With an eye on serving the community and committing itself for its upliftment, Cisco has gone all the way to celebrate its 25 years of service. Chairman and CEO John Chambers has challenged every Cisco employee to volunteer four hours of service in his or her local community. The networking leader's goal is to aggregate the volunteer hours of 200,000 employee, which equates to approximately 25 years worth of service to the global community.
“I can think of no better way to mark Cisco’s 25th year, than focusing even more of our employees’ talents and energy on community service,” Chambers said. “Helping people connect and collaborate is not just core to our business, it is core to our values. Looking ahead, Cisco is positioned to lead the evolution of the network to enable a ¡connected future, which is increasingly collaborative, video-driven, personalized and mobile.”Â
Founded in 1984 by Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, Cisco has played a crucial role in enabling the profound change that the Internet has had on the world in the last 25 years. The efforts of the husband-wife duo have enabled email between computers on different networks, leading to the invention of the first multiprotocol router and fuelling the growth of the Internet.Â
Cisco today is the worldwide leader in networking technologies that are changing how the world works, lives, plays and learns. The company’s commitment to innovation, customers and giving back has been key to Cisco’s success over the years and it will drive the company’s ongoing mission to shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for customers, employees, investors and ecosystem partners.
