Scientific-Atlanta

Scientific Atlanta, Inc.

The Scientific Atlanta logo after Cisco's acquisition
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Broadband
Founded	1951
Founder	James E. Boyd Charles Griffin Robert E. Honer Gerald Rosselot Lamar Whittle Vernon Widerquist Glen P. Robinson
Headquarters	Lawrenceville, Georgia
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 (since 2006)
Website	www.sciatl.com www.scientificatlanta.com

Scientific Atlanta, Inc. is a Georgia-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 anti-trust clearance for the purchase. 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. Prior to the purchase, Scientific Atlanta had been a Fortune 500 company and was one of the top 25 largest corporations in Georgia.

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". It was considered "core to the development of technology in the Atlanta region" and "was to Atlanta what Hewlett-Packard was to Silicon Valley" because of its legacy of spawning more than 35 substantial companies in the area.

Scientific Atlanta is a supplier of transmission networks for broadband access to the home, set-top cable boxes, cable modems and digital interactive subscriber systems for video, high-speed Internet, voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support.

Products for the cable TV industry, from fiber optic network equipment for head-end media acquisition, to digital cable boxes (as well as universal remotes to go with them), and cable modems, dominate Scientific Atlanta's sales. Scientific Atlanta also supplies distribution technology to networks such as Bloomberg Television, CNN, ESPN and many others.

In addition to providing products for traditional coaxial and fiber service operators, Scientific Atlanta also expanded its IPTV solutions offerings after the merger with Cisco.