Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a global leader in networking equipment and software solutions within the technology sector, specifically the communications equipment industry. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company designs, develops, and sells technologies that power, secure, and derive insights from the internet across regions including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. Its core offerings encompass data center switching, network security, identity and access management, secure access service edge, threat intelligence, detection, and response solutions. Cisco also interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, providing connectivity for campus, data center, and branch environments, alongside the Webex suite for collaboration. As the largest provider of networking hardware and software worldwide, with significant presence in cybersecurity like firewalls, observability tools, and collaboration products, Cisco outsources manufacturing to third parties while maintaining a vast salesforce of 25,000 across 90 countries and employing around 85,000 people globally. With leading market shares, it plays a pivotal role in enabling secure, reliable digital infrastructure for enterprises.