
In Pictures: Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions
These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers.
Andrew Neff of Gartner cites the positives and challenges ahead for the merged company.
New Zealand-based telco and network wholesaler Vibe Communications has acquired Melbourne-based colocation and virtual server provider RackCentral for an undisclosed sum.
Dimension Data expects to quadruple the size of its datacentre business to $US4 billion in the next five years through a combination of organic growth and relevant acquisitions.
Palo Alto Networks, known for its next-generation firewall, Monday said it is buying Israeli start-up Cyvera for about $200 million to gain access to its endpoint security product for real-time attack prevention. The deal is expected to close in a few weeks.
These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers.
Some things go together like peanut butter and jelly. Others are more like peanut butter and motor oil. The joining of tech titans is no different. Here we discuss whether six high-profile mergers have made a tasty combination or a gross one.