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Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco representatives will be available throughout the conference to meet people and answer questions.
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.
Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. This tradition of IP innovation continues with industry-leading products in the core areas of routing and switching, as well as advanced technologies in areas such as:
Home Networking
Optical
Storage Networking
IP Telephony
Network Security
Wireless LAN
Today, with more than 34,000 employees worldwide, Cisco remains committed to creating networks that are smarter, thanks to built-in intelligent network services; faster, in their ability to perform at ever-increasing speeds; and more durable, with a generational approach to an evolutionary infrastructure.
US Department of Defense representatives will be available throughout the conference to meet people and answer questions.
With our military units tracing their roots to pre-Revolutionary times, you might say that we are America’s oldest company. And if you look at us in business terms, many would say we are not only America’s largest company, but its busiest and most successful.
With approximately one-point-four million men and women on active duty, and about six hundred fifty-four thousand civilian personnel, we are the nation's largest employer. Another one-point-two million serve in the National Guard and Reserve forces.About two million military retirees and military family members receive benefits.
This nation’s security depends on our defense installations and facilities being available at the right place and at the right time and very capable (with the right qualities and capacities) of protecting our national resources. Those resources have never been more important than in today’s environment where America must fight terrorists who would plan and carry out attacks on our facilities and our people. The Defense Department manages a comprehensive inventory of installations and facilities to ensure our nation has all the assets necessary to keep Americans safe. The Department’s physical plant is huge by any standard, consisting of more than 600,000 individual buildings and structures located at more than 6,000 different locations or sites. When all sites are added together, the Department utilizes over 30 million acres of land.
The Department of Defense has a budget of three hundred seventy-one billion dollars and more than two million employees; Wal-Mart has a budget of about two hundred twenty-seven billion dollars and employs about one-point-three million people; Exxon-Mobil has a budget of two hundred billion dollars and employs almost ninety-eight thousand; the GM company budget equals one hundred eighty-one billion dollars, it has a workforce of three-hundred sixty-five thousand people; and Ford has a budget of one-hundred sixty billion dollars, and employs three-hundred fifty-four thousand, four hundred people.
The Department of Defense mission is accomplished seeking out our nation’s best and brightest. Ninety-five percent of our employees have high school diplomas versus seventy-nine percent of the national work force; five-point-six percent of our troops have masters degrees versus four-point-nine percent of the national work force.
Datamaxx representatives will be available throughout the conference to meet people and answer questions.
The Datamaxx Group, including Datamaxx Applied Technologies, Datamaxx Enterprise Intelligence, and Datamaxx Professional Services, is the premier provider of communication systems, support and consulting to law enforcement, criminal justice and government organizations. No other group of companies offers the depth of industry expertise, breadth of product capabilities, and the ability to bring it all together with world-class integration and support.
With over 10,000 installations serving more than 70% of the law enforcement communications market, the Datamaxx Group has been setting the standard for the industry nationwide since 1991. Superb engineering, significant investments in research and development, and the talent of dedicated industry professionals have led to numerous accolades and rave reviews, but most importantly, fierce customer loyalty.
Harris representatives will be available throughout the conference to meet people and answer questions.
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion and has more than 13,000 employees – including 5,500 engineers and scientists – dedicated to the development of best-in-class assured communications™ products, systems, and services. The company's operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and microwave communications.
