Webline Communications
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Webline Communications is a contact management company based in the United States
. It was acquired by Cisco Systems
on September 22, 1999.
Webline Communications was founded by Pasha Roberts and Firdaus Bhathena when they were students at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge MA. Pasha, Firdaus and Webline won the prestigious MIT 50K Entrepreneurial Business contest which provided seed money to begin the company. After winning this contest, Pasha put his MIT studies on hold to take full advantage of the seed money and focus on making the company financially successful. Pasha is widely credited for the innovation, technology design, architecture, infrastructure and technology decisions around the products. Pasha returned to complete his Masters Degree at MIT Sloan. Firdaus is credited with the sales and marketing of these solutions into business accounts.
Several marquis customers embraced and implemented important Webline solutions including, Fidelity, General Motors, Oracle, Toys "R" Us, and internet retailer Lands End.
Webline was sold to Cisco Systems in 1999 and was integrated into Cisco's software / call center strategy.
United States
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. It 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 September 22, 1999.
Webline Communications was founded by Pasha Roberts and Firdaus Bhathena when they were students at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge MA. Pasha, Firdaus and Webline won the prestigious MIT 50K Entrepreneurial Business contest which provided seed money to begin the company. After winning this contest, Pasha put his MIT studies on hold to take full advantage of the seed money and focus on making the company financially successful. Pasha is widely credited for the innovation, technology design, architecture, infrastructure and technology decisions around the products. Pasha returned to complete his Masters Degree at MIT Sloan. Firdaus is credited with the sales and marketing of these solutions into business accounts.
Several marquis customers embraced and implemented important Webline solutions including, Fidelity, General Motors, Oracle, Toys "R" Us, and internet retailer Lands End.
Webline was sold to Cisco Systems in 1999 and was integrated into Cisco's software / call center strategy.