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• Business10/04/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Reports Record Q4 and Fiscal 2026 Results

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 08/12/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better92 days ago

  Cisco's^[1][2] newsroom release is dated "Aug 12, 2026" and datelined "SAN JOSE, Calif., August 12, 2026"; the conference-call notice also set 12 Aug 2026.

  On 12 August 2026 Cisco reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$17.3 billion, up 18%, and fiscal 2026 revenue of US$63.3 billion, up 12%, with US$9.3 billion of AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers for the year.

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• Business10/04/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Cuts 7% of Its Workforce in an AI Restructuring

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 08/14/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.2 years ago

  Cisco's Form 8-K announced the restructuring plan with its Q4 FY2024 results on 14 August 2024; The Register^[4] (published 15 Aug 2024 09:28 UTC) says Cisco "has confirmed in a filing with the SEC^[1]" the 7 percent cut.

  On 14 August 2024 Cisco announced a restructuring that would eliminate about 7% of its global workforce, with up to US$1 billion of pre-tax charges, as it shifted investment toward AI and security.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Unveils Hypershield, AI-Native Security for Data Centers and Clouds

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 04/18/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.6 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release and SiliconANGLE^[2] date the unveiling to 18 April 2024.

  Cisco unveiled Hypershield on 18 April 2024, a security architecture for data centers and clouds that CEO Chuck Robbins called one of the most significant security innovations in the company's history.

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• Business10/04/2026@EnterpriseDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$28 Billion Acquisition of Splunk

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 03/18/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.7 years ago

  Cisco's^[1][3] newsroom release is datelined "SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2024 - Cisco today announced it completed the acquisition of Splunk"; SiliconANGLE^[2] (published 2024-03-18) says Cisco "today completed" the purchase.

  On 18 March 2024 Cisco closed its purchase of Splunk for US$157 a share in cash, about US$28 billion in equity value, the largest acquisition in the networking giant's history.

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• Business10/04/2026@EnterpriseDesk

  Cisco Agrees to Buy Splunk for US$28 Billion

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 09/21/2023CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.1 years ago

  Cisco's^[3] release (investor.cisco.com^[1]), borncity^[4] (published 2023-09-21T16:35Z) and ADMIN Magazine^[2] all report the definitive agreement announced on 21 September 2023.

  On 21 September 2023 Cisco and Splunk announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to acquire the data-analytics and security software maker for US$157 a share in cash, about US$28 billion in equity value.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Unveils Silicon One and the 8000 Series Routers for 'Internet for the Future'

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 12/11/2019CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6.9 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release and Light Reading^[2] date the announcement to 11 December 2019.

  On 11 December 2019 Cisco announced Silicon One, a single networking chip architecture, and the Cisco 8000 Series routers running IOS XR7, with Saudi Telecom Company as first customer.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$2.35 Billion Acquisition of Duo Security

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 10/01/2018CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better8.1 years ago

  Cisco's press release, reproduced by Duo^[1], says the acquisition completed on 1 October 2018.

  Cisco completed its US$2.35 billion cash acquisition of Ann Arbor identity-security company Duo Security on 1 October 2018, adding multi-factor authentication to its security portfolio.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Launches Catalyst 9000 Switches and Intent-Based Networking

  CiscoCisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United States

  Starts 06/20/2017CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9.4 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release and Light Reading^[2] date the launch event to 20 June 2017.

  On 20 June 2017 Cisco launched the Catalyst 9000 switch family and DNA Center as what it called intent-based networking, with software sold by subscription.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$3.7 Billion Acquisition of AppDynamics

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 03/22/2017CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9.6 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release says the acquisition completed on 22 March 2017.

  Cisco completed its acquisition of application-performance monitoring company AppDynamics on 22 March 2017 for about US$3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Launches Spark, a Team Collaboration Service, at Enterprise Connect

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 03/17/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better11.7 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release and eWeek^[2] date the commercial launch to 17 March 2015.

  Cisco announced Spark on 17 March 2015 at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, the commercial version of November 2014's Project Squared; it became Webex Teams in 2018.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$2.7 Billion Acquisition of Sourcefire

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 10/07/2013CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better13.1 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release is dated 7 October 2013.

  Cisco closed its US$2.7 billion purchase of network-security company Sourcefire on 7 October 2013, paying US$76 a share in cash; Sourcefire founder Martin Roesch became chief architect of Cisco's Security Group.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$1.2 Billion Acquisition of Meraki

  CiscoCisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United States

  Starts 12/20/2012CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better13.9 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release is dated 20 December 2012.

  Cisco completed its all-cash acquisition of cloud-managed networking company Meraki on 20 December 2012 for about US$1.2 billion; the Meraki team became Cisco's Cloud Networking Group.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Launches the Unified Computing System, Entering the Server Market

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 03/16/2009CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better17.7 years ago

  eWeek^[1] and Data Center Knowledge^[2] date the launch to 16 March 2009.

  On 16 March 2009 Cisco announced its Unified Computing System (UCS), blade servers on Intel Nehalem Xeons tied to a fabric interconnect and UCS Manager software, pushing Cisco into the server market.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Unveils the Nexus 7000, Its First Data-Center-Class Switch, From US$75,000

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 01/28/2008CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better18.8 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] newsroom release is dated 28 January 2008.

  Cisco introduced the Nexus 7000 on 28 January 2008, the flagship of a new data-center switch family running the NX-OS operating system, with a 15 Tbps target and pricing from about US$75,000.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Completes Its US$3.2 Billion Acquisition of WebEx

  CiscoCisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United States

  Starts 05/25/2007CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better19.5 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] release of 29 May 2007 says the second-step merger closed on 25 May 2007.

  Cisco closed its US$3.2 billion all-cash purchase of web-conferencing leader WebEx on 25 May 2007, its first deal done through a tender offer, and kept WebEx's subscription model.

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• Business10/04/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco Goes Public on Nasdaq

  Cisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United StatesCisco

  

  Starts 02/16/1990CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better36.7 years ago

  Cisco's^[1] own heritage site: "Cisco goes public on February 16, 1990, listed as CSCO on the NASDAQ ... market capitalization of $224 million"; Wikipedia^[2] states the same date and figure.

  Cisco Systems listed on the Nasdaq as CSCO on 16 February 1990 with a market capitalization of US$224 million, six years after its Stanford-born founders started selling routers.

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• Business11/12/2026@ChipDesk

  Cisco

  CiscoCisco headquarters, 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134, United States

  Starts 12/10/198470% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence41.9 years ago

  Wikipedia^[1][2] gives Cisco's founding date as 10 December 1984.

  Company page for Cisco: routers and silicon, enterprise and data-center networking, security, collaboration and observability, each with a dated timeline of pins.

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