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Talking about computer networks and not referring to Cisco is almost impossible; This North American multinational is characterized by offering solutions of all kinds for networking, robust and efficient, they are well known among technicians.

The history of Cisco Systems dates back to a very early date in history, 1984, when it was founded at Stanford University.

A center that, on the other hand, has inspired many entrepreneurs in the technological field, a true "nursery" of companies and geniuses that have revolutionized the technological panorama in the last decades.

Cisco's first product was a router inspired by the "Blue box”Produced in the same college Stanford, and it worked with the same software what are you.

However, despite what the official Cisco story may explain, Stanford eventually expelled the founders of the company (the marriage formed by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner) and brought them to trial, charged with theft of property intellectual owned by the university, both in terms of software like to hardware.

The secret of Cisco's success can be found in that it was the first manufacturer to sell routers that support various network protocols.

Its special appeal was, at the time, something that now seems so common to us as that the device could be updated by software, and the possibility of managing it remotely by command line gave him not only a flexibility and greater robustness, but also a appearance professionalism (and appearances, even in the tech business, count too).

The possibility of updating network devices, and the fact of not "marrying" with a series of specific protocols, made these devices, once installed, would have an above-average operational life in a business that was evolving as fast as that of networks, two things that made service providers and operators look favorably on their use, as they maximized their investment.

This led the company to rapid and successful growth, carrying out purchases from other companies that were never spectacular and always successful.

The arrival of Internet to the homes of ordinary citizens it brought more work to the operators and, with it, more sales to Cisco, which was experiencing, in the mid-1990s, a “golden age”.

In 2000 Cisco became the most valuable company in the world, and although its position declined after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, it has never ceased to be among the largest capitalization companies in the world. world.

One of the company's best-known products is its Cisco IOS operating system, which equips network devices of all kinds around the world, such as routers or switches

IOS has become practically mandatory for all those who want to work seriously as technicians specialized in computer networks.

Your CCNA courses (Cisco Certified Network Associate) are among the most prestigious and demanded by companies from the network technicians they hire, and having this title practically guarantees finding work in the profession.

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