Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems is a company multinational based San Jose (California, United States), Mainly dedicated to the manufacture , sale, maintenance and consulting for telecommunications equipment such as:
* connecting devices to networks : routers (Routers , routers or routers )
switches ( switches) and hubs ( Hub )
* security devices such as Firewalls and concentrators for VPN;
* IP telephony products such as mobile and CallManager ( IP PBX )
* network management software as CiscoWorksAnd
* equipment storage area networks.
Currently , Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet.
Until June 8, 2009 , was considered one of the major companies in the technology sector and an important member of the market NASDAQ technology or market share . After this date , thanks to its strength , he entered the industrial index Dow Jones.
The company was founded in 1984 by the marriage of Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner , who were part of the personal computer Stanford University. The company name comes from the word "San Francisco " to look out the front window had a sign that said "San Francisco " and a tree stood between the word separating San Fran Cisco, there comes the name of the company. He began his deployment as a multinational company.
Bosack adapted the software for multiprotocol routers originally written by William Yeager , another employee of computer science at the university. Cisco Systems created the first router commercially successful.
Today, another giant who is trying to shadow is the multinational Juniper Networks, to sell routers to links backbone (Spine ).
In addition to developing its equipment hardware , Cisco Systems is also responsible for developing its own management software and configuring them. Such software is known as IOS code currently closed and fully proprietary .
Through the IOS is achieved by configuring the Cisco equipment called "Command Line Interface (Command Line InterfaceBy name in Spanish) that serves as an interpreter between the user and the computer.
Cisco Systems also has a publishing division called Technology Cisco Press, Which has an agreement with the U.S. publisher Pearson VUEAnd an education division that produces educational material for programs that are aimed at training professional personnel specialized in designing , managing and maintaining computer networks. Some of these programs are:
* CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate)
* CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional)
* CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)
* CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional)
* CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
* CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
* CCSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional)
Such programs are taught in partnership with academic institutions called 'local academies'Which exist in 128 countries.