Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, NYSE: CSCO, SEHK: 4333) is an American-based multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco has more than 70,714 employees and annual revenue of US$ 40.0 billion as of 2010. The stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8, 2009, and is also included in the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index, NASDAQ 100 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index.[4] Cisco is one of the world's biggest technology corporations.

Cisco Systems, Inc., incorporated in December 1984, designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provide services associated with these products and their use. The Company provides a line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. Its products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Its products are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses, and personal residences. The Company has five segments: United States and Canada, European Markets, Emerging Markets, Asia Pacific, and Japan. The Emerging Markets theater consists of Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. In December 2009, the Company announced that it controlled approximately 89% of interest in Tandberg ASA. In December 2009, the Company completed its acquisition of Starent Networks, a supplier of Internet protocol (IP)-based mobile infrastructure solutions targeting mobile and converged carriers. In December 2009, the Company acquired ScanSafe, Inc. (ScanSafe) based in London and San Francisco. ScanSafe is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) Web security solutions for organizations ranging from global enterprises to small businesses. In June 2010, the Company acquired MOTO Development Group. In September 2010, the Company acquired Arch Rock Corporation. In September 2010, the Company acquired ExtendMedia. In December 2010, the Company acquired LineSider Technologies, Inc. In March 2011, the Company acquired Pari Networks. In March 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of privately-held Inlet Technologies. In April 2011, the Company acquired newScale Inc.
The Company’s product offerings fall into three categories: its core technologies, routing and switching; advanced technologies, and other products. In addition to its product offerings, the Company provides a range of service offerings, technical support services and advanced services. The advanced services program supports networking devices, applications, solutions, and complete infrastructures.
Routing
The Company offers a range of routers, from core network infrastructure for service providers and enterprises to access routers for branch offices and for telecommuters and consumers at home. Key products within its routing category are the Cisco 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers, as well as the Cisco ASR 1000, 5000 and 9000 Series Aggregation Service Routers; Cisco 7200, 7600 and 12000 Series Routers and the Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System. During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2010 (fiscal 2010), Cisco introduced the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS-3). Developed for service provider core networks, the CRS-3 is designed to transport the growing video and application traffic on the Internet.
Switching
The Company’s switching products offer many forms of connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers, and also function as aggregators on local-area networks (LANs), metropolitan-area networks (MANs), and wide-area networks (WANs). Its switching systems employ several widely used technologies, including Ethernet, Power over Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Packet over Synchronous Optical Network, and Multiprotocol Label Switching. Many of its switches are designed to support an integrated set of advanced services, allowing organizations to be more efficient by using one switch for multiple networking functions rather than multiple switches to accomplish the same functions.
Cisco offers a family of Ethernet switching solutions from fixed-configuration switches for small and medium-sized businesses to modular switches for enterprises and service providers. Its fixed-configuration switches are designed to provide a foundation for converged data, voice, and video services. Key products within its switching category are the Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, and 6500 Series; the Nexus 1000V, 4000, 5000 and 7000 Series switches; and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders.
Cisco Application Networking Services consist of a portfolio of application networking solutions that enable secure, high performance, reliable delivery of applications within data centers and across WANs to remote and branch office users. Its solutions are designed to help facilitate the deployment and delivery of business applications across an entire organization by using technology to accelerate, maximize availability of, and secure both application traffic and computing resources. A key product within its application networking services category is Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), a WAN optimization solution. During fiscal 2010, Cisco introduced WAN Optimization Services for SaaS-based applications and WAN Optimization solutions for the Integrated Service Router G2’s Services Ready Engine.
Cisco’s home networking strategy aligns with Cisco’s vision to enable consumers to live a connected life that is more personal, more social, and more visual. Its products connect different devices in the household, allowing people to share Internet access, printers, storage, video, music, movies, and games throughout the home. Products include routers, adapters, gateways, switches, modems, home network management software, and other products that are designed to provide both tech-savvy and mass-market consumers with rich in-home experiences. These products are sold through select retailers, value-added resellers, online retailers, and service providers worldwide. During fiscal 2010, Cisco re-launched its home networking product lines in the United States and Canada.
Cisco security solutions deliver network and content security systems that are designed to enable highly secure collaboration. Its products in this category span firewall, intrusion prevention, remote access, virtual private networks (VPN), unified client, Web, and e-mail security. In addition, Cisco security systems include network and application policy solutions for identity services used in data centers and collaboration services as a series of network access control and entitlement solutions. A key product line within its security product category is the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances line. In fiscal 2010, Cisco introduced the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, which enables users to access networks with their mobile device of choice, including laptops and smartphone-based mobile devices while allowing organizations to manage the security risks of borderless networks.
Cisco Unified Communications products integrate voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks, delivering a media-rich collaboration experience to the workspace. Specific products include IP phones, client software, servers, and network appliances supporting call control, contact centers, messaging, conferencing, voice mobility, and collaboration including presence and preference information. These products are available as software and Web-based collaborative offerings, as standalone devices, and as integrated components in Cisco routers and switches. During fiscal 2010, Cisco introduced unified communications solutions, which provide more deployment options for its customers, with support for virtualization of unified communications applications on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and it also announced the launch of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution for partners who are looking to offer Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration in an as a Service consumption model.
The Cisco Unified Wireless Network is designed to unify high-performance 802.11n wireless access across campus, branch, remote, and outdoor environments. Simplified management and mobile device troubleshooting are features of the platform designed to reduce operational cost. This platform delivers, through an open application programming interface (API), business-relevant mobility data, voice, video, and context-aware applications to partners and end-user customers. A key product line within its wireless technology category is the Cisco Aironet product family.
The Company’s other products category primarily consists of optical networking products, cable access, Cisco’s Flip Video family which includes the Flip Ultra and Flip Mino camcorder lines, and service provider voice-over-IP (VoIP) services. Additional items in its other products category include emerging technologies, such as Cisco TelePresence systems, the Cisco Unified Computing System, physical security and video surveillance, digital media systems, and building systems. TelePresence products within the other products category include the Tandberg line of video conferencing products. Cisco also launched new Flip camcorders in the United States and Canada.
The Company competes with Alcatel-Lucent; ARRIS Group, Inc.; Aruba Networks, Inc.; Avaya Inc.; Belden Inc.; Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.; Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.; Citrix Systems, Inc.; D-Link Corporation; LM Ericsson Telephone Company; Extreme Networks, Inc.; F5 Networks, Inc.; Force10 Networks, Inc.; Fortinet, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; International Business Machines Corporation; Juniper Networks, Inc.; LogMeIn, Inc.; Meru Networks, Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Motorola, Inc.; NETGEAR, Inc.; Polycom, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; and Symantec Corporation.


