.
A product of Cisco engineering playfulness, this illustrated storybook re-imagines the Catalyst switch line as a group of helpful cats with the capacity to handle a new wave of bandwidth needs.
A product of Cisco engineering playfulness, this illustrated storybook re-imagines the Catalyst switch line as a group of helpful cats with the capacity to handle a new wave of bandwidth needs.
The National Science Foundation forms the NSFNET, linking five supercomputer centers in a major boost for U.S. Internet protocols (TCP/IP). The NSFNET is a major factor in helping Internet protocols win out over rival protocols like OSI, SNA, and DECNET.
The National Science Foundation forms the NSFNET, linking five supercomputer centers in a major boost for U.S. Internet protocols (TCP/IP). The NSFNET is a major factor in helping Internet protocols win out over rival protocols like OSI, SNA, and DECNET.
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.
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.
The NSFNET internet backbone is upgraded to 155 Mbps as traffic passes 10 trillion bytes per month.
The NSFNET internet backbone is upgraded to 155 Mbps as traffic passes 10 trillion bytes per month.
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.
In 1994, Cisco was awarded full ISO 9001 certification, the first major supplier of multiprotocol internetworking ever to do so. This certification assured our global customer base adherence to the most stringent and comprehensive quality management and assurance. Cisco President and CEO John Morgridge said, "Cisco products are found at the heart of the largest and most sophisticated networks in the world-networks that serve as the backbone for mission-critical applications as well as what is now being referred to as the data superhighway...ISO 9001 certification emphasizes that our total solution is based on quality."
In 1994, Cisco was awarded full ISO 9001 certification, the first major supplier of multiprotocol internetworking ever to do so. This certification assured our global customer base adherence to the most stringent and comprehensive quality management and assurance. Cisco President and CEO John Morgridge said, "Cisco products are found at the heart of the largest and most sophisticated networks in the world-networks that serve as the backbone for mission-critical applications as well as what is now being referred to as the data superhighway...ISO 9001 certification emphasizes that our total solution is based on quality."
