Articles
Cisco to Boost Network Security Platform with Acquisition of Cognitive Security
Today, I am pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Cognitive Security, a privately-held company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. Cognitive Security is focused on taking cutting edge research in the field of network security and applying artificial intelligence techniques to detect adv…
Belkin Announces Intent to Acquire Linksys
Today, Belkin announced its intent to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit and its leading brand, Linksys. With this agreement, we are pleased to preserve the strong Linksys brand and create a win-win relationship in the market. Linksys is a strong and enduring brand with a talented team t…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Intucell
Today, I am pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Intucell, a privately held company headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel for $475 million in cash and employee retention incentives. Intucell provides software platforms for Self-Optimized Network (SON) that support mobile carrier networks worldw…
Cisco Signs Joint Venture Agreement
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, China’s internet traffic will grow 600 percent in the next two years. At that point, China will also be home to nearly a quarter of the world’s broadband users and 21 percent of the world’s connected devices. This substantial growth, combined with the…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire BroadHop
With global IP traffic projected to increase threefold over the next five years – after having increased eightfold over the past five years – policy control and services creation at large scale has never been more vital for mobile and fixed communications service providers. Cisco plans to add a crit…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Meraki
Cisco is dedicated to innovation as the path to growth as well as the key to sustaining our market leadership position. Our build, buy, partner strategy has always been driven by customer need and on capturing market transitions. Today, we are excited to announce an important acquisition that addres…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Cloupia
Based in Santa Clara, Calif, Cloupia is a software company that automates converged data center infrastructure – allowing enterprises and service providers to speed the deployment and configuration of physical and virtual infrastructure from a single management console. Together, Cisco and Cloupia w…
2