Cisco

Silicon Valley networker

Cisco is an American technology company that dominates networking equipment—routers, switches, and related infrastructure that form the backbone of the internet.

The name, shortened from San Francisco, appears on hardware in server rooms worldwide.

We're upgrading to Cisco switches.

In professional IT contexts, Cisco certifications (CCNA, CCNP) are industry-standard credentials for network engineers.

networking

router

Packet-forwarding network device

VPN · packet · bandwidth · subnet · protocol · Nexus · ASA · access point · network engineer · data center

products

router

Packet-forwarding network device

  • switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
  • NexusGoogle's discontinued device brand
  • ASAFilm speed scale

Duo · access point · wireless controller · collaboration tools

company

corporation

Legally separate business entity

acquisition · IPO · enterprise · multinational · shareholder · revenue · workforce · boardroom · subsidiary · merger

competitors

Juniper

Feminine given name

  • HuaweiChinese telecommunications conglomerate
  • HPComputing brand or vitality stat
  • NokiaFinnish telecom corporation

Ericsson · Netgear · IBM · VMware · Microsoft Teams · Zoom

Categories
Opposites
networking market position

CiscoHuawei

Chinese telecommunications conglomerate

hardware vs. software focus

CiscoVMware

Virtualization software company

Cloudflare · Salesforce · serverless · Zoom · Slack

enterprise vs. consumer orientation

CiscoNetgear

Networking hardware company

Linksys · D-Link · consumer electronics · home networking · Asus

Phrases
Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Concrete · Rated G