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Sedona Systems is a developer of software for monitoring the operation of networks and its imitation to test new functions. The NetFusion platform, which the company is developing, displays "maps" showing in which parts of the network there is a slowdown in traffic and outages. By determining where the problem occurs, system administrators can use the analytics built into the platform to determine the causes of the problem.

2023: Buying Splunk

Network equipment manufacturer Cisco acquired Splunk for $28 billion. Cisco announced this on September 21. Read more here.

2021

Buying container technology developer Replex

At the end of October 2021, Cisco announced the acquisition of Replex, but did not disclose the value of the transaction. It is assumed that the developments of the purchased startup will complement the Cisco AppDynamics Business Observability platform. Read more here.

Buying Epsagon Cloud Application Monitoring Platform

In mid-August 2021, Cisco Systems bought the Israeli company Epsagon, which specializes in monitoring cloud applications. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more here.

Purchase of the video conferencing service Socio Labs

May 12, 2021 Cisco announced the acquisition of Socio Labs without specifying the value of the transaction. startup American The technology giant intends to use the developments of the purchased one in its platform. videoconferences Webex More. here

Purchase of Sedona Systems Network Infrastructure Optimization Platform Developer

On May 11, 2021, Cisco announced the acquisition of Sedona Systems, but did not name the value of the transaction. The Israeli business publication Calcalist writes that the buyer paid about $100 million for the startup. Read more here.

Purchase of optical interconnect technology developer Acacia Communications for $4.5 billion

In mid-January 2021, Cisco and Acacia Communications announced a final agreement under which Cisco acquires Acacia. According to the new amendments, Acacia will pay $115 per share, in general, the transaction value is $4.5 billion. Read more here.

Deal breakdown to buy optical interconnect technology developer Acacia

On January 8, 2021, Acacia announced the cancellation of the sale of the company to network equipment manufacturer Cisco, explaining that the Chinese authorities did not issue permission within the terms specified in the contract between the companies. Read more here.

2020

Purchase of Dashbase Event Log Analysis Tool Developer

In December 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of Dashbase at a price that the companies did not name. Dashbase technologies will complement the AppDynamics application monitoring platform, which Cisco previously bought for $3.7 billion. Read more here.

Purchase Slido Online Conferencing and Webinar Software Developer

In December 2020, Cisco announced the purchase of Slido at a price that the companies did not disclose. At the time of the announcement of the sale of the startup, it attracted $40 thousand investments, according to the data of the PitchBook portal. Read more here.

Purchase of a developer of services for communication between companies and customers in social networks and IMImobile messengers

In early December 2020, Cisco announced the purchase of IMImobile at a price of 595p per share of the British IT company. The total value of the transaction is $730 million, including debts of the sold developer of cloud solutions for interaction with customers. Read more here.

Buying a cloud launch software developer using Kubernetes Banzai Cloud

On November 16, 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of Banzai Cloud at a price that the companies did not disclose. The deal is scheduled to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Read more here.

Purchase of Portshift Container Application Protection Platform Developer

On October 1, 2020, Cisco announced its acquisition of Portshift. The financial and other terms of the transaction, which is planned to close in the first half of the 2021 financial year, the companies did not disclose. It is only known that the sold startup will become part of the Cisco Emerging Technologies & Incubation division. It will include all 15 employees working at Portshift. Read more here.

Purchase of BabbleLabs Video Conferencing Noise Reduction Software Developer

On August 25, 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of BabbleLabs, but did not name the purchase price. Read more here.

Purchase of software developer for automatic recognition of pictures from CCTV cameras Modcam

In late July 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of Modcam. The company did not disclose the cost and other terms of the agreement. It is only reported that the deal is closed. Read more here.

Purchase of ThousandEyes Network Monitoring Software Developer

On May 28, 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of network monitoring software developer ThousandEyes. The amount of the transaction was not officially named, but, according to Business Insider sources, it amounted to $1 billion. Read more here.

Purchase of Wi-Fi equipment developer on Fluidmesh Networks trains

In early April 2020, Cisco announced the acquisition of Fluidmesh Networks, but the company did not name the value of the deal. It is planned to fulfill all formalities regarding the concluded agreement, including obtaining regulatory approval, in the fourth quarter of 2020. Read more here.

