Cisco Systems Corporate Timeline
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Cisco Systems Corporate TimelinePage 1Cisco Systems Corporate Timeline1984198519861987198819891990199119 921993199419951996199719981999200020012002 2003200420051984 Cisco Facts:Headcount for Fiscal Year: 2 Computer scientists Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner from Stanford University found Cisco Systems. The company is named for San Francisco gateway to the Pacific Rim.Beginning to experiment with connecting detached networks Bosack and Lerner run network cables between two different buildings on the Stanford campus connecting them first with bridges and then routers. Bosacks and Learners vision is to enable disparate networks to talk with each other and share information reliability. But in order for the networks to be truly interconnected a technology has to be invented that can deal with the disparate local area protocols. With that idea in mind the multiprotocol router is born. Internet Facts:The Domain Name System (DNS) is introduced. Moderated newsgroups are introduced on USENET. 1985 Cisco Facts:Headcount for Fiscal Year: 2 Company headquarters moves to Atherton California. First corporate logo is developed. Cisco Innovations: First system the MassbusEthernet Interface Subsystem (MEIS) is shipped. Cisco Systems Inc. All rights reserved. rev. 050101Page 2Corporate Timeline Internet Facts:The first .com and .edu domains are assigned. There are 1961 Internet hosts. (Oct 85) 1986 Cisco Facts:Headcount for Fiscal Year: 4 Cisco Systems hires its first employee. Cisco Innovations: Cisco gets involved with the introduction of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF is an international community of network designers operators vendors and researchers concerned with the evolution and operation of Internetarchitecture. http://www.ietf.orgCisco forever changes the networking communications industry and the Internet by launching its first routing innovation the AGS multiprotocol router. Internet Facts:The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is designed to enhan ...
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