acquisition

July 7, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire MaintenanceNet

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As more of the business models in IT shift to a recurring revenue model for products, software, solutions and services, the ability to easily implement, track, manage and renew contracts is critical to maximizing revenue potential. These transitions create opportunities and change for our customers, our partners, and for Cisco. That is why I am […]

June 17, 2015

CLOUD

Welcome Piston Cloud!

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This week, Cisco completed the acquisition of, Piston Cloud. Piston Cloud has been a long time member and contributor to OpenStack. I’ve always admired their engineering-savvy approach to OpenStack, the unique and memorable way in which they’ve marketed themselves from a product and culture/brand perspective, and their engineering accomplishments that make it easier to deploy, […]

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tropo

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Cisco has been on a mission to make collaboration super-simple. From our video devices that require no user’s manual, to our cameras that sense and automatically adjust when the speaker suddenly stands and walks to the white board, we’re paying attention to the details; we’re making collaborating less frustrating and providing a better user experience—so we […]

December 10, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Neohapsis

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Today, businesses are looking at security in a strategic, comprehensive way to protect mission critical processes and assets. There has never been a greater need to understand the impact that...

June 27, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Acquisition of Assemblage

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Collaboration technology gives us the ability to work together anywhere, on any device, at any time. With more and more people using smartphones and tablets to do their work, it is more important than ever that enterprise collaboration delivers high quality voice, video, chat and online sharing instantly, to any device on any platform. Today, […]

June 17, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tail-f Systems

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Every day our world becomes increasingly connected. And as the Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to develop, service providers who provide us with video, voice, and data services are faced with managing explosive growth of demand on their network, including the number of applications and platforms needed to improve the way we live, learn, work […]

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire ThreatGRID

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For cyber attackers, and those who defend against them, the stakes could not be higher than they are right now.  There’s no question that security is a top priority for organizations and the threat landscape is more dynamic than ever. Given the explosion in the amount of information being created and exchanged, driven by mobility, […]

December 17, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Acquisition of Collaborate.com

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As the rapidly developing mobility and cloud markets transform the technology landscape, the population of mobile workers looking to extend the boundaries of their offices continues to grow. They want to connect, communicate and collaborate seamlessly, and their organizations are seeking user-friendly, mobile-centric collaboration tools that enable teams to work faster while being as productive […]

October 8, 2013

SECURITY

SUMMARY – Martin Roesch on Sourcefire Becoming Part of Cisco

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Cisco Security has announced the closing of the acquisition of Sourcefire. Sourcefire founder and CTO (and creator of Snort®) Martin Roesch posted to Sourcefire's blog this morning to share the news: