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  • Cisco readies consumer electronics strategy

    Cisco Systems, a company best known for supplying Internet equipment to Fortune 1000 businesses and Internet service providers, is gearing up for a major move into the consumer electronics market with new products and a new division geared toward home entertainment.

  • Linksys founder awaits the $500 million punchline

    Founder of Linksys, Victor Tsao, is still waiting for someone to jump out from behind a curtain and scream "April Fool!", following the company's 2003 acquisition by Cisco Systems for US$500 million in stock and its dominant position in US retail store sales.

  • Cisco wraps up network security buyout

    The networking giant completes its purchase of software maker Okena, a move that boosts Cisco's presence in the network security market and could help fend off hits from rivals.

  • Cisco enters WiMax market with US$330m buy

    Networking equipment giant switches gears and takes the plunge into WiMax with the acquisition of Navini Networks.

  • Cisco shows femtocell side

    Cisco has announced its investment in a UK-based company called IP.access, which has developed gear to boost mobile phone signals indoors.

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Features and Case Studies (5)

  • How do you spend Cisco's acquisition millions?

    Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? The executive discusses how he plans to maintain the success rate

  • How WebEx went the Cisco route

    CEO Subrah Iyar explains why he thinks WebEx is worth more than YouTube and what's ahead for Web conferencing.

  • Cisco's new security target: consumers

    Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.

  • Cisco turns 20

    When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Can the networking giant build on past success and find new ways to grow?

  • Cisco offers justification for Procket deal

    Cisco Systems' planned purchase of Procket Networks' assets for US$89 million in cash may be a bargain, but it has raised questions about Cisco's core IP routing strategy.

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