WEYES,TECHNOLOGY,LTD

＜p＞Cisco,Systems,was,founded,in,December,1984,by,Leonard,Bosack,,who,was,in,charge,of,the,Stanford,Universitycomputer,science,department%26#39,s,computers,,and,Sandy,Lerner,,who,managed,the,Graduate,School,of,Business%26#39,,computers.[6]Despite,founding,Cisco,in,1984,,Bosack,,along,with,Kirk,Lougheed,,continued,to,work,at,Stanford,on,Cisco%26#39,s,first,product.,It,consisted,of,exact,replicas,of,Stanford%26#39,s,%26quot,Blue,Box%26quot,,router,and,a,stolen[7],copy,of,the,University%26#39,s,multiple-protocol,routersoftware.,The,software,was,originally,written,some,years,earlier,at,Stanford,medical,school,by,research,engineer,William,Yeager.,Bosack,and,Lougheed,adapted,it,into,what,became,the,foundation,for,Cisco,IOS.,On,July,11,,1986,,Bosack,and,Lougheed,were,forced,to,resign,from,Stanford,and,the,university,contemplated,filing,criminal,complaints,against,Cisco,and,its,founders,for,the,theft,of,its,software,,hardware,designs,and,other,intellectual,properties.,In,1987,,Stanford,licensed,the,router,software,and,two,computer,boards,to, ,addition,to,Bosack,,Lerner,and,Lougheed,,Greg,Satz,,a,programmer,,and,Richard,Troiano,,who,handled,sales,,completed,the,early,Cisco,team.,The,company%26#39,s,first,CEO,was,Bill,Graves,,who,held,the,position,from,1987,to,1988.[8],In,1988,,John,Morgridge,was,appointed,CEO.＜/p＞