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Cisco closes Scientific-Atlanta buy

February 27, 2006 The acquisition extends Cisco's presence in the home networking market and firmly plants it in the video market. TAGS: Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., acquisition, presence, home networking, set-top box, video

Cisco to acquire chip start-up Spans Logic

March 28, 2007 Mountain View-based start-up targeted for processor technology that improves network efficiency. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., network architecture, acquisition

Cisco's acquisition guru speaks out

February 23, 2006 Cisco's Dan Scheinman now says the company's on the hunt for even more acquisitions as it prepares to enter the consumer electronics market. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., acquisition, consumer electronics, content company, Disney Corp., electronics, DVD, TV

Cisco makes big bet on Web conferencing

March 15, 2007 Why Cisco Systems is shelling out $3.2 billion for the No. 1 Web-conferencing service provider. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., acquisition, WebEx Communications Inc., Web conferencing, market share, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., start-up, networking, Linksys, video

Cisco to buy video surveillance company

May 22, 2007 Networking company will spend an undisclosed sum to buy BroadWare Technologies to bulk up its video surveillance business. TAGS: video surveillance, Cisco Systems Inc., infrastructure, acquisition, networking, IP, video

Cisco buys into social-networking fray

February 9, 2007 Cisco makes its first move toward courting big media companies with the acquisition of a small social-networking company. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., media company, Disney Corp., acquisition, digital media, social networking, San Francisco, networking, video, TV

Cisco's new acquisition talisman

June 13, 2007 Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? A lot depends on the answer to that question. TAGS: Ned Hooper, acquisition, Cisco Systems Inc., WebEx Communications Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., trend, Linksys, office, mobility, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, hard drive

Cisco spends $31 million on mobility start-up

October 26, 2006 Company will use technology from Orative to extend its Unified Communications product to cell phones, smart phones. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., worker, handset maker, acquisition, mobility, handset, IP, mobile device, cell phone, smart phone, operating system, PC

Cisco goes for video

November 18, 2005 Cisco announced it will pay $6.9 billion cash for Scientific-Atlanta to get into the video market. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., John Chambers, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., cable company, acquisition, set-top box, telephony, equipment, set-top, Linksys, CEO, video, TV

New boss named at Linksys

May 11, 2006 Cisco taps former CEO of Polaroid as the leader of Linksys, its home networking and consumer electronics division. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., home networking, Linksys, Polaroid, acquisition, small business, consumer electronics, leader, CEO, TV

Cisco preps for Scientific-Atlanta integration

February 8, 2006 Net gear giant works toward completing acquisition and launching a consumer electronics business. TAGS: Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., consumer electronics, acquisition, home entertainment, electronics, U.S., video

Cisco investments fuel consumer electronics push

June 26, 2006 Cisco Systems develops an aggressive investment strategy to support its push into consumer electronics, home networking. TAGS: Akimbo Systems, Cisco Systems Inc., consumer electronics, investment strategy, acquisition, investment, electronics, DVR, entertainment, networking, vision, Linksys, start-up, TV, games, DVD

Cisco buys video surveillance company

March 7, 2006 $51 million purchase of SyPixx brings technology to digitize analog feeds and send them out over an IP network. TAGS: SyPixx Networks, IP network, video surveillance, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, acquisition, video, networking, security

How WebEx went the Cisco route

March 19, 2007 CEO Subrah Iyar explains why he thinks WebEx is worth more than YouTube and what's ahead for Web conferencing. TAGS: WebEx Communications Inc., Web conferencing, Cisco Systems Inc., YouTube, leader, collaboration, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Cisco to spend $830 million for e-mail security firm

January 4, 2007 Network gear giant will purchase IronPort, a leader in tech that scans e-mail for spam and viruses, to bolster its security profile. TAGS: Ironport Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., e-mail security, e-mail security company, security company, leader, spam, acquisition, security, e-mail, virus

Cisco serves up $3.2 billion to buy WebEx

March 15, 2007 The deal gives the networking giant WebEx's software and hosted service, which help to foster on-demand collaboration between companies. TAGS: WebEx Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., PlaceWare, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, collaboration, collaboration tool, networking company, Citrix Systems Inc., acquisition, on-demand, small and medium business, Microsoft Corp., networking

Making Cisco a household name

December 11, 2006 Tech giant wants a hand in all things multimedia, from content creation to the gear in your living room. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., John Chambers, home networking, acquisition, vice president, Linksys, CEO

Mike Volpi's trek from Cisco to Joost

June 6, 2007 Once considered the heir apparent to the CEO spot at Cisco, Volpi talks about what attracted him to the top spot at video start-up Joost. TAGS: Mike Volpi, Cisco Systems Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Skype, founder, acquisition, CEO, video

Cisco veteran Volpi to step down

February 8, 2007 Mike Volpi, once seen as a possible successor to the CEO, steps down from company's service provider business. TAGS: Mike Volpi, Cisco Systems Inc., service provider, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., John Chambers, acquisition, CEO, Adobe PDF, leader

Cisco makes news with big partners

September 6, 2006 Company completes interoperability with Microsoft security platform, forges marketing alliance with SAP. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., SAP AG, business software, security technology, architecture, compliance, acquisition, security, Microsoft Corp.
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