By early 2000--following 1999's frenzied bull market in high-tech stocks--Cisco's market value surpassed $450 billion, making it the third most valuable company in the world, behind Microsoft and General Electric Company (for a brief period in late March, Cisco actually ranked as the most valuable company in the world, with a total market capitalization of $555 billion). Revenues were soaring, as were earnings, which reached $906 million for the second quarter of the 2000 fiscal year alone. Rather than slowing it down, Chambers planned to increase the company's acquisition pace, with the addition of as many as 25 companies during 2000. Through acquisitions and through strategic alliances with such industry giants as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Intel Corporation, Chambers aimed to increase Cisco Systems' revenues to $50 billion by 2005. Cisco's presence in nearly every networking sector, the speed with which it typically entered emerging areas, and its proven ability to absorb and expand acquired companies provided evidence that the company was likely to reach this lofty goal and to continue in its role as the undisputed leader of the networking equipment industry.
Principal Subsidiaries: Cisco Systems Canada Limited; Cisco Systems Europe, S.A.R.L. (France); Cisco Systems Import/Export Corporation (U.S. Virgin Islands); Cisco Systems Belgium, S.A.; Cisco Systems Limited (U.K.); Cisco Systems Australia PTY. Limited; Nihon Cisco Systems, K.K. (Japan); Cisco Systems de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.; Cisco Systems New Zealand Limited; Cisco Systems (HK) Limited (Hong Kong); Cisco Systems GmbH (Germany); Cisco Systems (Italy) Srl; Cisco Systems GmbH (Austria); Cisco do Brasil Ltda. (Brazil); Cisco Systems (Korea) Ltd.; VZ, Cisco Systems, C.A. (Venezuela); Cisco Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd.; Cisco Systems Sweden Aktiebolag; Cisco Systems (Switzerland) AG; Cisco Systems Capital, B.V.; Cisco Systems International Netherlands, B.V.; Cisco Systems Czech Republic, s.r.o.; Cisco Systems Spain, S.L.; Cisco Systems Argentina S.A.; Cisco Systems Chile, S.A.; Cisco Sistemas de Redes S.A. (Costa Rica); Cisco Systems Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd.; Cisco Systems (USA) Pte. Ltd., Singapore; Cisco Systems Thailand, Ltd.; Cisco Systems Peru, S.A.; Cisco Systems Greece, S.A.; Cisco Systems Poland, Sp.zo.o; Cisco Systems Israel, Ltd.; Cisco Systems Internetworking Iletsim Hizmetlieri Ltd. Sirketi (Turkey); Cisco Systems (India), Ltd.; Cisco Systems Capital Corp.; Cisco Systems (Taiwan), Ltd.; Cisco Systems (Colombia), Ltda; Cisco Technology, Inc.; Cisco Systems Sales & Service, Inc.; Cisco Systems Co. (Canada); Telebit Corporation; Cisco Systems Danmark AS; Cisco Systems Norway AS; Cisco Systems Hungary, Ltd.; Cisco Systems Management B.V.; Cisco Systems (Puerto Rico) Corp.; Cisco Systems Finland Oy; Cisco Systems (China) Networking Technologies Ltd.; Cisco Systems Romania SRL; Cisco Systems Croatia Ltd. for Trade; Cisco Systems Slovakia, spol. sr.o.
Principal Competitors: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.; Alcatel; Cabletron Systems, Inc.; Compaq Computer Corporation; D-Link Corporation; ECI Telecom Ltd.; Fujitsu Limited; Hewlett-Packard Company; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Juniper Networks, Inc.; Kingston Technology Company; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Madge Networks N.V.; Microsoft Corporation; Motorola, Inc.; MRV Communications, Inc.; NEC Corporation; Network Associates, Inc.; Newbridge Networks Corporation; Nokia Corporation; Nortel Networks Corporation; Novell, Inc.; Sterling Software, Inc.; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson; 3Com Corporation.



