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Cisco

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Cisco designs and sells hardware, software, networking, and communications technology services. Products are distributed under five brands, namely Cisco, Linksys, WebEx, IronPort, and Scientific Atlanta.

Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company’s inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies.

Milestones

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  Cisco acquired ScanSafe for $183M. (10/27/09)
  Posted 10/28/09 at 6:19am
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  Cisco acquired Starent Networks for $2.6B. (10/13/09)
  Posted 10/13/09 at 6:37am
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  Cisco acquired Tandberg for $3B. (10/1/09)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 9:52am
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  Cisco invested in Ushahidi. (8/13/09)
  Posted 9/30/09 at 6:19am
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  Cisco invested in iControl. (7/22/09)
  Posted 7/27/09 at 2:15pm
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  Cisco acquired Tidal Software for $105M. (5/20/09)
  Posted 7/2/09 at 1:27pm
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  Cisco invested in Xobni. (3/25/09)
  Posted 3/25/09 at 5:25am
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  Cisco acquired Pure Digital Technologies for $590M. (3/19/09)
  Posted 3/19/09 at 7:41am
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  Cisco invested in Soonr. (2/19/09)
  Posted 2/19/09 at 12:02pm
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  Cisco invested in Majitek. (2/11/09)
  Posted 2/11/09 at 11:56am
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  Cisco acquired Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence. (1/27/09)
  Posted 6/30/09 at 3:39pm
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  Cisco invested in Digitalsmiths. (1/26/09)
  Posted 1/26/09 at 11:38am
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  Cisco invested in Xobni. (1/5/09)
  Posted 1/5/09 at 12:19pm
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  Cisco invested in Finjan. (11/19/08)
  Posted 11/25/08 at 3:03pm
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  Cisco invested in BlackArrow. (10/6/08)
  Posted 10/5/08 at 7:57pm
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  Cisco acquired Jabber. (9/19/08)
  Posted 9/23/08 at 11:35am

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Sources

1. ScanSafe Press Release (scansafe.com) [edit]
2. Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Starent Networks (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
3. Cisco Makes Recommended Offer to Acquire TANDBERG (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
4. Cisco Completes Acquisition of Tidal Software (google.com) [edit]
5. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Cisco Completes Acquisition of Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc. (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
7. Cisco Acquires Jabber, Inc. (cisco.com) [edit]
8. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire PostPath (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
9. Citation Needed [add]
10. Capital Report Index [edit]
11. Citation Needed [add]
12. Cisco Does Its 125th Buyout. Pays $100M For Securent (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
13. Cisco buys IP-based video surveillance company, BroadWare (venturebeat.com) [edit]
14. Cisco acquires WebEx (blog.tmcnet.com) [edit]
15. Cisco buys NeoPath, a network storage company (venturebeat.com) [edit]
16. Tribe Gets Acquired, For Real This Time (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Cisco dives into Web 2.0, buys Five Across (venturebeat.com) [edit]
18. Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire IronPort (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
19. Cisco Systems, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Metreos and Audium (newsroom.cisco.com) [edit]
20. Cisco nets Airespace for $450 million (networkworld.com) [edit]
21. Citation Needed [add]
22. iControl Gets $23M for Home Security, Home Energy Management (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
23. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
24. Soonr raises $3M to give mobile access to home computers (venturebeat.com) [edit]
25. Cisco Systems Backs Majitek (pehub.com) [edit]
26. Digitalsmiths gets a boost from Cisco (newsobserver.com) [edit]
27. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Finjan Raises $22 Million in Investment Round (finjan.com) [edit]
29. BlackArrow Raises $20 Million For On-Demand TV Advertising (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30. Mobile Firm Amobee Raises $22 Million For Ad-Supported Cellphone Service (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
31. Celeno Raises $16M Strategic Investment Round (celeno.com) [edit]
32. Cap Funding Report [edit]
33. Online video services company Move Networks raises $46 million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
34. techcrunch.com [edit]
35. Panorama Capital Leads $9.5MM Series A Funding in GridNetworks, Inc (gridnetworks.com) [edit]
36. GridNetworks Connects $9.5 Million Series A Funding (americanventuremagazine.com) [edit]
37. thealarmclock.com [edit]
38. Cisco to invest $150M in virtualization company, VMware (venturebeat.com) [edit]
39. BroadLogic Network raises $17M more for cable provider chip (venturebeat.com) [edit]
40. Oversi, P2P content delivery co., raises $8M from Cisco, others (venturebeat.com) [edit]
41. blogs.zdnet.com [edit]
42. Seattle PI (seattlepi.com) [edit]
43. Bharti Telesoft Raises $13.5M (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
44. Citation Needed [add]
45. Plaxo connects to more funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
46. VirtualLogix: Virtualization for Smart Devices (itmanagement.earthweb.com) [edit]
47. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
48. TriplePoint Capital (triplepointcapital.com) [edit]