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In Pictures: 30 years of Cisco

Cisco Systems turned 30 this month. Over the past 30 years, the company has been one of the most innovative companies not only in networking, but also the broader IT market. Cisco has leveraged its innovation as a way of moving into new markets and capitalizing on market transitions. Here are the top 10 Cisco innovations since its inception.

In Pictures: 30 years of Cisco
In Pictures: 2014’s biggest Cloud deals (so far)

The most important cloud acquisitions this year have one thing in common: OpenStack.

In Pictures: 2014’s biggest Cloud deals (so far)
IN PICTURES: Canalys unites vendors and resellers in Shanghai conference

Canalys' 2014 Channels Forum took place in Shanghai's Shangri-La hotel. The two-day conference commenced November 5, with big-name vendors Cisco, EMC and HP talking strategy in the contemporary industry. Workshops and roundtables followed, offering channel partners insight, education, and training. The event continues November 6 with a full day of vendor roundtables and presentations.

IN PICTURES: Canalys unites vendors and resellers in Shanghai conference
IN PICTURES: Westcon Imagine 2014, Melbourne

The first leg of Westcon Imagine 2014 landed in Melbourne at the Sofitel on Collins. A full-house heard Cisco CTO, Kevin Bloch, speak on the Future IT Leader, Westpac senior economist. Elliott Clarke, address The State of IT, and panel discussions on Data Privacy in 2014 and Making Cloud Profitable. Westcon MD A/NZ, Dave Rosenberg, and Asia-Pacific (APAC) services and Cloud solutions director, Darryl Grauman, opened the event.

IN PICTURES: Westcon Imagine 2014, Melbourne
In Pictures: Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers

This year, Cisco recognizes the 25th anniversary of its Networkers user conference. To put this run in perspective, here's a timeline of Cisco-specific events interspersed with world, national, cultural and technology milestones that occurred over this period.

In Pictures: Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers
IN PICTURES: Cisco World of Business Solutions at Cisco Live! (53 photos)

Thousands of partners recently converged on Melbourne Convention Centre for the largest ever Australian Cisco Live!. A key part of the event,the Cisco World of Business Solutions, showcased the latest technology from Cisco and its many channel partners.

IN PICTURES: Cisco World of Business Solutions at Cisco Live! (53 photos)
IN PICTURES: Day one at Cisco Live!

Thousands of partners have converged on Melbourne Convention Centre for the largest ever Australian Cisco Live!. Cisco A/NZ vice-president, Ken Boal, welcomed visitors to the conference which gives an insight into the future of the company. Speakers at the conference included, Cisco A/NZ manager of the datacentre, Courtney Dodds, Executive cice president, industry solutions and chief globalisation officer, Wim Elfrink. Among the hot topics were the rise of the Internet-of-Everything, software-defined networking and application-centric infrastructure.

IN PICTURES: Day one at Cisco Live!
IN PICTURES: The Cisco powered 'groundscraper'

Sydney reseller, ALL.IT, has helped start a smart "groundscraper" revolution in the heart of Melbourne. The Brookvale-based consultant has delivered the Lifestyle Working Collins Street project, in connection with Stable Group, Cisco and Lend Lease. The Victoria Harbour 'groundscraper' delivers a connected small business community a space where voice and data connection is democratised and solar panels come with ownership. It also comes with all the green bells and whistles one would suppose of a smart green-building. The first building from ALL.IT, Stable and Cisco was built in Brookvale, Sydney.

IN PICTURES: The Cisco powered 'groundscraper'
In Pictures: Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions

These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers.

In Pictures: Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions
In Pictures: The Cisco/Insieme family

Cisco's Nexus 9000 product line, developed by spin-in Insieme Networks, is the company's response to the SDN craze

In Pictures: The Cisco/Insieme family
In Pictures: Biggest tech industry layoffs of 2013

HP, IBM, Cisco and Juniper among those slimming down this year

In Pictures: Biggest tech industry layoffs of 2013
In Pictures: Top tech hoarders - 15 companies with huge cash piles

Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco are flush with cash, and so are many other tech companies

In Pictures: Top tech hoarders - 15 companies with huge cash piles
In Pictures: 10 competitors Cisco couldn’t kill off

Some companies actually thrived while Cisco knocked off most of its competitors.

In Pictures: 10 competitors Cisco couldn’t kill off
IN PICTURES: Cisco Global Summit 2013 party (+ 40 photos)

Cisco ended its Global Summit 2013 with yet another top-class partner party at which attendees from all over the world mingled and enjoyed the drinks and food on offer at the Venetian-themed party. Here are some highlights from the night.

IN PICTURES: Cisco Global Summit 2013 party (+ 40 photos)
IN PICTURES: ARN Security Breakfast, The Mint, Sydney

The first ARN Security Breakfast at The Mint was a lively affair with an outstanding panel debate hosted by ARN's Rimin Dutt and featuring Klasie Holtzhausen (Symantec), Glenn Welby (Cisco), Crispin Kerr (Webroot), James Turner (IBRS), and Craig Nielsen (McAfee). Discussion roamed far and wide and included a detailed look at the impact of forthcoming major changes to the privacy laws, the BYOD effect, and the single undeniable truth that every business needs to seriously look at its security and how it can be improved. It's a simple reality that your business could be next to be hacked. Opportunities for the channel were also delivered by the panel to the dozens of resellers who attended. The Security Breakfast was sponsored by Cisco, McAfee, Symantec and Webroot.

IN PICTURES: ARN Security Breakfast, The Mint, Sydney