Cisco acquired SCCP technology when it acquired Selsius Corporation in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20051109224815/http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/fspnisapi6d14.html|title=News @ Cisco: Cisco Systems to Acquire Selsius Systems, Inc. for $145 Million|archivedate=9 November 2005|publisher=|url=http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/fspnisapi6d14.html}}</ref> For this reason the protocol is also referred to in Cisco documentation as the Selsius Skinny Station Protocol. Another remnant of the origin 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.
