Cisco recently marked its 25th anniversary with a call to community
service. Chairman and CEO John Chambers challenged every Cisco
employee to volunteer four hours of service in his or her local
community. The company’s goal is an aggregate contribution of
200,000 employee volunteer hours, which equates to approximately 25
years worth of service to the global community.
“I can think of no better way to mark Cisco’s 25th
year, than focusing even more of our employees’ talents and
energy on community service,” Chambers said. “Helping
people connect and collaborate is not just core to our
business—it is core to our values.”
Cisco was founded on December 10, 1984 by husband and wife Len
Bosack and Sandy Lerner, two former Stanford University computer
scientists whose efforts to enable e-mail between computers on
different networks led to the invention of the first multiprotocol
router. This breakthrough played a major role in fueling the growth
of the Internet.
Chambers continued, “In the coming quarter century, the role
of the network
will become even more important in driving growth, innovation, and
productivity
in industries such as healthcare, education and
energy. Looking ahead, Cisco is
positioned to lead the evolution of the network to enable a
‘connected future’
which is increasingly collaborative, video-driven, personalized,
and mobile.”