40 Years of Enterprise Networking Leadership
Founded in 1984 by Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner at Stanford University, Cisco shipped its first multi-protocol router and transformed how organisations connected disparate computer networks. The name "Cisco" comes from San Francisco — and the logo depicts the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. From that single product, Cisco has grown into the world's largest networking company with over $50 billion in annual revenue.
Today, Cisco's networking equipment runs the core infrastructure of over 70% of Fortune 500 companies, the majority of UK government and public sector networks, and virtually every large enterprise globally. The Cisco Catalyst switching platform alone has shipped hundreds of millions of ports — making it by far the most widely deployed enterprise switching infrastructure in history.
Cisco's security division has grown through strategic acquisitions — most notably Sourcefire (2013, $2.7B) which brought the Snort IPS engine and Firepower NGFW platform, and a string of cloud security companies including Umbrella, Duo, and AppDynamics. Cisco Talos, built from the Sourcefire acquisition, is now one of the world's preeminent cybersecurity research organisations with over 400 dedicated researchers.
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Cisco offers networking and security products spanning every deployment tier. Servnet stocks and supplies the full range — contact us for competitive pricing on any Cisco product.
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Industry-Leading NGFW — Powered by Cisco Talos
Cisco Secure Firewall (Firepower) delivers next-generation firewall, NGIPS, AVC, URL filtering, and advanced malware protection in a unified Cisco Threat Defense (FTD) policy — backed by Talos threat intelligence and managed by Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center or Cisco Defense Orchestrator.
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Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches run IOS-XE, support Cisco DNA Center intent-based networking, hardware MACsec encryption, StackWise stacking, and the industry's most advanced SD-Access fabric. The Nexus 9000 brings ACI automation and VXLAN BGP EVPN to data centre deployments.
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The Cisco Secure portfolio integrates network, endpoint, cloud, email, and identity security into a unified platform — with Cisco SecureX and XDR correlating threats across all pillars for automated detection and response.
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Common questions about buying cisco from a UK partner.
Is Servnet a Cisco partner in the UK?
Yes — Servnet is a Cisco partner, supplying Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, ASR, ISR, Webex, Catalyst SD-WAN and ASA / Firepower NGFW. We carry stock and can quote Cisco Smart Net (SNTC) and Solution Support contracts.
Cisco Catalyst 9300 vs 9500 — which do I need?
Catalyst 9300 is the access-layer / closet switch — 24/48 port copper or fibre, stackable. Catalyst 9500 is the distribution / core / leaf — 25/40/100GbE, higher throughput, deeper buffers. Most campus designs run 9300 access into 9500 core.
Can Cisco Meraki manage my whole estate from one cloud dashboard?
Yes — Meraki Dashboard is the single cloud console for MX firewall, MS switch, MR wireless, MV cameras, MT sensors, SM mobile device management and Insight WAN monitoring. Subscription is per-device per-year.
Do you handle the transition from Cisco SD-WAN to Catalyst SD-WAN?
Yes — Cisco renamed Viptela SD-WAN to Catalyst SD-WAN (now on IOS XE). Servnet can plan and execute the migration from Viptela controllers to vManage Catalyst SD-WAN with parallel-run cutover to avoid downtime.
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