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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gemini who wrote (20393)	1/6/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: JRH	Respond to of 77400

Network World's Most Powerful Company: 1 Cisco Founded: 1986 Top executive: John Chambers, president and CEO Employees: 16,000 Headquarters: San Jose 1998 revenue: $8.46 billion Cisco is a cinch to lord over this list. It wins the top spot because of its ubiquitous embedded base in enterprise and carrier networks. Cisco is the unapproachable leader in the router market and, since buying StrataCom in 1996, it is a dominant player in switching, too. Now Cisco is beating the drum of multiservice networking - the integration of data, voice and video over IP and other packet networks. It wants to play a pivotal role in the metamorphosis of the traditional public telephone network into a packet-based network supporting multimedia. Cisco's other priorities include developing the Internet and attacking the shortage of industry IT skills with special certification programs. For example, Cisco has taken a leadership role in the Internet2 project, a joint effort combining industry, academia and government to solve the capacity and service-quality problems of today's Internet. And the company has instituted the Cisco Networking Academies program, through which it contributes equipment, curriculum guidance and certification programs to schools and colleges in 14 countries. Cisco has made more than three dozen acquisitions in the past five years. And why not? In November, the company posted its 35th consecutive profitable quarter. Among Cisco's most notable recent moves are the acquisitions of voice-over-IP PBX maker Selsius Systems; American Internet Corp., which makes network registration software for set-top boxes and cable modems; and network security company WheelGroup. Cisco has also made some smart partnerships, including development and marketing efforts with Microsoft, Hitachi and, most recently, Hewlett-Packard. Cisco has many rivals, but its breadth of expertise is growing. Now that's power. ******************************************************************* That puts CSCO ahead of all others, including Microsoft, AT&T, Nortel, Lucent, etc. I like it!! CSCO Long, Justin