Cisco Systems's global headquarters is located in San Jose, California.
Cisco was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, who worked at Stanford University. The company took its name from San Francisco, with the original logo depicting the Golden Gate Bridge, but its global headquarters is in neighboring San Jose.
Cisco became a major networking company by developing routers and other equipment that help connect computer networks. Its technology played an important role in the growth of the internet and large-scale enterprise communications.
Cisco's campus is in North San Jose, an area sometimes described as part of Silicon Valley. The company has offices and engineering centers worldwide, but those regional operations do not replace San Jose as its global headquarters.