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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadband |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founders | James E. Boyd Charles Griffin Robert E. Honer Gerald Rosselot Lamar Whittle Vernon Widerquist Glen P. Robinson |
| Defunct | November 25, 2015 |
| Fate | Acquired by Cisco Systems |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Tony Bates, Cisco James F. McDonald, CEO |
| Products | Set-top boxes Cable distribution Cable Modems IPTV hardware |
| Revenue | $1.9 billion (fiscal year 2005) |
Number of employees | 9,784 (as of June 5, 2007) |
| Parent | Cisco Systems (2006–2015) |
| Website | scientificatlanta.com |
Scientific Atlanta, Inc. was a Georgia, United States–based manufacturer of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband equipment. Scientific Atlanta was founded in 1951 by a group of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and was purchased by Cisco Systems in 2005 for $6.9 billion after Cisco received antitrust clearance for the purchase.[1][2] The Cisco acquisition of Scientific Atlanta was ranked in the top 10 of largest technology acquisitions in history and was Cisco's largest acquisition to date.[3][4] Prior to the purchase, Scientific Atlanta had been a Fortune 500 company and was one of the top 25 largest corporations in Georgia.[5][6][7]
Scientific Atlanta was considered by many to be "the patriarch of Atlanta's technology industry for nearly six decades" and is sometimes referred to as "Atlanta's Microsoft or Hewlett Packard".[8]
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