Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco's Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks.
Cisco has been at the heart of many historic changes in technology, and that continues to be true today. Now, at a time when the technology industry is going through a period of dramatic change, Cisco is the market leader in multiple areas, such as routing and switching, unified communications, wireless and security. The company helped catalyze the industry's move toward IP and, now that it is fully underway, the company is at the centre of fundamental changes in the way the world communicates.
The emergence of the network as a platform is changing the entire value chain of technology and placing the network squarely at the centre of innovation: as many as 14 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2010. The explosion of devices will be fuelled by more and more services and tasks being handled online, from phone calls to personalized searches to downloading emails on the move.
The role of the network is evolving beyond that of infrastructure. It is emerging as a secure platform for delivering the customized and personalized experience that 21st century users expect - whether that means delivering new services as a carrier to boosting productivity for businesses of any size.
As an increasingly intelligent network evolves into a platform, users will be able to communicate from any device and in whatever mode they choose, and Gardner Systems and Cisco are very well placed to deliver these platforms.