Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

November 16, 2020

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The Future of Cloud-Native Connectivity: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Banzai Cloud

1/15/20 Update: Cisco has completed the acquisition of Banzai Cloud. Welcome to Cisco! As modern cloud-native applications become more pervasive, the environments in which these applications run are becoming thinner (containers, microservices, functions), increasingly distributed and more geographically diverse. Emerging cloud infrastructure technologies give rise to unique implementation challenges as the modern cloud-native application relies […]

August 25, 2020

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Cisco to Acquire Noise Removal Technology Leader, BabbleLabs: Enabling Webex Video Meetings Anywhere Without Distraction

Cisco will bring BabbleLabs' native noise removal capability to our Webex collaboration portfolio. BabbleLabs is at the forefront of using advanced AI techniques to distinguish human speech from any unwanted noise. That means vacuums, sirens and other distracting noises are silenced and your voice comes through clearly.

May 21, 2020

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The Joy of Deal-Making: From Sports Cards to Investments and Acquisitions

Derek Idemoto, recently named SVP of Corporate Development and Cisco Investments, shares how he has the best job in the world – managing a team of domain experts, partnering with business unit leaders on strategy, and engaging with venture capitalists, investment banks, entrepreneurs and founders.

December 16, 2019

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Exablaze

Cisco announces intent to acquire Exablaze*, a privately held, Australia-based designer and manufacturer of advanced network devices aimed at reducing latency and improving network performance. Integrating Exablaze’s innovative products and technology into the Cisco portfolio will give our customers the latest field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology providing them with the flexibility and programmability they require.

June 6, 2019

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Sentryo

I am pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Sentryo, a company based in Lyon, France that provides device visibility and security solutions for industrial control system (ICS) networks.

January 30, 2019

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Singularity Networks

Cisco plans to integrate Singularity Networks’ analytics capabilities into its Crosswork Network Automation portfolio. The Cisco Crosswork Network Automation software portfolio helps service providers automate their networks.

January 24, 2018

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Skyport Systems

2/8/18 Update: Pleased to announce that we have completed the acquisition of Skyport Systems. Welcome to Cisco! I’m excited to share that today Cisco announced its intent to acquire Skyport...

December 7, 2017

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Cmpute.io

To help our customers optimize the consumption of cloud resources in and control cloud spending, Cisco is announcing our intent to acquire Cmpute.io, also known as 47Line Technologies.