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Over the years, Cisco has earned a reputation for developing exceptional telecommunication equipment, networking hardware, and more. Today, Cisco is seen as the largest networking company in the world, with a catalog that has evolved with the times. Learn more about Cisco’s impact on the telecom and Voice over IP industry.

History
Thanks to the bright minds of Stanford University computer scientists Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack, Cisco came to be in December of 1984. These two came together to innovate and pioneer the concept of a LAN (local area network) that would be used to connect companies remotely through a multiprotocol router system. This life-changing technology hit the public in 1990 and afforded Cisco a NASDAQ listing and an impressive market capitalization of $224 million.

Over the course of the next decade, their hard work and determination had accumulated more than $500 billion capitalization of the market, and Cisco was officially announced the most valuable company in the world in 2000. It was during this time, in 1997, that Cisco sold their first IP phone order. Since then, Cisco has made significant headway in the VoIP industry, becoming a major provider of VoIP solutions around the world. And now, acquisitions of heavyweights Linksys and Scientific Atlanta are helping their dream of moving into the home user market come to fruition.

Scientific Atlanta provides VoIP equipment to cable providers, including Rogers Communications, Cablevision, UPC, Time Warner. Linksys integrates consumer VoIP across cordless and wireless phones, partnering with companies like Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Skype.

Cisco has played a significant role in the evolution of IP phones. IP phones bring people together through advanced voice and video technology, and provide interfaces for numerous applications and services. As these technologies continue to develop and adapt, a new collaboration experience filled with virtualized, mobile, and integrated ways to communicate is on the horizon. Now, Cisco users can interchange between their mobile and desk phones, connect with tablet devices, and even join conferences through different interoperating services.

Cisco VoIP Portfolio
With in their portfolio, you will find full-featured, highly-user friendly IP phones built to meet organization-wide needs of employees and other users. Cisco IP phones are commonly used in executive suites, manufacturing floors, company lobbies, managerial desks, home offices, and more.

Many Cisco IP phones have been enhanced to provide new methods for collaboration, including:

• Centralized management solutions designed to simplify remote access administration

• Various deployment options including cloud-based systems, on-premise solutions, hybrid deployments and more

• Apps from development partners that allow clients to enjoy a more personalized IP experience alongside a range of business features

• HD Video that allows for face-to-face interaction on a geographical level

• Basic and full featured IP phones that range from simple to effective solutions to comprehensive and innovative systems

• Single and multi-line VoIP phones established to support various communication needs across a range of industries

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