CISCO SYSTEMS* Founded in 1984 and based in San Jose, Calif.* Designs, manufacturers and sells networking, communication and information technology products worldwide* John Chambers is chairman and CEO* $10.8 billion in sales for the three months ending April 30; $1.8 billion in net income in the periodSource: Cisco, Yahoo Finance
The city with the nation’s biggest Internet pipeline and one of the largest technology companies in the world are going to start working together.
Norman Jacknis, director of Cisco Systems public sector group, announced Wednesday that the 70,000-employee tech giant is exploring a partnership with Chattanooga to find more uses for EPB’s gigabit network.
“Our job is to work with the innovators,” Jacknis said. “This is the only city in America with the network that can support the future.”
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield called Cisco officials the city’s new “partners,” which are “helping us to prepare this city in a way that no other city is prepared.”