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Cisco
Based on 3327 reviews.
IBM
Based on 3177 reviews.
Overview
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science (CS) department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers.
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
Sample Customers
Cisco UCS Director
Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge
Cisco Intersight
EXMAR, RapidScale
Cisco Web Security Appliance
New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Caixa Seguradora
Cisco Umbrella
Chart Industries, City of Aspen, Eastern Mountain Sports, FLEXcon, George Washington University, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Ohio Public Library Information Network, PTC, Richland Community College, Smart Motors, Tulane University, VeriClaim
Cisco Sourcefire SNORT
CareCore, City of Biel, Dimension Data, LightEdge, Lone Star College System, National Rugby League, Port Aventura, Smart City Networks, Telecom Italia, The Department of Education in Western Australia
Cisco IOS Security
Arup Group, Brunel University London, City of Biel, Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha, K&L Gates , New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Offshore Northern Seas, Transplace
Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS)
American Electric Power, Huntington Bank, Keycorp, Nationwide, Transunion, Marriott, Inova Health, Ford, Thomson Reuters, Dow Chemical, Equifax, Chevron, Walmart, Coca Cola
Webex
Seagate Technology, Kohn Pedersen Fox, World Vision International, Glen Raven, University of Notre Dame, CEV Multimedia, The Food Group, LUMEDX, California Baptist University, and Georgetown University Law Center.
Cisco TelePresence
Afni, AGCO, Bellevue, Came Group, Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children's), Del Papa Distributing, Instituto Zaldivar, ING Bank, Moffitt Cancer Center, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, San Jose State University, Sub-Zero Wolf, Transwestern and Metropolis Investment Holdings, Vital Images
Cisco Meeting Server
Starz
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Afni, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Baylor Scott & White Health, Beachbody, Bellevue, Del Papa Distributing, Explorer Pipeline, Mindtree, Omaha World Herald, Radio 538, Sony Corporation, Telecom Italia, Telenor Arena
Cisco FabricPath
Bellevue, Calligaris, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Management Science Associates, Multi-Customer, Oediv, Roper St. Francis, SNAM
Cisco Nexus
Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Linz AG
Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches
Linz AG
Meraki MS Switches
Cisco Live Milan, Hyatt
Cisco IOS SSL VPN
MST Systems
Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect)
MST, Molina Healthcare, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Arup, New South Wales Rural FireService
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Banco de Guayaquil, Cox Communications, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Roper St. Francis, University of British Columbia
ThousandEyes
Wayfair, GitHub, Craigslist, Comcast, SurveyMonkey, Lyft, Box, HP, Zendesk, IO Data Centers, Good Technology, NNTCommunications, Proofpoint, Schneider, Crowdstrike, Avera, Pitney Bowes, InstartLogic, Shutterfly, Shutterstock, Condé Nast, Roche, Jive, Actelion, Brocade, Infor, Okta, JLL, DigitalOcean, Zuora, NetSuite, CloudFlare, One, DemonWare, Quantcast, Carbonite, CareerBuilder, Prosper, Oscar, Slack
Meraki Dashboard
Coop eG, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Priefert Manufacturing, Century Care Management, Clifton College, Zürs Ski Resort, Capital FM Arena, MAXI Autohöfe
Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance
T-Systems, Thomson Reuters, Bordeaux Metropole, CGI, Citadelle Regional Hospital Center, Lorraine Institute of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Groupe BPCE, Group S, Splitpoint, Horus-Net, Audatex, Indexis, Province de Liège, EASI, Spie Batignolles, Faymonville
Cisco Secure Network Analytics
Edge Web Hosting, Telenor Norway, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Webster Financial Corporation, Westinghouse Electric, VMware, TIAA-CREF
Cisco MDS Series
National Rugby League
Meraki SD-WAN
École Jeannine Manuel
Cisco ACI
Bowling Green State University, du, Qatar University
Cisco Secure Workload
ADP, University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC)
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
Advanced Medical Transport, Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Artoni Transporti, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, City of Mississauga, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Kind en Gezin, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Nationwide, Quest, Talbots, University of St. Gallen
Cisco UCS Manager
Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals
Cisco OpenDNS
1. Netflix 2. IBM 3. Deloitte 4. Airbnb 5. Pinterest 6. Box 7. LinkedIn 8. Adobe 9. Spotify 10. Uber 11. Twitter 12. Cisco Systems (the parent company) 13. The New York Times 14. Verizon 15. Coca-Cola 16. General Electric 17. Microsoft 18. Facebook 19. Apple 20. Amazon 21. Google 22. Intel 23. Oracle 24. AT&T 25. Cisco Meraki 26. Salesforce 27. Cisco Webex 28. Cisco Umbrella 29. Cisco Talos 30. Cisco AMP for Endpoints 31. Cisco AnyConnect 32. Cisco Stealthwatch
Jasper Platform
ABB Robotics, Telular, Vivint, Garmin, Cantaloupe Systems, ShotSpotter, Ford, Heineken, Verifone, Boston Scientific
Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM)
Hafen Hamburg & Empire Riverside Hotel, Eastview Church, Tourism Holdings, Colegio Sagrada Familia Hijas de Jesús, Tommy Bahama's, Canadian School Mexico, Rosebank College
