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AMAZING ABILITY: Company-X co-founders and directors Jeremy Hughes (left) and David Hallett attract and retain talent that is both skilled and business savvy.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Cisco asked Company-X for help with various international software development projects.

ABOUT CISCO

Cisco enables people to make powerful connections—whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible—providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.

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. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services.

Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.

THE CHALLENGES

Cisco has many and varied requirements and needs teams who can solve many problems and keep pace with change.

Many service providers are stretched for skilled resources that can think at a business value level.

THE SOLUTION

Some of the Company-X team.
TEAM WORK: Some of the Company-X team.

Company-X attracts and retains talented software development team members who are both skilled and business savvy.

Company-X provided Cisco with a project manager, business analysts, software developers, a graphic designer and user experience designer for the project.

THE RESULTS

“Company-X resourcing has always been skilled, professional and analytical,” said Cisco project manager Ashela Webb.

“They handle themselves professionally internally with peers and leaders. Every resource provided to us, from program management to development, has the ability to think on his or her feet and get the job done.”

QUOTES

"Company-X manages to find resources that keep updated, continuously bringing new technology and development insights to our organisation.”


Cisco Project Manager Ashela Webb

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Services Provided
Business analysis, Database design and architecture, Process and workflow analysis, Project management, User interface design, Web app development
Technologies Used
Java, Laravel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Angular