Name: Cisco Systems
Rank: 4
Revenue, as of 2008 : $39 billion
Chairman and CEO: John T Chambers
What it does: Cisco hardware, software and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that make networks possible. It was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University.
Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol-based networking technologies. Today, it has more than 67,647 employees worldwide.
Image: The amphitheatre at the Cisco campus is flanked by two of its office buildings and the skybridge connecting them. | Photograph: Rediff Archives
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