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Metaplex, Inc.
December 1996 - Specialist in network product
development in the IBM enterprise marketplace, gives enterprise
customers the ability to easily migrate from SNA to IP.
Market Opportunity: Enterprise SNA Solutions |
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 Netsys
Technologies , Inc.
October 14, 1996 - In October 1996, Cisco Systems,
Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
privately held Netsys Technologies through a stock purchase.
Netsys is a pioneer in network infrastructure management and
performance analysis software. Cisco's intent in acquiring Palo
Alto, Calif. based Netsys Technologies is to give customers
the ability to simulate their network design in order to optimize
capacity and performance. Netsys provides standards-based software
capable of leveraging the graphical World Wide Web and Internet
technology for managing today's hybrid internetworks.
Market Opportunity: Netsys
Service-Level Management Suite |
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 Granite
Systems, Inc.
September 3, 1996 - In September 1996, Cisco
Systems, Inc., announced an agreement to acquire Granite Systems,
Inc. for its standards-based multilayer Gigabit Ethernet switching
technologies. Cisco's intent in acquiring Palo Alto, Calif.-based
Granite Systems is to give customers a wider choice of backbone
network technologies best suited for their individual network
environments.
Market Opportunity: Gigabit
Ethernet Solutions |
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 Nashoba
Networks, Inc.
August 6, 1996 - In August 1996, Cisco Systems,
Inc., announced an agreement to acquire privately held Nashoba
Networks, Inc. and its Token Ring switching technologies. Cisco's
intent in acquiring Nashoba Networks is to give users a wide
choice of Token Ring LAN switching products targeted at the
workgroup and backbone environments. By joining forces, Cisco
and Nashoba can help customers employ high-performance switched
workgroup and backbone Token Ring LAN connectivity.
Market Opportunity: Token
Ring Switching Solutions |
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 Telebit's
MICA Technologies
July 22, 1996 - In July 1996, Cisco Systems,
Inc., announced an agreement to acquire Telebit Corp. and its
Modem ISDN Channel Aggregation (MICA) technologies. Cisco will
integrate the advanced features of MICA's high-density digital
modem technology currently under development into current and
future Cisco products, including the Cisco 2509-2511 access
servers and the AS5200 Universal Access Server. Under the terms
of the agreement, Telebit will sell its analog modem business,
NetBlazer and MicaBlazer products and other assets and liabilities
to a new entity formed via a Telebit management buyout.
Market Opportunity: Universal
Access Servers |
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 Stratacom,
Inc.
April 22, 1996 - In April 1996, Cisco Systems,
Inc., acquired StrataCom, Inc., a leading supplier of Asyncronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay high-speed wide area network
(WAN) switching equipment that integrates and transports a wide
variety of information, including voice, data and video. The
combination of Cisco with StrataCom will enable Cisco to provide
end-to-end solutions across public, private or hybrid networks.
Market Opportunity: WAN
Switching Solutions |
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 TGV
Software, Inc.
January 23, 1996 - In January 1996, Cisco announced
an agreement to acquire TGV Software, Inc., a leading supplier
of Internet software products for connecting disparate computer
systems over local area, enterprise-wide and global computing
networks. The acquisition extends Cisco's software product line
to include network applications and services which are used
to build corporate intranets and support the growing global
Internet and World Wide Web.
Market Opportunity: Security
Products and Technologies |
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 Network
Translation, Inc.
October 27, 1995 - In October 1995, Cisco Systems,
Inc., agreed to purchase privately held Network Translation,
Inc. (NTI), a networking manufacturer of cost-effective, low
maintenance network address translation and Internet firewall
hardware and software. The investment will help broaden Cisco's
offerings for security conscious network administrators who
want to dynamically map between reusable private network addresses
and globally unique, registered Internet addresses.
Market Opportunity: PIX
Firewall, Web
Cache Engine, Local
Director |
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 Grand
Junction Networks, Inc.
September 27, 1995 - In September 1995, the
Company agreed to purchase Grand Junction Networks, Inc., the
inventor and leading supplier of Fast Ethernet (100Base-T) and
Ethernet desktop switching products. Cisco's Grand Junction
acquisition gives users a range of LAN switching and Fast Ethernet
products. This purchase provides comprehensive desktop solutions
for CiscoPro, a line of switching and remote access products
targeted at small/medium businesses and individual professionals.
Market Opportunity: Catalyst
2900 Series 10/100 Switching Solutins, Catalyst
1900/2820 Ethernet Switching Solutions |
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 Internet
Junction, Inc.
September 6, 1995 - In September 1995, Cisco
acquired Internet Junction Inc., a developer of Internet gateway
software connecting desktop users with the Internet. Internet
Junction products provide users with Internet gateway software
for central and remote office Internet access. Cisco continued
to expand its expertise in software-based Internet gateway tools
for popular computing platforms leveraging Internet Junction's
technology and alliances.
Market Opportunity: Internet/Extranet
Enterprise Solutions |
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