Cisco acquired SCCP technology when it acquired Selsius Corporation in 1998.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051109224815/http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/fspnisapi6d14.html Cisco Systems acquisition of Selsius Systems (archive.org)]</ref> AsFor athis remnantreason ofthe protocol is also referred to in Cisco documentation as the Selsius originSkinny Station Protocol. Another remnant of the currentorigin of the Cisco IP phones, is the default device name format for registered Cisco phones with CallManager. It is ''SEP --'', as in ''Selsius Ethernet Phone'' --, followed by the [[MAC address]]. Cisco also has marketed a Skinny-based softphone called Cisco IP Communicator.,,,,,
