Kalpana, Inc.

Kalpana, Inc.
Company typeDivision
IndustryComputer networking
Founded1990 (1990) in Sunnyvale, California, U.S.
FounderVinod Bhardwaj, Larry Blair
Defunct1994 (1994)
FateAcquired by Cisco Systems in 1994
HeadquartersSan Jose, California
ParentCisco Systems

Kalpana, Inc., was an American computer-networking equipment manufacturer located in Sunnyvale, California, which operated during the early 1990s in Silicon Valley. They were the manufacturer of the first Ethernet switch. Cisco Systems acquired Kalpana in 1994.