List of acquisitions by Cisco Systems
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Cisco Systems
is a computer networking company founded in 1984. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition
date listed is the date of the agreement between Cisco Systems and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because Cisco Systems is headquartered in California, United States
. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.
Cisco did not acquire a company for the first seven years of its existence, but on September 24, 1993, Cisco acquired Crescendo Communications, a LAN switching company. Since then, acquisitions have constituted 50% of the company. The company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Scientific-Atlanta
, a manufacturer of cable television
, telecommunications, and broadband
equipment, for US$6.9 billion. The majority of companies acquired by Cisco are based in the United States. A total of 127 companies have been acquired . Most of the acquired companies are related to computer networking, including several LAN switching and Voice over Internet Protocol companies.
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Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
is a computer networking company founded in 1984. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition
Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another . In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.- Friendly takeovers :Before a bidder makes an offer for another...
date listed is the date of the agreement between Cisco Systems and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because Cisco Systems is headquartered in California, United States
United States
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. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.
Cisco did not acquire a company for the first seven years of its existence, but on September 24, 1993, Cisco acquired Crescendo Communications, a LAN switching company. Since then, acquisitions have constituted 50% of the company. The company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Scientific-Atlanta
Scientific-Atlanta
Scientific Atlanta Inc is a Georgia-based manufacturer of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband equipment.Scientific Atlanta was founded in 1951 by a group of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and was purchased by Cisco Systems in 2005.-Products:Scientific Atlanta is...
, a manufacturer of cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
, telecommunications, and broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
equipment, for US$6.9 billion. The majority of companies acquired by Cisco are based in the United States. A total of 127 companies have been acquired . Most of the acquired companies are related to computer networking, including several LAN switching and Voice over Internet Protocol companies.
Acquisitions
Acquisition date | Company | Business | Country | Value (USD United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
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Crescendo Communications | LAN switching | $94,500,000 | |||
Newport Systems Solutions Newport Systems Solutions Newport Systems Solutions was a router company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 12, 1994.... |
Routers | $95,000,000 | |||
Kalpana Kalpana (company) Kalpana was a computer networking equipment manufacturer, located in Silicon Valley during the 1980s and 1990s.Kalpana is considered to be the inventor of Ethernet switching as the company was the first to introduce the concept of a multi-port network switch with its seven-port EtherSwitch in 1990... |
LAN switching | $204,000,000 | |||
LightStream LightStream LightStream is a LAN switching company based in the United States. The company was a joint venture between Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc. and UB Networks. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 8, 1994 for $120 million in cash.... |
LAN switching | $120,000,000 | |||
Combinet | Remote desktop software Remote desktop software In computing, the term remote desktop refers to a software or an OS feature allowing applications, either command line programs or graphical applications, to be run remotely on a server, while being displayed locally. Remote desktop applications have varying features... |
$114,200,000 | |||
Internet Junction Internet Junction Internet Junction is a gateway company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on September 6, 1995.... |
Gateway Gateway (telecommunications) In telecommunications, the term gateway has the following meaning:*In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols.... |
$5,500,000 | |||
Network Translation | Firewalls Firewall (computing) A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass.... |
$30,000,000 | |||
Grand Junction Networks Grand Junction Networks Grand Junction Networks was a LAN switching company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on November 6, 1995.... |
LAN switching | — | |||
TGV Software TGV Software TGV Software is a web applications company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on January 23, 1996.... |
Web application Web application A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are... s |
$115,000,000 | |||
StrataCom StrataCom StrataCom, Inc. was founded in Cupertino, California, USA, in January 1986 by 26 former employees of the failing Packet Technologies, Inc. StrataCom produced the first commercial cell switch, also known as a fast-packet switch. Its product was the working proof of the technology which became... |
LAN switching | $4,000,000,000 | |||
Telebit Telebit Telebit was a US-based modem manufacturer, most notable for their TrailBlazer series of high-speed modems. One of the first modems to routinely exceed 9600 bit/s speeds, the TrailBlazer used a proprietary modulation scheme that proved highly resilient to interference, earning the product an almost... |
