Author: Sudesh Inurture

John Chambers led Cisco to a leadership position in the technology frontiers. He remained the CEO of Cisco from 1995-2014. He visualized the future as a time when “data, voice, and video would be delivered over a single connection in our homes.” Chambers employed the strategy of growth through acquisition while at Cisco.

The term Octothorpe was coined by Bell Labs in the 1960s. Octo (or 8) refers to the eight points in the figure.