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Cisco
Based on 935 reviews.
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Based on 1362 reviews.
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Overview
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science (CS) department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers.International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
Sample Customers
Cisco Piston Enterprise OS: Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cisco CloudCenter: NTT, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), CollabNet, Pratt & Miller, PZFlex
Cisco UCS Director: Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge
WebEx Social [EOL]: Afni, AGCO, Bellevue, Came Group, Cisco IT, DOW, Dundee Precious Metals, Edinburgh Napier University, Explorer Pipeline, Instituto Zaldivar, Moffitt Cancer Center, Mondi Group, National Rugby League, NBA, North West Redwater, Park Nicollet, Pirelli, Presidio Inc., Saipem, San Jose State University, University of Dammam, VITAS Healthcare
BroadSoft Team-One: 1GTM, Bayly
Cisco Sourcefire 3D [EOL]: New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Cisco Sourcefire SNORT: CareCore, City of Biel, Dimension Data, LightEdge, Lone Star College System, National Rugby League, Port Aventura, Smart City Networks, Telecom Italia, The Department of Education in Western Australia
Cisco IOS Security: Arup Group, Brunel University London, City of Biel, Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha, K&L Gates , New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Offshore Northern Seas, Transplace
Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud: Options, Schneider Electric, Washington University in St Louis, Gotcha, Kraft Kennedy, PartnerRe, Sumologic, Veterans United, AFGE, Agraform, Artesys, Dynamic Ideas Financials, Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics: Transplace
Cisco NGIPS: American Electric Power, Huntington Bank, Keycorp, Nationwide, Transunion, Marriott, Inova Health, Ford, Thomson Reuters, Dow Chemical, Equifax, Chevron, Walmart, Coca Cola
Cisco TelePresence: Afni, AGCO, Bellevue, Came Group, Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children's), Del Papa Distributing, Instituto Zaldivar, ING Bank, Moffitt Cancer Center, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, San Jose State University, Sub-Zero Wolf, Transwestern and Metropolis Investment Holdings, Vital Images
Cisco Meeting Server: Starz
Cisco Unified Communications: Afni, Allied Irish Banks, Bellevue, Came Group, Children's Hospital Colorado, Erickson Living, IDEALondon, Instituto Zaldivar, John Lewis, Linz AG, London Hydro, Lone Star College System, Lone Star College System, Mondi Group, North West Redwater, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, Pilatus, Pirelli, Portugal Ministry, Presidio Inc., Republic Bank & Trust Company, Saipem, SickKids Foundation, Top Right Group, Vital Images
Cisco Jabber: Odeabank, Eagle Investment Systems, Pella Corporation, The Republican National Convention, avodaqAG
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace: Vital Images
Webex: Seagate Technology, Kohn Pedersen Fox, World Vision International, Glen Raven, University of Notre Dame, CEV Multimedia, The Food Group, LUMEDX, California Baptist University, and Georgetown University Law Center.
Cisco Catalyst Switches: Afni, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Baylor Scott & White Health, Beachbody, Bellevue, Del Papa Distributing, Explorer Pipeline, Mindtree, Omaha World Herald, Radio 538, Sony Corporation, Telecom Italia, Telenor Arena
Cisco FabricPath: Bellevue, Calligaris, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Management Science Associates, Multi-Customer, Oediv, Roper St. Francis, SNAM
Cisco Nexus: Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins
Cisco Communications Outsourcing: Allied Irish Banks, Came Group, Erickson Living, IDEALondon, Instituto Zaldivar, London Hydro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, Portugal Ministry, Raiffeisen Bank
Cisco Ethernet Switches: Linz AG
Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches: Linz AG
Meraki MS Switches: Cisco Live Milan, Hyatt
Cisco MDS Series: National Rugby League
Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL]: Republic Bank & Trust Company
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers: Advanced Medical Transport, Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Artoni Transporti, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, City of Mississauga, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Kind en Gezin, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Nationwide, Quest, Talbots, University of St. Gallen
Springpath [EOL]: Sigma Designs, Superior Document Solutions
Cisco Cariden: Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG
Meraki SD-WAN: École Jeannine Manuel
Jasper Platform: ABB Robotics, Telular, Vivint, Garmin, Cantaloupe Systems, ShotSpotter, Ford, Heineken, Verifone, Boston Scientific
Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM): Hafen Hamburg & Empire Riverside Hotel, Eastview Church, Tourism Holdings, Colegio Sagrada Familia Hijas de Jesús, Tommy Bahama's, Canadian School Mexico, Rosebank College
Meraki Location Analytics: Ladbrokes, Neinver, Westwind School Division, The Salvation Army, Queensland Airports Limited
MindMeld: Samsung, Intel, Telefonica, IDG, Spotify, Liberty Global
Cisco Threat Grid: Center for Internet Security (CIS), ADP
IBM Spectrum Computing: London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
IBM Service Delivery Manager: Whogohost Ltd., Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Outokumpu, Salesbox, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr, CLOUD M, CenterPoint Energy, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, Earth Signal, DSB Consulting, Inventive, SKIData AG
IBM Multicloud Manager: American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM Cloud App Management: American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM SAN24B-4 Express: ADP, McKesson Technology Solutions, Migros Zurich, Mars Incorporated, Grupo Hefame, Williams-Sonoma
IBM SAN32B-E4: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A., L'Or_al S.A., Vaasan Oy, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Odin
IBM SAN384B: Tabicel, Sanmarco Informatica, National Institutes of Health, Chapman University, Baldor Electric, University of New Brunswick, Harim Group Corp.