Modem Modem A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data... s |
$200,000,000 | |||
Nashoba Networks | LAN switching | $100,000,000 | |||
Granite Systems | Computer networking | $220,000,000 | |||
Netsys Technologies Netsys Technologies Netsys Technologies was a Palo Alto, California technology company that developed computer network simulation, modeling, and management software. The company was founded in 1991 by CEO Herb Madan, Jim McGuire, and Richard Pelavin, and grew to approximately 50 employees by the time it was acquired... |
Network simulation Network simulation In communication and computer network research, network simulation is a technique where a program models the behavior of a network either by calculating the interaction between the different network entities using mathematical formulas, or actually capturing and playing back observations from a... |
$79,000,000 | |||
Metaplex | Computer networking | — | |||
Telesend Telesend Telesend is a broadband Internet access company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 26, 1997.... |
Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency.... |
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Skystone Systems Skystone Systems Skystone Systems is a synchronous optical networking company based in Canada. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 9, 1997 for US$120M. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Antoine Paquin who has run and/or co-founded many other companies, including founding Solantro Semiconductor.... |
Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$89,100,000 | |||
Global Internet Software Group Global Internet Software Group Global Internet Software Group is a firewall company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 24, 1997.... |
Firewall Firewall (computing) A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass.... |
$40,250,000 | |||
Ardent Communications Ardent Communications Ardent Communications is a broadband Internet access company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 24, 1997.... |
Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency.... |
$156,000,000 | |||
Integrated Network | Digital subscriber line Digital Subscriber Line Digital subscriber line is a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL originally stood for digital subscriber loop. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ,... |
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LightSpeed International | Voice over Internet Protocol | $160,000,000 | |||
WheelGroup WheelGroup WheelGroup was a pioneering computer security company with approximately 65 employees based in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States. The 10 founders originally met and worked together at the US Air Force Information Warfare Center and they started Wheelgroup in November 1995. WheelGroup was one... |
Computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... |
$124,000,000 | |||
NetSpeed NetSpeed NetSpeed was a broadband Internet access company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 10, 1998. NetSpeed's DSL products were the first service provider and customer premise DSL equipment to be production deployed at a major U.S. service provider, US West.The founder... |
Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency.... |
$236,000,000 | |||
Precept Software Precept Software Precept Software was a company based in the United States producing a series of products known as Precept IP/TV. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 11, 1998.... |
Internet television Internet television Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet... |
$84,000,000 | |||
CLASS Data Systems CLASS Data Systems CLASS Data Systems is a computer networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on May 4, 1998.... |
Computer networking | $50,000,000 | |||
Summa Four Summa Four Summa Four was a "dumb switch" telecommunications company based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 28, 1998.... |
LAN switching | $116,000,000 | |||
American Internet | Computer networking | $56,000,000 | |||
Clarity Wireless Clarity Wireless Clarity Wireless is a wireless networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on September 15, 1998.... |
Wireless network Wireless network Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment... ing |
$157,000,000 | |||
Selsius Systems Selsius Systems Selsius Systems was a telecommunications company in Dallas, Texas that developed and marketed some of the first IP telephony gear. It was co-founded by Richard Platt and David Tucker... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $145,000,000 | |||
Pipelinks | Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$126,000,000 | |||
Fibex Systems | Digital loop carrier Digital loop carrier A digital loop carrier is a system which uses digital transmission to extend the range of the local loop farther than would be possible using only twisted pair copper wires... |
$250,000,000 | |||
Sentient Networks Sentient Networks Sentient Networks was a San Jose, California based supplier of Asynchronous Transfer Mode and Frame Relay central office concentrators and switches.-Market space:... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $195,000,000 | |||
GeoTel Communications GeoTel Communications GeoTel Communications, LLC. www.geo-tel.com , Founded in 2001, GeoTel Communications, LLC. is the leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure data in a geographic information system and other platforms. GeoTel's unique business strategy implements and converges the mapping of... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $2,000,000,000 | |||
Amteva Technologies | Voice over Internet Protocol | $170,000,000 | |||
TransMedia Communications TransMedia Communications TransMedia Communications is a gateways company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 17, 1999.... |
Gateways Gateway (telecommunications) In telecommunications, the term gateway has the following meaning:*In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols.... |
$407,000,000 | |||
StratumOne Communications StratumOne Communications StratumOne Communications is a synchronous optical networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 29, 1999.... |
Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$435,000,000 | |||
Calista | Private branch exchange | $55,000,000 | |||
MaxComm Technologies MaxComm Technologies MaxComm Technologies is a voice over Internet Protocol company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on August 18, 1999.... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $143,000,000 | |||
Monterey Networks | Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$500,000,000 | |||
Cerent | Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$6,900,000,000 | |||
IBM Networking Hardware Division | Computer networking | $2,000,000,000 | |||
COCOM A/S | Cable modem Cable modem A cable modem is a type of network bridge and modem that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a HFC and RFoG infrastructure. Cable modems are primarily used to deliver broadband Internet access in the form of cable Internet, taking advantage of the high... s |
$65,600,000 | |||
Webline Communications Webline Communications 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... |
Contact management | $325,000,000 | |||
Tasmania Network Systems Tasmania Network Systems Tasmania Network Systems is a web cache company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 26, 1999.The company was an early technical inovator in the Web Cache and Proxy space. They were an early Linux supplier to the Web Services Industry.The company was founded by... |
Web cache Web cache A web cache is a mechanism for the temporary storage of web documents, such as HTML pages and images, to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag... |
$25,000,000 | |||
Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States Federal Communications Commission opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum... |
Wireless LAN Wireless LAN A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network... |
$799,000,000 | |||
V-Bits | Digital video Digital video Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :... |
$128,000,000 | |||
Worldwide Data Systems | Information technology consulting Information technology consulting Information technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives... |
$25,500,000 | |||
Internet Engineering Group | Synchronous optical networking Synchronous optical networking Synchronous Optical Networking and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy are standardized multiplexing protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes . At low transmission rates data can also be transferred via an... |
$25,000,000 | |||
Pirelli Optical Systems Pirelli Optical Systems Pirelli Optical Systems is a fiber-optic communication company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 20, 1999.... |
Fiber-optic communication Fiber-optic communication Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information... |
$2,150,000,000 | |||
Compatible Systems Compatible Systems Compatible Systems was originally a Macintosh software and hardware developer, but became a virtual private networking company. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on January 19, 2000. The product line developed by Compatible Systems became the Cisco VPN 5000 Series, and was not considered a... |
Virtual private network Virtual private network A virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network.... ing |
$317,000,000 | |||
Altiga Networks | Virtual private network Virtual private network A virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network.... ing |
$250,000,000 | |||
Growth Networks Growth Networks Growth Networks is a chipsets company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on February 16, 2000.... |
Chipsets | $355,000,000 | |||
Atlantech Technologies | Network management Network management Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems.... |
$180,000,000 | |||
JetCell JetCell JetCell is a mobile telephones company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 16, 2000.... |
Mobile telephones | $200,000,000 | |||
infoGear Technology InfoGear Technology InfoGear Technology is an information management company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 16, 2000.... |
Information management Information management Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information... |
$301,000,000 | |||
SightPath SightPath SightPath was a Internet content delivery company that started in the MIT incubator program and then moved to Waltham MA.It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 29, 2000.... |
Content delivery Content delivery Content delivery describes the delivery of media content such as audio, video, computer software and video games over a delivery medium such as broadcasting or the Internet.Content delivery has two parts:... |
$800,000,000 | |||
PentaCom PentaCom PentaCom is a LAN switching company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on April 11, 2000.... |
LAN switching | $118,000,000 | |||
Seagull Semiconductor Seagull Semiconductor Seagull Semiconductor is a computer networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on April 12, 2000.... |
Computer networking | $19,000,000 | |||
Arrowpoint Communications | LAN switching | $5,700,000,000 | |||
Qeyton Systems Qeyton Systems Qeyton Systems is a wavelength-division multiplexing company based in the Sweden. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on May 12, 2000.... |
Wavelength-division multiplexing Wavelength-division multiplexing In fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light... |
$800,000,000 | |||
HyNEX HyNEX HyNEX is a Internet access company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 5, 2000.... |
Internet access Internet access Many technologies and service plans for Internet access allow customers to connect to the Internet.Consumer use first became popular through dial-up connections in the 20th century.... |
$127,000,000 | |||
Netiverse | LAN switching | $210,000,000 | |||
AuroraNetics | Computer networking | $150,000,000 | |||
Komodo Technology Komodo Technology Komodo Technology is a voice over Internet Protocol company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 25, 2000. It is a leading company in internet and enterprise telephone technology products. Komodo Technology develops VoIP telephony products and other media appliances... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $175,000,000 | |||
NuSpeed Internet Systems NuSpeed Internet Systems NuSpeed Internet Systems is a iSCSI company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 27, 2000.... |
iSCSI ISCSI In computing, iSCSI , is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol -based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage... |
$450,000,000 | |||
IPmobile IPmobile IPmobile is a mobile software company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on August 1, 2000.... |
Mobile software | $425,000,000 | |||
PixStream PixStream PixStream was a media player company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They also manufactured hardware for delivering digital video over an ATM transport. PixStream was acquired by Cisco Systems on August 31, 2000 then promptly shut down... |
Media player (application software) | $369,000,000 | |||
IPCell Technologies IPCell Technologies IPCell Technologies is a voice over Internet Protocol company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on September 28, 2000.... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $200,000,000 | |||
Vovida Networks | Voice over Internet Protocol | $169,000,000 | |||
CAIS Software CAIS Software CAIS Software is a integrated development environment company based in the San Diego CA United States. The company was formed in the mid-1990s under the name Atcom/Info. The IPORT division was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 20, 2000. The remaining assets of the company, including the... |
Integrated development environment Integrated development environment An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development... |
$170,000,000 | |||
Active Voice | Communication software Communication software Communication software is used to provide remote access to systems and exchange files and messages in text, audio and/or video formats between different computers or user IDs... |
$266,000,000 | |||
Radiata | Wireless network Wireless network Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment... ing |
$295,000,000 | |||
ExiO Communications ExiO Communications ExiO Communications is a wireless networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 14, 2000.... |
Wireless network Wireless network Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment... ing |
$155,000,000 | |||
Allegro Systems | Virtual private network Virtual private network A virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network.... s |
$181,000,000 | |||
Hammerhead Networks Hammerhead Networks Hammerhead Networks was a computer networking based in Billerica, Massachusetts that produced software solutions for the delivery of Internet Protocol service features.It was founded in April 2000 by Eddie Sullivan, who also served as its CEO.... |
Computer networking | $173,000,000 | |||
Navarro Networks Navarro Networks Navarro Networks was a developer of Ethernet-based ASIC components based in Plano, Texas, in the United States. They produced a high end Network processor for Ethernet and other applications.... |
Computer networking | $85,000,000 | |||
AYR Networks AYR Networks AYR Networks is a computer networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 25, 2002.... |
Computer networking | $113,000,000 | |||
Andiamo Systems | Data storage Data storage device thumb|200px|right|A reel-to-reel tape recorder .The magnetic tape is a data storage medium. The recorder is data storage equipment using a portable medium to store the data.... |
$2,500,000,000 | |||
Psionic Software Psionic Software Psionic Software is a intrusion detection company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 22, 2002.... |
Intrusion detection Intrusion detection In Information Security, intrusion detection is the act of detecting actions that attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of a resource. When Intrusion detection takes a preventive measure without direct human intervention, then it becomes an Intrusion-prevention... |
$12,000,000 | |||
Okena Okena Okena is an intrusion detection company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on January 24, 2003.Okena's technology is behavior-based as opposed to the signatures that most intrusion detection systems are based on.... |
Intrusion detection Intrusion detection In Information Security, intrusion detection is the act of detecting actions that attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of a resource. When Intrusion detection takes a preventive measure without direct human intervention, then it becomes an Intrusion-prevention... |
$154,000,000 | |||
SignalWorks SignalWorks SignalWorks is an echo cancellation company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 19, 2003.... |
Echo cancellation Echo cancellation 'The term echo cancellation is used in telephony to describe the process of removing echo from a voice communication in order to improve voice quality on a telephone call... |
$13,500,000 | |||
Linksys Linksys Linksys by Cisco, commonly known as Linksys, is a brand of home and small office networking products now produced by Cisco Systems, though once a separate company founded in 1995 before being acquired by Cisco in 2003... |
Computer networking | $500,000,000 | |||
Latitude Communications | Web conferencing Web conferencing Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically... |
$80,000,000 | |||
Twingo Systems Twingo Systems Twingo Systems is a computer security company based in the United States. Twingo Systems was a leading provider of desktop security solutions for Secure Socket Layer Virtual Private Networks... |
Computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... |
$5,000,000 | |||
Riverhead Networks Riverhead Networks Riverhead Networks is a computer security company based in Netanya, Israel and Cupertino, California; The company was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 22, 2004-History:... |
Computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... |
$39,000,000 | |||
Procket Networks Procket Networks Procket Networks was a startup founded in 1999 by Dr. Sharad Mehrotra, Dr. Bill Lynch, and Dr. Tony Li to build network processors but was later redirected to build core routers. The company produced two systems, the 8801, a one slot 40Gb/s router and the 8812, a half-rack 480Gb/s router... |
Routers | $89,000,000 | |||
Actona Technologies | Data storage Data storage device thumb|200px|right|A reel-to-reel tape recorder .The magnetic tape is a data storage medium. The recorder is data storage equipment using a portable medium to store the data.... |
$82,000,000 | |||
Parc Technologies Parc Technologies Parc Technologies was a network optimization software company based in London. It was founded in 1999 as a spin-off from Imperial College, London. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 8, 2004.... |
Routers | $9,000,000 | |||
P-Cube P-Cube P-Cube was a service Delivery Platform company based in the United States, with R&D facilities in Herzliya, Israel. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on August 23, 2004.-History:... |
Service Delivery Platform Service Delivery Platform In telecommunications, the term Service Delivery Platform usually refers to a set of components that provide a services delivery architecture for a type of service... |
$200,000,000 | |||
NetSolve NetSolve NetSolve was an information technology company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on September 9, 2004.Netsolve, Inc was a 1995 renaming of an Austin, Texas-based company Southwest Network Services, Inc... |
Information technology Information technology Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications... |
$128,500,000 | |||
dynamicsoft Dynamicsoft DynamicSoft is a IT software company based in the Denmark. [www.dynamicsoft.eu]... |
Communication software Communication software Communication software is used to provide remote access to systems and exchange files and messages in text, audio and/or video formats between different computers or user IDs... |
$55,000,000 | |||
Perfigo Perfigo Perfigo is a computer networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 21, 2004.... |
Computer networking | $74,000,000 | |||
Jahi Networks Jahi Networks Jahi Networks is a network management company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on November 17, 2004.... |
Network management Network management Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems.... |
$16,000,000 | |||
BCN Systems BCN Systems BCN Systems is a routers company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 9, 2004.... |
Routers | $34,000,000 | |||
Protego Networks Protego Networks Protego Networks is a network security company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 20, 2004.... |
Network security Network security In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources... |
$65,000,000 | |||
Airespace | Wireless LAN Wireless LAN A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network... |
$450,000,000 | |||
Topspin Communications | LAN switching | $250,000,000 | |||
Sipura Technology Sipura Technology Sipura Technology, Inc. was a Voice over IP startup company based in San Jose, California founded in 2003 with its siblings VideoCore and Komodo Technology, Inc.... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $68,000,000 | |||
Vihana | Semiconductor Semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter... s |
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FineGround Networks FineGround Networks FineGround Networks is a network security company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on May 26, 2005.... |
Network security Network security In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources... |
$70,000,000 | |||
M.I. Secure Corporation | Virtual private network Virtual private network A virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network.... s |
$13,000,000 | |||
Netsift Netsift Netsift is a computer networking company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on June 27, 2005.... |
Computer networking | $30,000,000 | |||
KISS Technology KISS Technology KISS Technology is an entertainment technology company based in the Denmark. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 22, 2005.In January 2004 the open-source MPlayer project accused the then Danish DVD player manufacturer, KISS Technology, of marketing DVD players with firmware that included parts... |
Entertainment technology Entertainment technology Entertainment technology is the discipline of using manufactured or created components to enhance or make possible any sort of entertainment experience. Because entertainment categories are so broad, and because entertainment models the world in many ways, the types of implemented technology are... |
$61,000,000 | |||
