Interesting Facts about Cisco

• Cisco was founded by Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner and Richard Troiano
• Like apple, the two main founders bosack and Lerner were fired in 1990
• The name "Cisco" was derived from the city name, San Francisco
• In late March 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom, Cisco was the most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalization of more than US$500 billion.
  According to author Ethan Gutmann, Cisco and other telecommunications equipment providers supplied the Chinese government with surveillance and Internet infrastructure equipment that is used to block Internet websites and track Chinese on-line activities. Cisco says that it does not customize or develop specialized or unique filtering capabilities to enable governments or regimes to block access to information and that it sells the same equipment in China as it sells worldwide
• Cisco has extended its networking technology expertise in the enterprise and service provider markets into the high-growth consumer networking market with the addition of its Linksys Division in June 2003.
• In February 2006, Cisco completed the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta of Lawrenceville, Ga., a leading global provider of set-top boxes, end-to-end video distribution networks and video systems integration. The acquisition allows Cisco to offer a world class, end-to-end data, voice, video, and mobility solution for carrier networks and the digital home