Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, SEHK: 4333) is an multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US$28.48 billion as of 2006. Headquartered in San Jose, California, it designs and sells networking and communications technology and services under five brands, namely Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort, and Scientific Atlanta. Initially, Cisco manufactured only enterprise multi-protocol routers but gradually diversified its product offering to move into the home user market with technologies such as VoIP while also expanding its offering for corporate customers.
