• San Jose, California
• Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
• Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Cisco's worldwide headquarters are located in San Jose, in the very heart of Silicon Valley. Nowhere else in the world is there the same concentration of high technology companies and professionals. San Jose's climate is awesome with a year round average temperature of about 70 degrees. There's skiing just a few hours away, mountains and inland valleys for hiking and camping, the great beaches of Santa Cruz and Monterey close by, and of course, San Francisco is about 40 miles away.

Bay Area Information

Research Triangle Park is located in the heart of the North Carolina research community, focused on NC State University, Duke University, and University of NC, Chapel Hill, and enhanced by over 35,000 technology professionals and some 70 R&D companies. Cisco occupies picturesque lake front property. This part of the country experiences all four seasons, with very mild winters. Residents enjoy a low cost of living and plenty of possibilities for recreation, culture, and diversion, just two hours from the coast and four hours from the mountains. It was named one of the ten best places to live or work in the US by Money Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, and World Trade Magazine.

North Carolina Information

Cisco's Chelmsford facility is located just 25 minutes north from the heart of downtown Boston where some of the best colleges in the country reside, like Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Northeastern, and Boston University, just to name a few. Cisco is also conveniently located 20 minutes south of New Hampshire. Whether it's skiing in the winter or lying on the beaches of Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard during the summer, there's nothing like experiencing all four seasons of New England weather. Don't forget the lobster! Boston is also just an hour drive to the beautiful White Mountains located in northern New Hampshire. With a population of more than four million people, the Boston region is the 5th largest metropolitan area in the US. The area has a strong and diverse economy which supports a heavy concentration of high technology, health care, biotechnology, financial services, and venture capital companies.

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