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| 2024 | Awarded Best Office Phone for CP-8861 model by PhonePrices.co.uk. |
| October 3 2024 | Cisco acquires Deeper Insights AI Ltd, a UK-based company that helps organizations design, build, and implement AI solutions for enterprise use cases |
| August 26 2024 | Cisco acquires Robust Intelligence, an AI Security company from the United States |
| August 8 2024 | Cisco acquires DeepFactor, a cloud-native application security company from the United States |
| April 24 2024 | Chuck Robbins met with Pope Francis and signed the Rome Call for AI ethics at the Vatican, endorsing principles for responsible and ethical AI use. |
| February 15 2024 | Cisco announced it would lay off more than 4,000 employees (5% of its global workforce) and lowered its annual revenue forecast due to economic challenges. |
| 2023 | Cisco reported annual earnings of US$12.6 billion and total revenue of US$57 billion, representing a 10.6% increase from the previous fiscal year. |
| 2023 | Cisco announced plans to begin manufacturing equipment in India. |
| October 2023 | Announced as the Official Primary Partner of the McLaren F1 Academy programme, with branding to be carried on Bianca Bustamante's car, race suit, and team kit in the 2024 F1 Academy season. |
| September 21 2023 | Cisco announced the acquisition of cybersecurity firm Splunk in a $28 billion deal, its largest acquisition to date, set to be completed on March 18, 2024. |
| July 7 2023 | The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the lower court's decision, ruling that the Falun Gong practitioners' lawsuit against Cisco may proceed to trial. |
| February 2023 | Cisco wrote off the debt of Russian mobile operator MTS amounting to 1.234 billion rubles. |
| 2022 | Talos documented numerous cyberattacks targeting Ukraine during Russia's invasion, including multiple spam campaigns and wiper malware families. |
| 2022 | Cisco completely stopped sales of equipment in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine and discontinued service for previously sold devices. |
| 2022 | Partnership with McLaren Racing extended to Cisco as the Official Technology Partner. |
| October 2022 | Cisco announced a partnership adding the Microsoft Teams app to its meeting devices. |
| May 2022 | Talos IR was added to the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) response service providers list. |
| March 2022 | Talos announced direct 24/7 security product operations for critical customers in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Over 500 Cisco employees assisted in collecting open-source intelligence and creating Ukraine-specific protections. |
| November 2021 | Talos IR was named a leader by IDC in the Worldwide Incident Readiness Services MarketScape. |
| July 2021 | Cisco announced that all employees would have the option to work remotely on a permanent basis. |
| February 2021 | Webex signed a multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing as the Official Collaboration Partner. |
| 2020 | The company accelerated its digital transformation strategy in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on remote work technologies and collaboration tools. |
| 2020 | Ranked number four on Fortune magazine's List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For, based on an employee satisfaction survey. |
| 2020 | The Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused Cisco of being among 82 major brands potentially connected to forced labor of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China. |
| 2020 | California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Cisco and two of its employees, alleging caste discrimination against an Indian engineer based on his lower caste status. |
| October 2020 | Cisco was ordered to pay US$1.9 billion to Centripetal Networks for infringing on four cybersecurity patents. |
| August 2020 | Cisco announced the creation of a new 130,000 square feet Midwest headquarters in Chicago at the Old Chicago Main Post Office, designed to accommodate 1,200 employees. |
| August 7 2020 | Cisco completed the acquisition of network intelligence company ThousandEyes for around $1 billion. |
| March 2020 | SVP and GM of Enterprise Networking David Goeckeler left to become CEO of Western Digital, replaced by Todd Nightingale. |
| 2019 | Cisco Security Incident Response Services group announced a partnership with Talos, forming Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR). |
| 2019 | Cisco introduced the 'Silicon One' ASIC chip, with the G100 model reaching a speed of 25.6 Tbit/s. |
| 2019 | Ranked number one in Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces list. |
| 2019 | Cisco acquired CloudCherry (a customer experience management company) and Voicea (an artificial intelligence company). |
| 2018 | Talos responded to the 'Olympic Destroyer' cyber attack during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which disrupted the official website and caused Wi-Fi issues in the Olympic Stadium. |
| 2018 | Cisco acquired AppDynamics, a significant move to strengthen its software and cloud performance monitoring capabilities. |
| 2018 | Cisco reported annual financial results with revenue of $49,330 million, net income of $110 million, total assets of $108,784 million, and a share price of $43.65, with a workforce of 74,200 employees. |
| September 2018 | Cisco's market capitalization was valued at US$213.2 billion, with company shares trading at over $43 per share. |
| May 2018 | Talos collaborated with the FBI to disclose the VPNFilter malware, which had infected approximately 500,000 networking devices across 54 countries. The malware could act as a 'kill switch' to render devices useless. |
| May 1 2018 | Cisco Systems agreed to buy AI-driven business intelligence startup Accompany for $270 million. |
| 2017 | Cisco Talos discovered and investigated the widespread CCleaner supply chain attack, revealing a significant cybersecurity threat affecting multiple systems. |
| 2017 | Talos discovered the Nyetya (NotPetya) malware disguised as a Ukrainian tax software update, revealing it was designed to deliberately destroy data and target Ukraine. |
| 2017 | The company made strategic investments in intent-based networking technology, signaling a shift towards more intelligent and automated network solutions. |
| December 11 2017 | Chuck Robbins was elected executive chairman while retaining his CEO role, with Chambers becoming 'Chairman Emeritus'. |
| September 2017 | John Chambers announced he would step down from the executive chairman role at the end of his term in December 2017. |
| August 1 2017 | Cisco completed the acquisition of Viptela Inc. for $610 million, a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company. |
| February 2017 | Cisco launched Cisco Umbrella, a cloud-based secure internet gateway. |
| January 2017 | Cisco announced the acquisition of AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, just one day before the company was set to IPO. |
| January 26 2017 | Cisco founded the Innovation Alliance in Germany with eleven other companies, bringing together 40 sites and 2,000 staff. |
| 2016 | Cisco launched a major strategic restructuring, which included significant workforce reductions and a focus on software and services to adapt to changing technology markets. |
| January 2016 | Cisco invested in VeloCloud, a software-defined WAN startup, contributing to its $27 million Series C funding round. |
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