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Cisco to acquire Meraki in cloud computing push
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November 20, 2012, Tuesday
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CISCO Systems Inc, the world's largest maker of computer networking gear, has said it is buying Meraki for US$1.2 billion to expand its ability to let customers compute in the cloud.
Cloud computing refers to the increasingly popular practice of storing software applications in remote data centers that are accessed over the Internet instead of installing programs on individual machines.
Meraki Inc is based in San Francisco and also has offices in New York, London and Mexico. The privately held company was founded in 2006 by members of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science. Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.
Meraki will form Cisco's new Cloud Networking group, led by Meraki CEO Sanjit Biswas. The company said on its website it had originally planned to remain independent and go public, but joining Cisco will help it achieve its goal of hitting US$1 billion in revenue a year.
Cisco, based in San Jose, California, expects the acquisition to close in its second fiscal quarter ending in January. The US$1.2 billion purchase price includes cash and retention-based incentives.
Cloud computing refers to the increasingly popular practice of storing software applications in remote data centers that are accessed over the Internet instead of installing programs on individual machines.
Meraki Inc is based in San Francisco and also has offices in New York, London and Mexico. The privately held company was founded in 2006 by members of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science. Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.
Meraki will form Cisco's new Cloud Networking group, led by Meraki CEO Sanjit Biswas. The company said on its website it had originally planned to remain independent and go public, but joining Cisco will help it achieve its goal of hitting US$1 billion in revenue a year.
Cisco, based in San Jose, California, expects the acquisition to close in its second fiscal quarter ending in January. The US$1.2 billion purchase price includes cash and retention-based incentives.
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