Total	$11.1B
ScanSafe, 10/09	$183M
Starent Networks, 10/09	$2.6B
Tandberg, 10/09	$3B
Tidal Software, 5/09	$105M
Pure Digital Technologies, 3/09	$590M
Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, 1/09
Jabber, 9/08
PostPath, 8/08	$215M
Pure Networks, 7/08	$120M
Nuova Systems, 5/08
Fast Data Technology, 5/08
Securent, 11/07	$100M
BroadWare Technologies, 5/07
WebEx, 3/07	$2.9B
NeoPath Networks, 3/07
Tribe, 3/07
FiveAcross, 2/07
IronPort Systems, 1/07	$830M
Metreos Corporation, 6/06	$28M
Airespace, 3/05	$450M

Investments

Ushahidi	8/09
iControl	7/09
Xobni	3/09
Soonr	2/09
Majitek	2/09
Digitalsmiths	1/09
Xobni	1/09
Finjan	11/08
BlackArrow	10/08
Amobee	8/08
Celeno	7/08
Appfolio	6/08
Move Networks	4/08
Soonr	1/08
Grid Networks	10/07
GridNetworks	10/07
BlackArrow	10/07
VMware	7/07
Broadlogic	6/07
Oversi	6/07
Akimbo	6/06
Widevine	4/06
Comviva	12/05
CinemaNow	7/04
Plaxo	4/04
VirtualLogix	2004
Avega Systems

Funding
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Debt
TriplePoint Capital

Competitors
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BroadSoft, Astaro, Palo Alto Networks, RGB Networks

Service Providers
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Techaisle

Brinkwire

Tags
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networking

Cisco
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Cisco designs and sells hardware, software, networking, and communications technology services. Products are distributed under five brands, namely Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort, and Scientific Atlanta.

Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company’s inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies.

