 Pirelli
Optical Systems
December 20, 1999 -- POS is a leading developer of
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment. A pioneer in the
DWDM market, the company has leading-edge technology and the world's
largest installed base of “open” 10 GBPS (gigabits per second) optical
transport systems in operational networks. POS products will accelerate
the deployment of more cost-effective transitional and New World networks.
Customers benefit from a complete infrastructure solution, transport
product leadership, and lower network costs.
Market Opportunity: Optical
Internetworking |
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 Internet
Engineering Group, LLC
December 17, 1999 -- IEng is a leading developer of
high-performance software. This acquisition strengthens Cisco's optical
internetworking strategy to enable service providers to build next-generation
high-speed networks.
Market Opportunity: Optical
Internetworking |
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 Worldwide
Data Systems, Inc.
December 16, 1999 -- Worldwide Data Systems is a leader
in consulting and engineering services for converged data and voice
networks. This acquisition underscores Cisco's strategy to accelerate
deployment of New World data, voice and video networks for its enterprise
and service provider customers.
Market Opportunity: Customer Advocacy |
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 V-Bits,
Inc.
November 11, 1999 - V-Bits is a leading provider of
standards-based digital video processing systems for cable television
service providers. Underscoring Cisco's New World strategy, this acquisition
enhances Cisco's solutions for streamlined broadband networks supporting
data, voice and video services.
Market Opportunity: Cable |
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 Aironet
Wireless Communications, Inc. November 9, 1999
- Aironet is a leading developer of standards-based, high speed wireless
LAN (local area network) products. Wireless LANs are used in enterprise,
small/medium businesses and home environments. They enable PC users
to establish and maintain a wireless network connection anywhere throughout
a building, providing benefits in mobility, simplicity, flexibility,
scalability and reduced cost of ownership.
Market Opportuinity: Wireless LANs |
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Tasmania
Network Systems, Inc.
October 26, 1999 - Tasmania is the leading developer
of network caching software technology. This acquisition underscores
Cisco's commitment to offer its service provider and enterprise customers
leading edge content networking services, including content-aware
network caching. Network caching technology accelerates content delivery
and overall network performance by localizing traffic patterns. It
uses the intelligence of the network to move frequently accessed content
closer to the user, increasing the cost effectiveness and performance
of data networks.
Market Opportunity: Web
Scaling |
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 WebLine
Communications Corp.
September 22, 1999 - WebLine is the leading
provider of customer interaction management software for Internet
customer service and e-commerce. This acquisition underscores
Cisco's commitment to the New World communications network of
integrated data, voice and video and strengthens its strategy
to create an open software platform for enterprise and service
provider customers.
Market Opportunity: Intelligent
Contact Management
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 Cocom
A/S
September 15, 1999 - Cocom A/S is a European
developer of standards-based access solutions over cable TV
networks. The company's DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) and
DAVIC (Digital Audio and Video Council) based headend and cable
modem solutions connect homes and businesses to the Internet
and interactive services at high speeds, up to 1,000 times the
speed offered by traditional telephone modem technology. Cocom's
DVB/DAVIC technology will complement and enhance Cisco’s existing
cable solutions, enabling Cisco's market leading cable solution
to address the needs of cable providers all over the world.
Market Opportunity: Cable |
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 Cerent
Corporation
August 26, 1999 - With the acquisition
of Cerent and Montery Networks, Cisco is entering the optical
transport market with next-generation products in order to provide
our service provider customers a complete infrastructure solution
for transitional and New World networks. By addressing this
customer transport need, Cisco is entering a market that has
been forecasted to grow to $17 billion by 2002. Cerent provides
next generation SONET ADM (Synchronous Optical Network Add-Drop
Multiplexer) equipment that is a fundamental building block
in voice and data networks and used to add and remove lower
speed traffic from higher speed optical rings. Service providers
will use Cerent’s product in the access portion of networks
(i.e., between the Central Office and businesses), in the Inter-Office
portion of networks, and in the core of the network (i.e., between
IXC points-of-presence) in SONET ring configurations.
Market Opportunity: Optical
Internetworking |
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 Monterey
Networks, Inc.
August 26, 1999 - Monterey Networks’ technology
allows Cisco to enter the optical transport business with a
best-in-class product that focuses on the core of next-generation
optical transport networks. Its infrastructure-class optical
cross-connect products enable service providers to handle the
rapid growth of Internet traffic, thus facilitating the migration
to New World networks. Monterey Networks’ cost-effective solution
is primarily targeted to carriers with high-bandwidth (e.g.,
OC-48, OC-192) requirements.
