Editing Cisco (section)

{{Short description|American multinational technology company}}
{{Distinguish|Sysco|Sisqó|Costco|COSCO{{!}}Cosco}}
{{Other uses|Cisco (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cisco Systems, Inc.
| logo = Cisco logo blue 2016.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2006, representing the [[Golden Gate Bridge]].<ref name="75th" />
| logo_size = 
| image = Cisco Systems Headquarters (Building 10), Cisco San Jose Main Campus.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Building 10 of the Cisco San Jose Main Campus
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{Plainlist|
* {{NASDAQ|CSCO}}
* [[Nasdaq-100]] component
* [[DJIA]] component
* [[S&P 100]] component
* [[S&P 500]] component
}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|US17275R1023}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1984|12|10}} in [[San Francisco]], California, U.S.
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Leonard Bosack]]|[[Sandy Lerner]]}}
| hq_location_city = [[San Jose, California]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Cisco|url=https://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/siteassets/contacts/index.html|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>
| subsid = 
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
* [[Chuck Robbins]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Hackett |first=Robert |date=5 May 2015 |title=Why Cisco’s board chose Chuck Robbins to lead as CEO
 |url=https://fortune.com/2015/05/05/cisco-ceo-chuck-robbins/ |website=Fortune |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref><br />([[Chief executive officer|CEO]] & [[chairman]])
}}
| industry = {{ubl|[[Networking hardware]]|[[Networking software]]}}
| products = [[List of Cisco products]]
| revenue = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{decrease}} {{USD|53.80 [[1,000,000,000|billion]]|link=yes}} (2024)}}
| operating_income = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{decrease}} {{USD|12.18 billion}} (2024)}}
| net_income = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{decrease}} {{USD|10.32 billion}} (2024)}}
| assets = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD|124.4 billion}} (2024)}}
| equity = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD|45.46 billion}} (2024)}}
| num_employees = 90,400 (2024)
| website = {{URL|https://www.cisco.com/|cisco.com}}
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|7|27|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000858877/000085887724000017/csco-20240727.htm |title=Cisco Systems, Inc. FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Cisco Systems, Inc.''' (using the [[trademark]] '''Cisco''') is an American [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[digital communications]] technology [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] corporation headquartered in [[San Jose, California]]. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells [[networking hardware]], [[software]], [[telecommunications equipment]] and other [[high-technology]] services and products.<ref name="Cisco-Sep-2012-10-K">{{cite web |url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/419/0001193125-12-388590.pdf |title=Cisco, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Sep 12, 2012 |website=secdatabase.com |access-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref> Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the [[Internet of things]] (IoT), [[internet domain|domain security]], [[videoconferencing]], and [[energy management]] with [[List of Cisco products|products]] including [[Webex]], [[OpenDNS]], [[XMPP|Jabber]], Duo Security, Silicon One, and [[Cisco Jasper|Jasper]].

Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by [[Leonard Bosack]] and [[Sandy Lerner]], two [[Stanford University]] computer scientists who had been instrumental in connecting computers at Stanford. They pioneered the concept of a [[local area network]] (LAN) being used to connect distant computers over a multiprotocol [[router (computing)|router system]]. The company went public in 1990 and, by the end of the [[dot-com bubble]] in 2000, had a market capitalization of $500 billion, surpassing [[Microsoft]] as the world's most valuable company.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cisco-pushes-past-microsoft-market/story.aspx?guid=%7BFA6BADEF%2D05F2%2D4169%2DADDA%2D12E9D17C4433%7D |title=Cisco pushes past Microsoft in market value |work=[[MarketWatch|CBS Marketwatch]] |date=March 25, 2000 |access-date=January 25, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cisco ascends to most valuable company |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/cisco-ascends-to-most-valuable-company/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=CNET |language=en}}</ref>

Cisco stock (CSCO), trading on [[Nasdaq]] since 1990, was added to the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] on June 8, 2009, and is also included in the [[S&P 500]], [[Nasdaq-100]], the [[Russell 1000]], and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock indices.<ref>{{cite news |first=E.S. |last=Browning |title=Travelers, Cisco Replace Citi, GM in Dow |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124386244318072033 |work=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc|date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=WIRED Staff |title=Cisco to be Added to the Dow on June 8 |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/06/cisco-to-be-added-to-the-dow-on-june-8/ |access-date=29 December 2021 |magazine=Wired}}</ref>