Twingo Systems is a computer security

Computer security

Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...

 company based in the United States

United States

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. Twingo Systems was a leading provider of desktop security solutions for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). It was founded by French entrepreneurs Gregoire Gentil (a McKinsey alum) and Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh (entrepreneur)

Reza Malekzadeh is a San Francisco-based software executive and entrepreneur of French nationality, noted for his active role in the development of virtualization leader VMware and several entrepreneurial ventures...

 (previously one of the first employees at VMware

VMware

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).

The company was first launched at the DEMO conference

DEMO conference

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 (DEMOMobile) in 2003 and its first customer was Sygate.

Twingo Systems was acquired by Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

on March 12, 2004. Both Gregoire Gentil and Reza Malekzadeh joined Cisco in the Security Technology Group.