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    Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 in San Francisco and took its name from the city. In 1990, Cisco went public by listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. During the 1990s and 2000s, Cisco acquired several companies, including Cerent for $7 billion in 1999, Linksys in 2003, and Starent Networks and Moto Development Group in 2010, to expand into new business areas like enterprise voice over IP, home networking, and mobile technology.

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    Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 in San Francisco and took its name from the city. In 1990, Cisco went public by listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. During the 1990s and 2000s, Cisco acquired several companies, including Cerent for $7 billion in 1999, Linksys in 2003, and Starent Networks and Moto Development Group in 2010, to expand into new business areas like enterprise voice over IP, home networking, and mobile technology.

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    Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 in San Francisco and took its name from the city. In 1990, Cisco went public by listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. During the 1990s and 2000s, Cisco acquired several companies, including Cerent for $7 billion in 1999, Linksys in 2003, and Starent Networks and Moto Development Group in 2010, to expand into new business areas like enterprise voice over IP, home networking, and mobile technology.

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    Cisco Systems was founded in 1984 in San Francisco and took its name from the city. In 1990, Cisco went public by listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. During the 1990s and 2000s, Cisco acquired several companies, including Cerent for $7 billion in 1999, Linksys in 2003, and Starent Networks and Moto Development Group in 2010, to expand into new business areas like enterprise voice over IP, home networking, and mobile technology.

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    Cisco Systems is founded in 1984 The name "Cisco" was derived from the city name, San Francisco,

    which is why the company's engineers insisted on using the lower case "cisco" in the early days

    In 1990, the company was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange


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    Lerner was fired; as a result Bosack quit after receiving $200 million. Most of those profits were given to charities and the two later divorced.

    . During the Internet boom in 1999, the company acquired Cerent Corporation, a start-up company located in Petaluma California, for about US$7 billion. It was the most expensive acquisition made by Cisco
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    CISCO also acquired LAN switching, Enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), and home networking

    Cisco acquired Linksys in 2003. In 2010, Cisco bought Starent Networks a mobile technology company and Moto Development Group, a product design consulting firm that helped develop Cisco's Flip video camera.
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    Cisco was the most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalization of more than US$500 billion. In July 2009

    The company was a 2002-03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award, a U.S. presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities".
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