Milestones
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Acquired ScanSafe for $183M. (10/27/09)
Posted 10/28/09 at 6:19am
Acquired Starent Networks for $2.6B. (10/13/09)
Posted 10/13/09 at 6:37am
Acquired Tandberg for $3B. (10/1/09)
Posted 10/1/09 at 9:52am
Invested in Ushahidi. (8/13/09)
Posted 9/30/09 at 6:19am
Invested in iControl. (7/22/09)
Posted 7/27/09 at 2:15pm
Acquired Tidal Software for $105M. (5/20/09)
Posted 7/2/09 at 1:27pm
Invested in Xobni. (3/25/09)
Posted 3/25/09 at 5:25am
Acquired Pure Digital Technologies for $590M. (3/19/09)
Posted 3/19/09 at 7:41am
Invested in Soonr. (2/19/09)
Posted 2/19/09 at 12:02pm
Invested in Majitek. (2/11/09)
Posted 2/11/09 at 11:56am
Acquired Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence. (1/27/09)
Posted 6/30/09 at 3:39pm
Invested in Digitalsmiths. (1/26/09)
Posted 1/26/09 at 11:38am
Invested in Xobni. (1/5/09)
Posted 1/5/09 at 12:19pm
Invested in Finjan. (11/19/08)
Posted 11/25/08 at 3:03pm
Invested in BlackArrow. (10/6/08)
Posted 10/5/08 at 7:57pm
Acquired Jabber. (9/19/08)
Posted 9/23/08 at 11:35am
Acquired PostPath for $215M. (8/27/08)
Posted 8/27/08 at 7:58am
Invested in Amobee. (8/6/08)
Posted 8/6/08 at 6:01pm
Invested in Celeno. (7/28/08)
Posted 1/28/09 at 12:40pm
Acquired Pure Networks for $120M. (7/22/08)
Posted 8/28/09 at 6:20am
Invested in Appfolio. (6/1/08)
Posted 5/7/09 at 3:06pm
Acquired Nuova Systems. (5/08)
Posted 7/8/09 at 2:52pm
Acquired Fast Data Technology. (5/08)
Posted 7/8/09 at 4:07pm
Invested in Move Networks. (4/14/08)
Posted 4/14/08 at 7:18am
Invested in Soonr. (1/1/08)
Posted 1/8/08 at 8:09am
Acquired Securent for $100M. (11/07)
Posted 1/9/09 at 3:57am
Invested in Grid Networks. (10/30/07)
Posted 7/18/08 at 11:41am
Invested in GridNetworks. (10/1/07)
Posted 10/31/07 at 4:36am
Invested in BlackArrow. (10/1/07)
Posted 11/13/07 at 3:34am
Invested in VMware. (7/30/07)
Posted 5/30/08 at 11:11am
Invested in Broadlogic. (6/18/07)
Posted 1/20/09 at 7:57pm
Invested in Oversi. (6/12/07)
Posted 1/31/09 at 1:40pm
Acquired BroadWare Technologies. (5/22/07)
Posted 2/2/09 at 6:51am
Acquired WebEx for $2.9B. (3/15/07)
Posted 10/21/08 at 2:45pm
Acquired NeoPath Networks. (3/13/07)
Posted 2/2/09 at 5:24am
Acquired Tribe. (3/2/07)
Posted 8/10/09 at 2:58pm
Acquired FiveAcross. (2/8/07)
Posted 8/10/09 at 3:02pm
Acquired IronPort Systems for $830M. (1/4/07)
Posted 6/17/09 at 5:18pm
Acquired Metreos Corporation for $28M. (6/28/06)
Posted 5/3/09 at 8:33am
Invested in Akimbo. (6/1/06)
Posted 11/3/07 at 4:13am
Invested in Widevine. (4/06)
Posted 6/7/09 at 8:52am
Invested in Comviva. (12/4/05)
Posted 7/30/09 at 9:38am
Acquired Airespace for $450M. (3/23/05)
Posted 7/11/09 at 11:34am
Invested in CinemaNow. (7/1/04)
Posted 8/22/07 at 1:21am
Invested in Plaxo. (4/1/04)
Posted 6/13/07 at 1:33am
Invested in VirtualLogix. (2004)
Posted 5/13/08 at 5:55pm
Eugene Lee, VP Worldwide Enterprise Marketing added.
Posted 4/17/08 at 2:22am
Went public with stock symbol CSCO.
Posted 12/10/08 at 11:19am
Received in Debt funding.
Posted 5/10/08 at 8:36am
Ned Hooper, VC, Acquisitions added.
Posted 3/6/09 at 4:07pm
Kathryn Welds, Program Manager added.
Posted 4/10/09 at 12:50pm
Karl Chappé, Account Manager added.
Posted 5/18/09 at 1:46am
David Howard, Product Marketing Manager added.
Posted 3/2/09 at 1:26pm
Joel Barrett, Solutions Architect added.
Posted 4/28/08 at 7:52am
Invested in Avega Systems.
Posted 12/26/08 at 9:41am
David Bernstein, VP/GM Cloud Computing added.
Posted 2/25/09 at 7:58am
John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO added.
Posted 7/30/08 at 11:12pm
Manu Thapar, Senior Director Engineering added.
Posted 7/30/08 at 1:12am
Vikash Rungta, Chip Designer added.
Posted 6/2/09 at 9:20am
Scott Weiss, VP, Security Technology added.
Posted 6/5/09 at 12:44pm
Mike Kirkwood, Sr. Manager, Cisco.com added.
Posted 7/29/08 at 1:21pm
Don Valentine, Board Member added.
Posted 7/9/08 at 2:17pm
Patrick Moran, Sr Director, Marketing added.
Posted 7/5/09 at 10:55am
Travis Alber, Art Production Manager added.
Posted 6/26/08 at 8:18am
Matthew McLean, Web Manager added.
Posted 5/22/08 at 2:53pm
Anand Iyer, Senior Software Engineer added.
Posted 3/30/08 at 10:17am
Dennis Peng, Engineer added.
Posted 4/10/08 at 7:52am
George Taylor, Sales & R&D added.
Posted 10/15/09 at 12:28pm
Eugene Yoo, Corporate Development added.
Posted 11/5/09 at 4:27pm