Market Opportunity: Optical
Internetworking |
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 MaxComm Technologies,
Inc.
August 18, 1999 - The MaxComm technology
enables the delivery of additional voice lines and high speed
data over broadband to the home. The unique benefit to the customer
is that it utilizes existing wiring (no new holes in the walls).
Service Providers benefit from not having to roll a truck to
install the technology (customer installable) and increased
utilization of existing wiring (more phone lines per pair).
This opportunity delivers increased features to the home with
minimal deployment costs. The MaxComm technology also enables
Service Providers to optimize the value of their existing investments
in Old World technology while positioning them to introduce
New World features. The technology is comprised of two basic
components; a Voice LAN hub with a Telephone Module for each
phone for the home and a GR303 Gateway integrated with a Cisco
ATM switch to interwork with a Service Provider’s Class 5 voice
switch. The technology will first appear in Cisco DSL solutions
and will complement Cisco broadband applications by increasing
service offerings.
Market Opportunity: DSL |
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 Calista,
Inc.
August 16, 1999 - Calista provides technology
that allows legacy digital phones to interoperate with New World
voice-enabled switches and routers (IP-PBXs) in a feature transparent
fashion. Calista products open up what has traditionally been
aclosed proprietary market and enables products from different
manufacturers to interoperate. Customers preserve their investments
in existing digital phones and wiring infrastructure while migrating
their old telephony networks to new IP-based solutions.
Market Opportunity: IP
Telephony |
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 StratumOne
Communications, Inc.
June 29, 1999 - StratumOne provides highly integrated
semiconductor products for very high speed wide area (OC48,
OC192 and beyond) data based interfaces. StratumOne's leadership
and strategic silicon expertise will enable Cisco to provide
its customers with the best price/performance data products
available in the market. As the insatiable demand for IP bandwidth
continues, the use of highly integrated, high performance data
optimized devices becomes a key differentiator for Cisco.
Market Opportunity: Optical
Internetworking |
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 TransMedia
Communications, Inc.
June 17, 1999 - TransMedia provides Media Gateway
technology that seamlessly unites the multiple networks (ATM,
IP, PSTN) of public voice communications, providing a successful
transition to New World networks. TransMedia's Media Gateway
technology focuses on circuit switching and packet voice in
a single, cost-optimized platform. A Media Gateway device takes
incoming TDM circuits and either converts them to packets and
sends them to a data network, or connects them to other TDM
circuits (i.e., it switches the call). This strengthens our
offerings for packet voice (long distance tandem) and wholesale
dial (managed modem) services.
Market Opportunity: Media Gateway Technology |
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 Amteva
Technologies, Inc.
April 28, 1999 - Amteva provides IP-based Unified
Communications middleware that consolidates voicemail, e-mail
and fax on a single IP network, accessible independent of location,
time or device. Unified Communications as a set of key value-added
applications showcases the advantages of a converged data/voice/video
network infrastructure and is important all across our customer
base - Service Providers, Enterprise, and Small and Medium Business.
Market Opportunity: IP-based unified communications
software |
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 GeoTel
Communications Corp.
April 13, 1999 - The GeoTel software solution
integrates enterprise data applications with voice infrastructure
devices such as PBXs to deliver integrated data and voice to
call centers over an Internet infrastructure and the PSTN. This
acquisition furthers our strategy is to create an open data
and voice software infrastructure. GeoTel allows Cisco to accelerate
the development of applications on the Cisco packet voice architecture
by providing a call center infrastructure on which companies
like Oracle, SAP, Siebel, Vantive, etc. can build enterprise
and service provider applications.
Market Opportunity: Network-based call routing solutions
for distributed call centers |
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 Sentient
Networks, Inc.
April 8, 1999 - Sentient Networks has developed
the industry's highest density ATM Circuit Emulation Services
(CES) Gateway, which is capable of transporting circuit-based
private line services across packet-based ATM networks. By delivering
technology that allows service providers to combine their circuit-based
equipment with Internet-based data, voice and video gear, this
acquisition will help service providers migrate to cell and
packet-based networks.
Market Opportunity: ATM Circuit Emulation Services (CES)
Gateway |
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 Fibex
Systems
April 8, 1999 - Fibex Systems is a pioneer in
Integrated Access Digital Loop Carrier (IADLC) products, devices
that combine traditional voice services with data services using
ATM as the underlying architecture. The acquisition helps service
providers transition voice/data traffic to cell/packet networks
while maintaining traditional phone business using existing
circuit infrastructure.
Market Opportunity: Integrated Access Digital Loop Carrier
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