Cisco is now recognised by everyone as one of the world leaders in networking. It was founded in 1984 in San Jose, California, by a group of researchers at Stanford University, focusing on the production of routers.
Thousands of people around the world currently work for Cisco. The company produces equipment for the operation of LAN, MAN, WAN and VLAN computer networks.
Its aim being to provide its customers with complete solutions, over time it has completed its already extensive range of routers with Firewalls, Storage Area Networks (SANs) and VPN solutions.