Re:Cisco buys Sourcefire for $2.7 billion
by quesera on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @08:37AM
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That's an impressive business, I didn't realize they were doing so well.
Cisco obviously has a long history of buying network appliance (no caps) companies, including those that sell competing products. Sometimes the product lines are incorporated, sometimes they're run in parallel, and sometimes they're squashed (after Cisco's internal EOL promissory schedule, hopefully).
What Cisco does not do often is buy companies with open source products.
I think it's clear that Cisco needs to make big changes to their organization. I wonder if this signals that they are heading toward an IBM-style services model, or an Oracle-style scorched earth model...
Cisco obviously has a long history of buying network appliance (no caps) companies, including those that sell competing products. Sometimes the product lines are incorporated, sometimes they're run in parallel, and sometimes they're squashed (after Cisco's internal EOL promissory schedule, hopefully).
What Cisco does not do often is buy companies with open source products.
I think it's clear that Cisco needs to make big changes to their organization. I wonder if this signals that they are heading toward an IBM-style services model, or an Oracle-style scorched earth model...