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Cisco Systems, Inc.

A maker of the networking gear that connects the internet, Cisco designs and sells switches, routers, wireless systems, and security, collaboration, and observability software — including the Webex video suite and Splunk data tools — used by businesses, governments, and service providers. It was founded in 1984 by Stanford computer scientists Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, who built routers to link their campus networks. The name comes from the last five letters of San Francisco, and the original logo was a stylized Golden Gate Bridge, inspired by a drive the founders took past the landmark.