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Cisco Buys Cloud-Networking Leader Meraki for $1.2 Billion By Jennifer LeClaire November 19, 2012 11:59AM     Formed in 2006 by MIT PhD candidates, Meraki was funded by Sequoia Capital and Google. Meraki says it now has 10,000 customers using its cloud managed products including wireless LAN, Ethernet switches, security appliances, and mobile device management. The company name Meraki is Greek for doing something with passion and soul.   Related Topics Cisco Meraki Cloud Software-Defined Networking Acquisition Enterprise IT MDM BYOD Latest News iPhone Takes a Hit in Satisfaction Dell Kills Its In-House Public Cloud After 360, There Comes the Xbox One A Terabyte's the Limit Now at Flickr Customers Less Satisfied with Win 8 Cisco on Monday announced its latest blockbuster acquisition. The networking giant intends to buy privately held cloud networking leader Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash and retention-based incentives. San Francisco-based Meraki (pronounced may-rah-kee) offers midmarket customers on-premise networking solutions that can be centrally managed from the cloud. Meraki's cloud-based technology offers customers Wi-Fi , switching, security and mobile device management (MDM). Meraki solutions support BYOD (bring your own device) environments, guest networking, application control, WAN optimization, application firewalls, and other advanced networking services. "The acquisition of Meraki enables Cisco to make simple, secure , cloud-managed networks available to our global customer base of mid-sized businesses and enterprises. These companies have the same IT needs as larger organizations, but without the resources to integrate complex IT solutions," said Rob Soderbery, senior VP of Cisco's Enterprise Networking Group. "Meraki's solution was built from the ground up, optimized for cloud with tremendous scale , and is already in use by thousands of customers to manage hundreds of thousands of devices." IT's Mobile-Cloud Era Transformation Cisco has been chronicling the IT industry's transformation in the mobile-cloud era and working to meet new networking and business enablement challenges with cloud networking as well as device and security services. Meraki is part of that effort. Cisco said Meraki complements and expands its strategy to offer more software -centric solutions to simplify network management, help customers empower mobile workforces, and generate new revenue opportunities for partners. Cisco said the acquisition will expand its network offerings by providing scalable solutions for midmarket businesses. Cisco also expects Meraki to strengthen its Unified Access platform, which works to make IT more responsive to business innovation by simplifying IT operations and uniting wired and wireless networks, policy and management into one integrated network infrastructure , unlike other competitive offerings. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Tell Us What You Think Comment: Name: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com

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