Cisco Systems – Team 6

Cisco Systems – Team 6

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Mission Statement

“Shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors, and ecosystem partners.”

History Cisco• San Francisco, CA

• Founded 1984

• Multinational Corporation

• Designs, sells, and network equipment

• More than 60,000 employees

Cisco Changes

• 1990 became a public company

• 2000 dot-com boom – most valuable company

• 2006 “The Human Network” campaign is launched

Cisco Products

• Numerous products including:

• Networking device, network management, Cisco IOS software, optical networking, storage and networks, wireless, datacenters

Acquisitions

1995-1996 acquired 11 companies 2003 – Linksys 2012 – NDS Group

Demetrius Christian - Interview Recaps

Works in San Antonio office – Level III Engineer

Moved from South Africa to the US during dot-com crash in 2001

Very uncertain about new job

Starting life from scratch

DC - Interview Recaps 18 months to become settled in

US has lots of celebrations

Cisco made the transition very simple for him

Generous relocation package

No vertical organizational chart at Cisco

Willem Rossouw - Interview Recaps Works in South Africa – Consulting Systems Architect

Worked for many different companies

Offer came in 1999 to work for Cisco in the UK

Wanted to explore the world

Grabbed offer with both hands

WR - Interview Recaps First impressions of the “new world” were exhilarating

Foot in the door, no idea what to expect

First chapter of his new life

Personal life, exploring was fantastic

Exposure to various cultures

WR - Interview Recaps New approach on life

English are reserved, polite, and considerate

Summing up his first six months was very difficult

Believed he was considered an “outsider”

Loved that he was working for Cisco

WR - Interview Recaps Missed home very much

Bakkie story

Many kind words of wisdom

Make it happen, when it happens, take it as it comes!

Learning Team 6 would like to THANK YOU for your time this semester and hope you

have learned something about Cisco and South Africa!

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