Cisco Systems Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, gowernment and home communications. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-wheter in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that mekae networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company’s ineption, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 63 000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company’s core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies.
Dell is a global computer manufacturer, listed at 44th place of the Fortune 500 – list of largest companies in the world. It offers complex End-to-End IT solutions as well as innovative products and services for consumers and businesses, including laptops and desktop computers, mobile devices, projectors, printers, disk arrays solutions and servers.
Dell became famous for implementing a direct sales model that passed over the intermediaries on computer’s way from factory to customer. Company is also a pioneer in Internet sales – everyone can create a computer tailored to their needs, staring form internal components, ending with the body colour, and then follow its way through production and delivery processes.
Dell is present on the Polish market for 21 years. Its Polish headquarter is located in Warsaw, and since 2007 the most advanced factory in the structures of the company operates in Łodź. Computers manufactured are distributed on the markets across Europe.