2019

Customer Analytics Technologies Cloud Solutions Developer Purchase

On August 26, 2019, Cisco announced it would acquire Customer Analytics Technologies. This transaction, the cost of which companies decided to keep secret, will improve the buyer's tools in the field of contact centers, add funds for predictive analytics and mapping of consumer travel. Read more here.

Voicea Voice Assistant Developer Purchase

In early August 2019, Cisco announced the acquisition of Voicea with the goal of improving its collaboration products. Read more here.

Purchase of Sentryo Security Software Developer

June 6, 2019 Cisco announced the acquisition of a developer ON to protect production. Sentryo More. here

Purchase of Singularity Networks Analysis Software Developer

In late January 2019, Cisco announced the acquisition of network analysis software developer Singularity Networks. The financial component and other terms of the contract of the company did not disclose. The deal is scheduled to close in the third quarter of 2019. Read more here.

2018

Purchase of optical chip developer Luxtera for $660 million

On December 18, 2018, Cisco announced the purchase of optical chip developer Luxtera for $660 million to use the optical chips of the absorbed company throughout its portfolio of network equipment and expand the capabilities of 100GbE and 400GbE switches. Read more here.

Purchase of network software developer Ensoft

In November Cisco 2018, she announced the acquisition of a network developer. ON Ensoft The deal is scheduled to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. How much Cisco paid for this purchase is unknown. The company's annual revenue rose to £10m, the Ensoft website said. More. here

Purchase of July Systems

On June 19, 2018, Cisco Corporation announced the takeover of July Systems. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Read more here.

2017

Buying BroadSoft

October 23, 2017 Cisco announced the acquisition of a telecommunications developer ON BroadSoft for $1.9 billion. With this transaction, the buyer once again shows his desire to distance himself from the stagnating main business - sales of routers and switches. More. here

Springpath purchase for $320m

August 21, 2017 Cisco announced the purchase of an American manufacturer ON for hyperconverged environments. Springpath The transaction value is $320 million. More. here

Purchase of Observable Networks

On July 13, 2017, Cisco announced the acquisition of network security software developer Observable Networks to expand the capabilities of the Stealthwatch platform, designed to detect network anomalies and monitor performance. The parties chose not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction. Read more here.

Buying MindMeld

On May 11, 2017, the corporation Cisco announced the acquisition for $125 million of a startup MindMeld developing advanced technologies in the field. artificial intelligence (AI) More. here

Purchase of Saggezza

On May 4, 2017, Cisco announced the purchase of data analysis software developer Saggezza. They decided not to disclose the financial component of the transaction. Read more here.

Purchase of Viptela

In early May 2017, Cisco announced the purchase of Viptela for $610 million. Through this transaction, the buyer expects to strengthen its position in the cloud sector of SD-WAN. Read more here.

AppDynamics Purchase

On January 25, 2017, Cisco announced its acquisition of AppDynamics. The latter was going to go public, but these plans were destroyed. Read more here.

2016

Buying CloudLock

June 28, 2016 Cisco announced the purchase of a cloud developer information security CloudLock for almost $300 million. Through this acquisition American , the IT giant will strengthen its information security (IS) business.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay about $293 million in cash for CloudLock and in the form of rewards for fulfilling various goals - for example, keeping CloudLock employees under the wing of a new employer.

Buying Leaba Semiconductor

On March 2, 2016, Cisco announced the purchase of Leaba Semiconductor, hoping that the Israeli company's technology would help improve the technical part of the network equipment. Cisco will pay $320 million for the acquisition of Leaba. When the deal is scheduled to close is not reported.

Purchase of Jasper Technologies

On February 3, 2016, Cisco announced the purchase of Jasper Technologies, a developer of a cloud platform for the Internet of Things (IoT), for $1.4 billion. This acquisition for the American corporation was the largest since 2013. Read more here.

2015

Buying OpenDNS

On June 30, 2015, the corporation announced its purchase OpenDNS. Cisco For the latter, this acquisition on the market information security is far from the first.

Cisco bought OpenDNS for $635 million

Cisco will pay $635 million for OpenDNS in cash. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016. After all the formalities regarding the acquisition of OpenDNS are completed, this company will become part of the Cisco Security Business Group, which promotes information security solutions.

