About Cisco

Cisco Systems is the Internet. It is not just the technology itself but what the Internet can do to change the way people work, live, play and learn. Founded in 1984 by two computer scientists at Stanford University, California, Cisco has been pioneering the Internet Protocol-based (IP) network solutions that make up the Internet from the first.

Since then, our engineers have been leaders of development and innovation providing cutting-edge IP technologies in the areas of routing, switching, home networking, IP telephony, network security, wireless LAN (local area network), storage networking and optical networks. Our products and services are the bedrock of the information age as we continue to create networks that are smarter, faster and more durable than ever before.

John Chambers, our President and CEO, has made customer focus an essential part of our company policy. He says: "Customer success and satisfaction are at the heart of Cisco's business strategy and key drivers of our current and future success."

Our sales teams are committed to giving the best value we can to our customers and partners through tailored and differentiated sales and services. We sell our products directly to our

customers, not through middlemen, and we have award-winning technical support.

Determination and dedication like this allows our directors to lead our company onwards and upwards, to be truly global. As of February 2004, our market value was worth US$166.2bn. Innovative solutions saved us US$2.1bn in 2003 alone by using the Internet for customer support, employee services, selling products, training, and managing finances and manufacturing processes.

We were founded on a culture of ethical principals, principles of open communication, empowerment, trust, integrity and corporate philanthropy that we live and work by today. Perhaps our biggest success has been the establishment of the Cisco Networking Academy program. Through this we provide students around the world with the education and resources to create and run their own computer networks, thereby providing them with the necessary skills for employment in IT-related jobs.

Technology from Cisco Systems makes networks possible and is changing the way we work, live, play and learn - view this video to find out how