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[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”4744″ img_size=”300×90″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css_animation=”fadeInDown” link=”https://www.avatrade.com/trading-account/?tag=113841″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Background of Cisco Systems, Inc” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][info_list font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American-based multinational technology conglomerate which has headquarters in California.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc. has a rich history that dates back to 1984 when it was founded by Sandy Lerner. The name “Cisco” is derived from the nae San Francisco with the logo intending to depict the Golden Bridge’s two towers.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Lerner had been the director of the computer facility located at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Lerner and her husband, Leonard Bosack, decided to partner together and the initial product released had its roots specifically in the Stanford University campus technology.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]During the 1980s, technology present on the campus was used to link all the computer systems of the school together to talk to one another, resulting in a box which functioned as a multiprotocol router.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]They named this technology the “Blue Box” and it used software, which was written by the research engineer, William Yeager, who was employed at Stanford at the time.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]The Blue Box was a significant success and was the earliest recorded success for Cisco Systems, Inc.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Yeager’s software was adapted in 1985 into what would be the foundation for Cisco IOS along with a project that formally networked Stanford’s campus, this was achieved by the Bosack and Stanford employee, Kirk Lougheed.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]By 1987 the Cisco team comprised of Bosack, Lerner, Lougheed, Greg Satz and Richard Troiano along with Bill Graves, who held the position as the Cisco Systems, Inc. CEO from 1978 to 1988.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]During 1990, Cisco Systems, Inc. had gone public and it had a market capitalization of around $224 million. During the same year, Cisco Systems, Inc. was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc. may not have been the very first company that developed or sold dedicated network nodes, but it had however been the first company that sold routers considered commercially successful in supporting multiple network protocols.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc.’s devices had a CPU-based architecture and paired with the flexibility of IOS operating systems, it allowed these devices to keep up with various evolving technological needs as the software could be upgraded.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]As the service provider environment emerged, Cisco Systems, Inc. did not have any trouble in capturing the environment and it allowed Cisco Systems, Inc. to enter the SP market with its Cisco 7000 and Cisco 8500 product lines.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Several companies were acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. between 1992 and 1994 and some of these included Kalpana, Grand Junction, Crescendo Communications, and more.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Today, Cisco Systems, Inc. employs over 75,900 employees and the recorded revenue for 2019 was US$51.90 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]With the 1990s and the widely adopted Internet Protocol, or IP, Cisco Systems, Inc. introduced new products which ranged from modem access shelves to GSR routers. This put them in an advantageous position of becoming the largest player in the market.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc. became one of the most valued and valuable companies in the world during 2000 with a market capitalization of over $500 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Even until 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc. was highly valued as it reached a market cap of approximately US$129 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]There were conceited efforts in making Cisco Systems, Inc. a household brand during 2006 when it underwent a company rebranding in addition to the creation of “The Human Network” as an advertising campaign.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]New markets were entered between 2006 and 2012, with Cisco Systems, Inc. acquiring several companies, one of which included the mobile specialist Starent Networks[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Sourcefire was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. mid-2013 in a definitive agreement that amounted to $2.7 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-check”]Cisco Systems, Inc. oversees a high-value, extensive and vast product portfolio of networking hardware and software, telecommunications equipment, and a wide variety of other high technology services as well as products.[/info_list_item][/info_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Cisco Systems, Inc Shares Growth Driver” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space][info_list icon_color=”#0c0c0c” font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]Cisco Systems, Inc. became one of the most valued and valuable companies in the world during 2000 with a market capitalization of over $500 billion and it retained this title even until 2014 when it reached market capitalization of US$129 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]In 2015 there was a divesture of the Cisco Systems, Inc. television set-top-box along with cable modem business through Technicolor SA for a total of $600 million. This division was due to the purchase of Scientific Atlanta by Cisco Systems, Inc. for a total of $6.9 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]The deal was made as Cisco Systems, Inc. exited the consumer market in an attempt to direct more focus to cloud-based products in enterprise segments.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]Cisco Umbrella was launched in 2017 with the purpose of providing internet access which is safe and secure for use by those who do not use their corporate networks or VPNs when connecting to remote data centres.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]The product revenue for Cisco Systems, Inc. in Russia had grown by 20% by 2017 and during June 2018, Cisco Systems, Inc. ranked 444th on the Forbes Global 2000 list with a total market cap of $221.3 billion.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]During the same year, Cisco Systems, Inc. reported earnings of US$1.0 billion which went along with a US$49.3 billion annual revenue which had increased by 2.8% when compared to the previous fiscal cycle.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]2018 saw the market capitalization valued at US$213.2 billion along with total assets of US$108,784 million.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]Through the years, until today, Cisco Systems, Inc. has seen mass expansion along with the acquisition of several companies and a continued increase in market capitalization along with revenues on a year-to-year basis.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]Due to the widespread impact of Covid-19 on a global scale, Cisco Systems, Inc. has seen an earnings increase when compared to last year despite the sales decline in addition to providing $2.5 billion in financing to its customers.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-line-chart”]Along with assisting customers with financing, Cisco Systems, Inc. has committed $225 million in response to the global pandemic caused by Covid-19.[/info_list_item][/info_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4744″ img_size=”300×90″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css_animation=”fadeInDown” 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google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space][info_list icon_color=”#0c0c0c” font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]Cisco Systems, Inc. trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol CSCO and it forms part of the NASDAQ-100, DJIA, S&P 100 and S&P 500 component.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]In a conference call on May 13th, Cisco Systems, Inc. announced the financial data arising from the analysis on their market performance for the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]The results derived from this analysis reflected good execution along with strong margins and non-GAAP EPS growth despite the challenging environment.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]Revenue for the quarter amounted to $11,983 million with a total gross margin of 66.6%[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]Although revenue has slowed down as a result of the ongoing pandemic, shares have increased and are set to yet increase in quarters to come.[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_icon=”Defaults-graduation-cap mortar-board”]With solid performance despite ongoing challenges, shareholders who buy or sell shares can expect lucrative dividends and returns.[/info_list_item][/info_list][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][info_list font_size_icon=”24″][info_list_item list_title=”Sector” list_icon=”Defaults-map-marker”]Computing technology[/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title=”Industry” list_icon=”Defaults-map-marker”]Network Hardware and 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