Sheer Networks Sheer Networks Sheer Networks is a networking company founded in 1999. It was headquartered in San José, California, USA. Sheer's DNA solution for Network Management was marketed globally through direct sales, as well as through leading SI and VARs around the world... |
Service management Service management Service management is integrated into supply chain management as the joint between the actual sales and the customer. The aim of high performance service management is to optimize the service-intensive supply chains, which are usually more complex than the typical finished-goods supply chain... |
$97,000,000 | |||
Nemo Systems Nemo Systems Nemo Systems was a developer of "network memory" based in the Silicon Valley area in California. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 14, 2005.-History:... |
Computer networking | $12,500,000 | |||
Scientific-Atlanta Scientific-Atlanta Scientific Atlanta Inc is a Georgia-based manufacturer of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband equipment.Scientific Atlanta was founded in 1951 by a group of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and was purchased by Cisco Systems in 2005.-Products:Scientific Atlanta is... |
Digital cable Digital cable Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:... |
$6,900,000,000 | |||
Cybertrust Cybertrust CyberTrust was a security services company formed in Virginia in November 2004 as a result of a merger of the TruSecure and Betrusted security companies... |
Information gathering Intelligence (information gathering) Intelligence assessment is the development of forecasts of behaviour or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organization, based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert. Assessments are developed in response to requirements declared by the leadership... |
$14,000,000 | |||
SyPixx Networks | Surveillance Surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner... |
$51,000,000 | |||
Metreos Metreos Metreos was a software company that created and sold development and runtime tools for creating voice over Internet Protocol software applications. The company was founded by and Mark Richards and was based in the Austin, Texas, United States. On June 8, 2006 Cisco Systems announced that it was... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $28,000,000 | |||
Audium Audium Audium may refer to:*An American voice over Internet Protocol company acquired by Cisco Systems.* Audium * Audium/Koch records... |
Voice over Internet Protocol | $19,800,000 | |||
Meetinghouse | Computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... |
$43,700,000 | |||
Arroyo Video Solutions | Video on demand Video on demand Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand... |
$92,000,000 | |||
Ashley Laurent | Gateway Gateway (telecommunications) In telecommunications, the term gateway has the following meaning:*In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with another network that uses different protocols.... s |
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Orative Orative Orative is a mobile software company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on October 25, 2006.... |
Mobile software | $31,000,000 | |||
Greenfield Networks | Semiconductor Semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter... s |
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Tivella Tivella Tivella was a Digital signage / IPTV company founded at 2001 and based primarily in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on December 15, 2006, and integrated in Cisco Systems's Emerging Markets Technology Group, reporting to Marthin De Beer.... |
Digital signage Digital signage Digital signage is a form of electronic display that shows television programming, menus, information, advertising and other messages. Digital signs can be found in public and private environments, such as retail stores, hotels, restaurants and corporate buildings.Digital signage Displays are most... / IPTV IPTV Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services... |
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IronPort IronPort IronPort Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Bruno, California, was a company that designed and sold products and services that protect enterprises against Internet threats. It was best known for IronPort AntiSpam, the SenderBase email reputation service, and email security appliances... |
Computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... |
$830,000,000 | |||
Five Across | Social networking service | — | |||
Reactivity | Web service Web service A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format... s |
$135,000,000 | |||
Utah Street Networks Utah Street Networks Utah Street Networks is a social networking service company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 5, 2007.It is the operator of Tribe.net.... |
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NeoPath NeoPath NeoPath is a data storage company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 13, 2007.... |
Data storage Data storage device thumb|200px|right|A reel-to-reel tape recorder .The magnetic tape is a data storage medium. The recorder is data storage equipment using a portable medium to store the data.... |
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WebEx WebEx WebEx Communications Inc. is a Cisco company that provides on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and videoconferencing applications... |
Web conferencing Web conferencing Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically... |
$3,200,000,000 | |||
SpansLogic | Computer networking | — | |||
BroadWare Technologies BroadWare Technologies BroadWare Technologies is a file hosting service company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on May 21, 2007.... |
Surveillance Surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner... |