IBM SAN40B-4: Cosan, EF Education First, Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura S.p.A., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, American National Bank
IBM SAN48B-5: CERN, Bigcommerce, Connect2Cloud, Genius Inside, Performance Buildings AG
IBM SAN768B: Einstein Healthcare, Hansgrohe SE, Yaap Digital Services
IBM SAN80B-4: City of Joensuu, Six Flags Entertainment, VolkerHighways, Front-Safe A/S, DLF Ltd., Clinica Las Condes
IBM Security Network IPS: Equifax, Christian Hospital Centre
IBM Tivoli NetCool: Claranet, Consolidated Communications, Telus, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Telekom Srbija, Bendigo Community Telco, Capgemini, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)
IBM Blade Ethernet Switches [EOL]: KRZN, Merkl IT, Cegal, Tomologic, Stuttgarter Versicherungsgruppe, NIBCO, Agriauto Industries
IBM BNT: King's College London
IBM Cognos: More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.
IBM Cognos TM1: ManpowerGroup, Convergys, AIG, Orchard Brands, Citibank, InterGen, Northwestern University, EF Education First, Ironside, Bazan Group, CSOB Insurance, Macquarie Group, Charles Stanley, SATO, Government of Sint Maarten, BMW Financial Services
IBM Cognos Express: Gamma Powersports, Gasmart, University of Iceland, Monarch Industries, Mace, Quintiles, Argility, Talent2, Accelrys Inc., J. B. Poindexter and Co., FK Gardner and Sons Group
IBM Watson Analytics: Mueller, Inc., Mears Group
IBM Safer Planet: Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Rochester Police Department
IBM Watson Explorer: RIMAC, Westpac New Zealand, Toyota Financial Services, Swiss Re, Akershus University Hospital, Korean Air Lines, Mizuho Bank, Honda
Rackswitch: Altus IT, SL-Rasch, COMAS, Balluff GmbH, CANCOM IT Solutions, Kings College London
IBM Global Technology Services: Celero, Focus Inc., Australian Government Department of Defence, Pioneer Corp., Comptel Corp., iLex Systems Zrt., KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., TTE Europe GmbH, Sembcorp Industries Ltd., WIS Internet Inc., eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Spruce Computer Systems Inc., Revorg S.r.l., INDEXtech, EXPLAN consulting S.r.l., ABN AMRO
IBM Lotus Quickr: Aibel AS, KDZ Wiesbaden, Ahlers AG, Integra Legal, Rheinmetall AG
IBM LotusLive: IMM, ADP, Nice Céte d'Azur, Ultra Petroleum, Erhvervsstyrelsen, Durham Police Department, Globo, Whogohost Ltd., Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Varian Medical Systems, Vasaloppet, Keyword, North Pacific Bank Ltd.
IBM Lotus Sametime: Connect2Cloud, Superior Group, Daifuku Co. Ltd., Seaward, The City of Fort Worth, Christian Brothers Services, Berlitz, Deutsche Notes User Group, Danske Fysioterapeuter, Slumberland, La Vacanza, Rheinmetall AG
IBM LotusLive Meetings: Havas, JGC Corporation, PointSource, Geno SA, SSP, Brunswick Corporation
IBM MaaS360: Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia
IBM SDN: Sin Chew Media, Naza Kia Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
IBM Cloud: Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County
IBM Spectrum Accelerate: Silverpop
IBM Spectrum Virtualize: Pelephone, Sprint IT Enterprise Services
IBM Cloud Video: Airbnb, N3 Results, University of Notre Dame
IBM Power Systems: Cipher
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