OVERALL
Beta: 1.21
Market Cap (Mil.): $97,182.15
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 5,528.00
Annual Dividend: 0.24
Yield (%): 1.37
FINANCIALS
CSCO.O Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): 13.32 16.44 19.28
EPS (TTM): 27.13 -- --
ROI: 12.09 5.53 16.09
ROE: 17.39 6.84 17.76



Statistics:
Public Company
Incorporated: 1984
Employees: 26,140
Sales: $12.15 billion (1999)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: CSCO
NAIC: 334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing; 334418 Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing; 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; 511210 Software Publishers; 541512 Computer Systems Design Services

Key Dates:

1984: Cisco Systems, Inc. is founded by Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner.
1986: Company ships its first product, a router for the TCP/IP protocol suite.
1988: Donald T. Valentine, a venture capitalist, gains control of the company; John Morgridge is named president and CEO.
1990: Company goes public; Lerner is fired and Bosack quits.
1993: Cisco completes its first acquisition, that of Crescendo Communications.
1994: Revenues exceed $1 billion for the first time.
1995: John T. Chambers is named CEO.
1996: Company acquires StrataCom, Inc., maker of switching equipment, for $4.67 billion.
1998: Cisco's market capitalization passes the $100 billion mark.
1999: Company acquires 17 businesses, including: GeoTel Communications Corp., a maker of software for routing telephone calls, for $1.9 billion; Cerent Corporation, maker of fiber-optic networking equipment, for $7.2 billion; Aironet Wireless Communications Inc., maker of wireless LAN equipment, for $800 million; and the fiber-optic telecommunications equipment business of Italy's Pirelli S.p.A. for about $2.2 billion.
2000: Company's market capitalization reaches $450 billion.

Name Age Since Current Position
Chambers, John 61 2006 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Calderoni, Frank 53 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Moore, Gary 61 2011 Chief Operating Officer
Pond, Randy 56 2007 Executive Vice President - Operations, Processes and Systems
Elfrink, Wim 58 2007 Executive Vice President, Chief Globalization Officer
Lloyd, Robert 54 2009 Executive Vice President - Worldwide Operations
Chandler, Mark 2006 Senior Vice President - Legal Services, General Counsel, Secretary
Christie, Blair 2011 Chief Marketing Officer - Worldwide Government Affairs
Bartz, Carol 62 2005 Lead Independent Director
Carter, Larry 67 2008 Director
West, Steven 58 1996 Director
Sarin, Arun 56 2009 Director
Yang, Jerry 41 2000 Director
Hennessy, John 58 2002 Director
McGeary, Roderick 60 2003 Director
Burns, M. Michele 53 2003 Director
Kovacevich, Richard 66 2005 Director
Capellas, Michael 56 2006 Director
Halla, Brian 64 2007 Director


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