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Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner Found Cisco Systems

12/1984
Original Cisco Systems logo (1984)

Original Cisco Systems logo (1984)

In December 1984 computer scientists Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner from Stanford University founded Cisco Systems. They named the company for San Francisco, gateway to the Pacific Rim. Beginning to experiment with connecting detached networks, Bosack and Lerner ran network cables between two different buildings on the Stanford campus, connecting them first with bridges, and then with routers.

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