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Cognio Cognio Cognio, Inc. builds RF spectrum analysis solutions that find and solve wi-fi channel interference problems on wireless networks and in wireless applications, such as RFID... |
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Latigent Latigent Latigent LLC is an international provider of Business Intelligence, Enterprise RSS, and Call Center Reporting and Analytics software.-Company Overview:... |
Business performance management Business performance management Business performance management is a set of management and analytic processes that enable the management of an organization's performance to achieve one or more pre-selected goals... |
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Navini Networks Navini Networks Navini Networks was a company that developed an internet-access system based on WiMAX which was acquired by Cisco in October, 2007.-Company:In January 2000, Wu-Fu Chen and Guanghan Xu formed the company Navini Networks. They developed a wireless internet-access system... |
WiMAX WiMAX WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations... |
$330,000,000 | |||
Securent Securent Securent was a digital rights management company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on November 1, 2007.-Further reading:* . eWeek. Retrieved August 12, 2010.* . Red Herring. Retrieved August 12, 2010.... |
Digital rights management Digital rights management Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that... |
$100,000,000 | |||
Nuova Systems, Inc. | Computer networking | $678,000,000 | |||
DiviTech A/S | Digital service management | — | |||
Pure Networks, Inc. | Computer software Computer software Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it.... |
$120,000,000 | |||
PostPath | Email Email Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the... |
$215,000,000 | |||
Jabber, Inc. | Presence Presence information In computer and telecommunications networks, presence information is a status indicator that conveys ability and willingness of a potential communication partner—for example a user--to communicate... |
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Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence | Building management systems Building Management System A Building Management System is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems... |
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Pure Digital Technologies | Digital video Digital video Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :... |
$590,000,000 | |||
ScanSafe ScanSafe ScanSafe was a privately held company backed by investors Benchmark Capital and Scale Venture Partners, it was a provider of Web security-as-a-service for organizations. Co-founded in 1999 by brothers Eldar and Roy Tuvey, its services block malware and secure the use of the Web and messaging... |
SaaS Web Security Provider | $183,000,000 | |||
Set-top box business of DVN | Cable Cable A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry... |
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Starent Networks Starent Networks Starent Networks was an information technology and computer networking products company. It was headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA, with major engineering facilities in Pune, India and Bangalore, India... |
System Architecture Evolution System Architecture Evolution System Architecture Evolution is the core network architecture of 3GPP's LTE wireless communication standard.SAE is the evolution of the GPRS Core Network, with some differences:* simplified architecture* all-IP Network... |
$2,900,000,000 | |||
Grid Net | Smart Grid | — | |||
Tandberg Tandberg This article is about the video-conferencing vendor, a Cisco company. Other companies with the same name such as Tandberg Television or Tandberg Data for data storage: see here and here... |
Videoconferencing Videoconferencing Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously... |
$3,300,000,000 | |||
MOTO Development Group MOTO Development Group MOTO Development Group is a product design and technology development company with headquarters in San Francisco and an office in Hong Kong. It offers complete product development consulting, with services in business strategy, user experience, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering,... |
Product design Product design -Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and... |
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CoreOptics | Digital signal processing Digital signal processing Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing... |
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ExtendMedia | Video Video Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :... |
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Arch Rock Corporation | Smart Grid | — | |||
LineSider Technologies LineSider Technologies Linesider Technologies, Inc is an American based multinational corporation started in 2005 and headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA. It's technology partners include EMC, Cisco Systems, VMware and Verari.... |
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Pari Networks Pari Networks Pari Networks is an America-based multinational company based in Based in Milpitas, California. It is a leading provider of network configuration and change management and compliance management solutions. Recently, it has been acquired by Cisco Systems. Its employees will be integrated into... |
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Inlet Technologies | Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) digital media processing platforms | $95,000,000 | |||
newScale Inc. | http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6505/Products Sub Category Home.html [Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud] | — |
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