Cisco 2015 Annual Report Download - page 9

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations,” contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safe
harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements.
These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we
operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,”
“projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “continues,” “endeavors,” “strives,” “may,” variations of
such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that
refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, and other
characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-
looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict,
including those identified below, under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and elsewhere herein. Therefore, actual results may differ
materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update
any forward-looking statements for any reason.
PART I
Item 1. Business
General
Cisco designs and sells broad lines of products, provides services and delivers integrated solutions to develop and connect
networks around the world, building the Internet. Over the last 30 plus years, we have been the world’s leader in connecting
people, things and technologies - to each other and to the Internet - realizing our vision of changing the way the world works,
lives, plays and learns.
Today, we have over 70,000 employees in over 400 offices worldwide who design, produce, sell, and deliver integrated products,
services, and solutions. Over time, we have expanded to new markets that are a natural extension of our core networking
business, as the network has become the platform for automating, orchestrating, integrating, and delivering an ever-increasing
array of information technology (IT)–based products and services.
We conduct our business globally and manage our business by geography. Our business is organized into the following three
geographic segments: The Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC). For
revenue and other information regarding these segments, see Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Our products and technologies are grouped into the following categories: Switching; Next-Generation Network (NGN) Routing;
Collaboration; Service Provider Video; Data Center; Wireless; Security; and Other Products. In addition to our product offerings,
we provide a broad range of service offerings, including technical support services and advanced services. Increasingly, we are
delivering our technology and services to our customers as solutions for their priorities including cloud, video, mobility, security,
collaboration, and analytics. The network is at the center of these markets and technologies, and we are focused on delivering
integrated solutions to help our customers achieve their desired business outcomes. Cisco customers include businesses of all
sizes, public institutions, governments and communications service providers. They look to Cisco as a strategic partner to help
them use IT to enable, differentiate or fundamentally define their business strategy and drive growth, improve productivity,
reduce costs, mitigate risk, and gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly digital world.
We were incorporated in California in December 1984, and our headquarters are in San Jose, California. The mailing address of
our headquarters is 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134-1706, and our telephone number at that location is
[phone]. Our website is www.cisco.com. Through a link on the Investor Relations section of our website, we make
available the following filings as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. All such filings are available free of charge. The information posted on our website is not incorporated into this report.
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