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It was founded as WebEx in 1995 and taken over by Cisco Systems in 2007. Its headquarters are in San Jose, California. [2] Its software products include Webex App, Webex Suite, Webex Meetings, Webex Messaging, Webex Calling, Webex Contact Center, and Webex Devices. [3] All Webex products are part of the Cisco Systems collaboration portfolio. [4]
Cisco was a 2002–03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award, [184] [185] a U.S. presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities". [184] Cisco ranked number one in Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces 2019. [186]
In June 1998, PlaceWare 2.0 Conference Center was released, allowing up to 1000 live attendees in a meeting session. [25] In February 1999, ActiveTouch announced WebEx Meeting Center and the webex.com website. In July 1999 WebEx Meeting Center was formally released [26] with a 1000-person meeting capacity demonstrated. [27]
Zoom was founded by Eric Yuan, a former corporate vice president for Cisco Webex. [6] He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company, [ 2 ] originally named Saasbee, Inc. [ 7 ] The company had trouble finding investors because many people thought the videotelephony market was already saturated. [ 7 ]
The company's largest acquisition as of October 2023 is the purchase of Splunk —a software company that develops software for the analysis and monitoring of machine-generated data — US$ 28 billion. [3] Cisco's previous largest acquisition was tied between Cerent Corporation and Scientific Atlanta for $6.9 billion in 1999 and 2005 respectively.
IP cameras, data and network security etc. [ 8 ] Voice and conferencing. VOIP phones and gateway-systems, WebEx, video conferencing. Wireless. Indoor Wi-Fi Access points, Wireless Controller. Network storage systems. Persistent people storage on networks, either in the traditional sense or in a cloud-like manner.
In an April 2020 test of video conferencing services, US product review owned by the New York Times Wirecutter recommended Jitsi Meet as one of its two picks (after the more feature-rich Cisco Webex which it found preferable for large groups and enterprises), stating that Jitsi was "easy to use and reliable" and that "in our testing, the video ...
During Chambers' time at the company, Wang's profits declined dramatically from $2 billion 1989 to a $700 million loss in 1990. A year later, Chambers left Wang to join Cisco, which had gone public on February 16, 1990. [12] In 1995 Chambers became CEO of Cisco, a position he held until 2015. He had also been promoted to board chairman in 2006 ...