Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

August 10, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Working Group Two 

Cisco announces intent to acquire Working Group Two to boost its service edge deployment and API first strategy for application development partners, Enterprise customers and Service Provider partners. 

June 27, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Further Strengthens Network Assurance with Intent to Acquire Accedian and SamKnows

Network disruption is not just downtime. It is a disruption of critical user experiences and loss of productivity, financial health, and brand reputation. With Accedian and SamKnows, we're excited to further extend our end-to-end Network Assurance and visibility capabilities to empower our customers to thrive in a connected world.

June 21, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Accedian: Accelerating High Performance Service Assurance 

Cisco announced its intent to acquire Accedian, an industry leading network performance monitoring partner that enables seamless operation of service provider transport and 5G networks. 

Furthering the AI-First Security Cloud: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Armorblox

We are pleased to announce our intent to acquire Armorblox, a company that has pioneered the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and natural language understanding in cybersecurity, to strengthen our plans for an AI-first Security Cloud.

April 20, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Smartlook, Enabling New Offerings for Cisco AppDynamics and Full-Stack Observability

Cisco announces its intent to acquire Smartlook Inc, s.r.o. It represents a big step forward in delivering even more value for Cisco AppDynamics and the Full-Stack Observability Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) solution, with new application and user experience insights, analytics, and troubleshooting capabilities.

March 29, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces its Intent to Acquire Cloud Security Software Company Lightspin

Cisco Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ET&I) intends to bolster its cloud-native portfolio with Lightspin focused on end-to-end security and observability.

February 24, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Accelerating Our Security Cloud Vision: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Valtix 

Cisco is excited to announce our intent to acquire Valtix, a privately held cloud network security company founded in 2018. Valtix will play a key role in the Cisco Security Cloud, a global, cloud-delivered, integrated networking and security platform for organizations of any shape and size.

October 24, 2022

SECURITY

Ensuring Security in M&A: An Evolution, Not Revolution

Through decades of acquisitions, Cisco has gained the expertise and experience to make M&A seamless and successful by making cybersecurity a priority throughout the integration process.

October 17, 2022

SECURITY

Making Merger and Acquisition Cybersecurity More Manageable

Part of the secret to Cisco’s success is its ability to acquire companies that strengthen its technology portfolio and securely integrate them into the larger organization.