Buying Acano

On November 20, 2015, Cisco announced the purchase of Acano for $700 million in cash. This acquisition of collaboration solutions in the market is far from the first for an American manufacturer. Read more here.

Buying Lancope

On October 27, 2015, Cisco announced the purchase of Lancope for more than $450 million. Thus, the American manufacturer of network equipment continued to strengthen its information security (IS) business by absorbing specialized assets.

2013

Introducell Acquisition

At the end of January 2013, it became known that Cisco Systems plans to acquire the developer Introducell, hoping in this way to gain a foothold in the rapidly growing market for infrastructure solutions for mobile networks, which are under heavy pressure from traffic growth. The deal will cost about $475 million.

Introducell is an Israeli company that creates advanced self-optimizing network (SON) systems. Such software helps mobile operators plan, configure, manage, optimize and restore their networks automatically.

When the deal closes, Introducell employees will move to a Cisco division called Service Provider Mobility Group. The closing process will be completed around the third quarter of fiscal 2013.

Acquisition of Composite Software

On June 20, 2013, Cisco announced its intention to acquire Composite Software Inc.

Composite Software Inc is a privately held company and market leader in data center virtualization software and services. Headquarters in San Mateo, California. Composite Software offers software technology that combines data of different types and presents this data to users as a single virtual pool. This software integrates traditional and new data sources (including cloud and Big Data) and gives the user a consolidated view of them. A simplified, optimized logical representation of data helps organizations make better, more informed decisions in real time.

According to the board of directors, Composite Software will expand the Cisco Smart Services portfolio and improve the next generation service platform through data and infrastructure alignment. This alignment will allow companies to take even better advantage of network knowledge (interfaces) API and programming capabilities that significantly increase the benefits of data virtualization. The industry is already moving from installing physical servers and networks to virtualizing networks and servers, and now Cisco and Composite Software have to work together to move from physical integration of data to virtualization, in the interests of customers and partners.

"Cisco's strategy is focused on building a next-generation IT model that delivers differentiated solutions that enable customers to address the most pressing business challenges," said Gary Moore, Cisco President and Chief Operations Officer. "Combining our network expertise with the high performance of Cisco UCS solutions and Composite Software will provide customers with instant access to analytics and business intelligence."

This acquisition is consistent with the development of Cisco's unified platform and its software services strategy (for the same reason, Cisco recently acquired SolveDirect). The Composite Software Data Center Virtualization Solution, combined with the SolveDirect Process Integration Platform, will help you develop data and workflow integration features and provide useful real-time decision-making information for operations and business professionals.

Upon completion of the transaction, Composite Software employees will be part of the service division, Cisco headed by senior vice president of the company, Cisco head of the service platform group Mala Anand (Mala Anand) and senior director, general manager of the integration technology group. Mike Flannagan

In accordance with the agreement, Cisco will buy all shares of Composite Software and pay for them about $180 million in cash and benefits aimed at retaining employees. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of the 2014 Cisco fiscal year (begins on August 1).

2012

Lightwire acquisition

On March 19, 2012, Cisco Systems announced the completion of the acquisition of Lightwire, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which first became known in February. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco paid approximately $271 million. A few hours after the dissemination of official information about the deal, Cisco shares rose in price by 5 cents to $20.08 per security. Thus, Cisco expects to strengthen its leadership in the market for network core-level solutions.

John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, at the end of March 2012, denied circulating rumors about the upcoming sale of the unit engaged in the production of set-top boxes. On the contrary, according to Chambers, it should play a key role in the company's strategy for distributing and popularizing video.

Cisco still derives the bulk of its profits from the sale of infrastructure solutions - switches and routers, whose sales in the last fiscal quarter amounted to $3.6 billion and over $2 billion, respectively. Video distribution tightens the requirements for the network core and requires additional investment from service providers, so this trend is definitely in Cisco's hands. As part of the Visual Networking Index Forecast made last summer, the company expects an increase in the audience of Internet users to 3 billion people by 2015. The number of devices connected to the Network will increase to 15 billion, and the global traffic volume - to 966 exabytes.

The key driver of all the above trends will be video, according to Cisco. Obviously, the position of the company's management was the reason for the second largest transaction in the history of its existence to acquire for $5 billion NDS Group, a developer of software for video services. Actually, this acquisition just gave rise to a new wave of rumors about the abandonment of the low-profit unit for the production of set-top boxes, which Cisco inherited along with the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta in 2006 for $6.9 billion.

So far, the sales volumes of carrier-class solutions for deploying video services do not compare with traditional infrastructure equipment, but they demonstrate the highest growth rates at 23%. The systems of organization of interaction between employees with video support are somewhat lagging behind - their sales volumes increased by 10%. But even this figure is greater compared to 8% growth in the relatively mature segment of switches and routers.

ClearAccess Acquisition

On March 28, 2012, Cisco announced its intention to acquire privately owned ClearAccess, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, United States. First of all, it is known for its operator-class software solution based on the TR-069 protocol for managing home broadband networks of service providers. The deal calls for a team of developers and related software products to join Cisco's business. The ClearAccess division, engaged in the production of Smart RG hardware and software gateways, will be separated into a separate SmartRG company.

According to Jamie Lerner, vice president and general manager of Service Provider Applications at Cisco Network Management Technology Group, the acquisition will allow Cisco to offer service providers new solutions within the Prime family in the future to monetize the services provided, increase operational efficiency and grow the satisfaction of end consumers. They will allow you to manage bandwidth, perform parental control, perform diagnostics, collect statistics and then analyze the information received. As the complexity of networks grows, caused by the spread of video, increased traffic, the number and variety of mobile devices connected, the demand for such tools should remain high.

ClearAccess will be able to bring to Cisco not only knowledge of the architecture of traditional software solutions, but also mobile solutions, combined with experience in creating and promoting cloud services. At the end of the deal, they will be part of the Cisco Network Management Technology Group, led by Jamie Lerner. The financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed by the company, it is assumed that all the necessary formalities will be completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 by Cisco.

Acquisition of Meraki

On November 18, 2012, it became known about Cisco's intention to acquire Cisco Meraki for $1.2 billion. The company specializes in developing technologies for managing networks in the cloud.

All necessary documents were sent to the antimonopoly departments to obtain permission for the transaction. With a positive response, the transaction was to be closed during the second quarter of 2013.

It is planned that the entire staff of the company, together with the founders, will move to Cisco.

2010: CoreOptics Acquisition

Cisco has completed the acquisition of private company CoreOptics Inc., a developer of Digital Signal Processor (DSP) solutions for high-speed optical networks. The headquarters of this company is located in San Jose (California), and most of the employees work in Nuremberg and Gerlingen (Germany).

CoreOptics is expected to help Cisco provide operators with state-of-the-art networking technology that runs at 100 Gb/s. According to Cisco, this technology will scale carrier networks and successfully solve the problems of rapid growth of IP traffic caused by video technologies, mobile applications and cloud computing.

As noted in the company, the next stage of innovation in the field of optical networks will be determined by complex modulation methods and advanced DSP technologies, which will allow efficient transmission of large amounts of data over existing fiber optic cables. By maintaining high transmission rates in existing infrastructure, Cisco and CoreOptics will help operators meet the challenge of transferring growing volumes of network traffic without increasing capital expenditures. At the same time, the acquisition of CoreOptics will help Cisco expand its presence in the optical market in Europe.

With the completion of the transaction, CoreOptics employees will move to the Cisco carrier technology division and will work together with existing Cisco optical networking teams in Monza, Bangalore (India) and Richardson (Texas).

2006: Acquisition of Scientific Atlanta

In February 2006, Cisco acquired Scientific Atlanta, a leading global provider of set-top boxes, integrated video distribution networks, and video integration solutions.

In total, Cisco has acquired more than 120 companies since 1993.

2003: Acquisition of Linksys

In 2003, Cisco acquired Linksys, a popular computer networking equipment manufacturer, and is now positioning the Linksys brand as home and small business network equipment.

See also

• M&A Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cisco Takeovers
• Acquisitions and sale of Microsoft assets
• SAP Acquisitions
• Oracle takeovers
• Acquisitions and divestment of Intel assets
• Acquisitions and divestment of IBM assets

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