Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, http://www.cisco.com was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner, a married couple
both employed by Stanford University. Initially targeting universities, it sold
its first router in 1986. Today, Cisco is a leading manufacturer of networking
equipment including routers, bridges, frame switches, ATM switches, dial-up
access servers, and network management software.