Cisco Webex Experience Management
HDFC, PUMA, Dessert School, Caratelane, MYA, Tata Steel, Titan, University of Essex, Voonik, Fasttrack, Yatra, Central, MakeMyTrip
Meraki Location Analytics
Ladbrokes, Neinver, Westwind School Division, The Salvation Army, Queensland Airports Limited
Cisco Secure Endpoint
Heritage Bank, Mobile County Schools, NHL University, Thunder Bay Regional, Yokogawa Electric, Sam Houston State University, First Financial Bank
MindMeld
Samsung, Intel, Telefonica, IDG, Spotify, Liberty Global
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Doyle Research, Ashton Metzler & Associates
Cisco Threat Grid
Center for Internet Security (CIS), ADP
Cisco Managed Enterprise Networks
National Trust, Societe Generale
Cisco Workload Optimization Manager
IP Telecom
IBM Spectrum Computing
London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
IBM Service Delivery Manager
Whogohost Ltd., Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Outokumpu, Salesbox, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr, CLOUD M, CenterPoint Energy, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, Earth Signal, DSB Consulting, Inventive, SKIData AG
IBM Turbonomic
IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
IBM Multicloud Manager
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM Cloud App Management
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM Security QRadar
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
IBM SAN24B-4 Express
ADP, McKesson Technology Solutions, Migros Zurich, Mars Incorporated, Grupo Hefame, Williams-Sonoma
IBM SAN32B-E4
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A., L'Or_al S.A., Vaasan Oy, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Odin
IBM SAN384B
Tabicel, Sanmarco Informatica, National Institutes of Health, Chapman University, Baldor Electric, University of New Brunswick, Harim Group Corp.
IBM SAN40B-4
Cosan, EF Education First, Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura S.p.A., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, American National Bank
IBM SAN48B-5
CERN, Bigcommerce, Connect2Cloud, Genius Inside, Performance Buildings AG
IBM SAN768B
Einstein Healthcare, Hansgrohe SE, Yaap Digital Services
IBM SAN80B-4
City of Joensuu, Six Flags Entertainment, VolkerHighways, Front-Safe A/S, DLF Ltd., Clinica Las Condes
IBM Security Network IPS
Equifax, Christian Hospital Centre
IBM Security Verify Access
POST Luxembourg
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM Tivoli NetCool
Claranet, Consolidated Communications, Telus, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Telekom Srbija, Bendigo Community Telco, Capgemini, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)
IBM Workload Automation
Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent
IBM BNT
King's College London
IBM Cognos
More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics
IMM, Whogohost Ltd., Stonyfield, Grupo WTW, Big Scary Cranium, Brockenhurst College, SiteMinis, RCI Banque Espana
Rackswitch
Altus IT, SL-Rasch, COMAS, Balluff GmbH, CANCOM IT Solutions, Kings College London
IBM Global Technology Services
Celero, Focus Inc., Australian Government Department of Defence, Pioneer Corp., Comptel Corp., iLex Systems Zrt., KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., TTE Europe GmbH, Sembcorp Industries Ltd., WIS Internet Inc., eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Spruce Computer Systems Inc., Revorg S.r.l., INDEXtech, EXPLAN consulting S.r.l., ABN AMRO
IBM Managed Security Services
Carnegie Mellon University, Bridgevine, immixGroup, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, DSB Consulting, Zumidian, Australian Government Department of Defence, Factor-y S.r.l., Logicalis US, Refresco Gerber
IBM MaaS360
Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)
ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)
IBM Cloud Monitoring
1. Coca-Cola 2. American Express 3. General Motors 4. Delta Airlines 5. Verizon 6. Citigroup 7. Ford Motor Company 8. AT&T 9. Procter & Gamble 10. Boeing 11. Walmart 12. General Electric 13. IBM itself 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. Microsoft 16. Amazon 17. Intel 18. Cisco Systems 19. Oracle 20. Adobe 21. Accenture 22. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 23. Dell Technologies 24. Siemens 25. BMW 26. Toyota 27. Samsung 28. Sony 29. ExxonMobil 30. Chevron 31. BP 32. Shell
IBM SDN
Sin Chew Media, Naza Kia Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
IBM Public Cloud
Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County
IBM Spectrum Accelerate
Silverpop
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Pelephone, Sprint IT Enterprise Services
IBM Machine Learning
Caixa Geral de Depósitos France, KIST Europe
IBM Watson OpenScale
KPMG
IBM Watson Studio
GroupM, Accenture, Fifth Third Bank
IBM Cloud Video
Airbnb, N3 Results, University of Notre Dame
IBM Safer Planet
Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Rochester Police Department
IBM Power Systems
Cipher
IBM Cloud App ID
1. Aetna 2. Accenture 3. Adidas 4. AIG 5. Air Canada 6. Air France KLM 7. Allstate 8. American Express 9. Aon 10. ATT 11. Autodesk 12. AXA 13. Bank of America 14. Barclays  15. Bayer 16. BCG 17. BlackRock 18. Boeing 19. BNP Paribas 20. Cisco 21. Coca Cola  22. Comcast 23. Credit Suisse 24. Cushman Wakefield 25. Deloitte 26. Emirates 27. Equinix 28. Ericsson 29. ExxonMobil 30. FedEx 31. Fiat Chrysler 32. Ford
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Educational Organization
21%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
19%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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