Scientific-AtlantaScientific Atlanta, which became a Cisco company on February 24, 2006, is a $1.9 billion company changing the way consumers interact with their televisions, and is a leading supplier of transmission networks for broadband access to the home, set-tops, cable modems and digital interactive subscriber systems for video, high speed Internet, voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support. Scientific Atlanta is applying a half-century of innovations to today's convergence of the PC and the TV and helping to extend multimedia broadband applications to new platforms via interactive broadband networks, set-tops and cable modems. Founded: Both Scientific Atlanta and Cisco can trace their roots to academia. Scientific Atlanta was founded in 1951 by a group of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, while Cisco’s founders were computer scientists from Stanford University who started the company in 1984. Employees: At the end of 2005, Scientific Atlanta had 7,705 employees which increased Cisco worldwide employment to over 47,000 following the completion of the acquisition. Stock Symbol: NASDAQ NM: CSCO (Common Stock)
Fiscal Year: The Cisco 2006 Fiscal year ends July 29, 2006. |