M&A Deal Summary

Cisco Systems Acquires NetSolve

On November 19, 2004, Cisco Systems acquired information technology company NetSolve

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 29th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 81st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 8th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-11-19
Target NetSolve
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Cisco Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

NetSolve

Austin, Texas, United States
NetSolve is a provider of remote network and IT infrastructure management services for businesses.

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Cisco Systems

San Jose, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees83,300
Revenue 51.6B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.

Cisco Systems designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provides services associated with these products and their use. Cisco provides a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. The Company's products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate, and are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies and other service providers, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 92 of 222
Sector (Information Technology) 29 of 45
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 88 of 214
State (Texas) 8 of 10
Country (United States) 81 of 188
Year (2004) 12 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-17 Jahi Networks

San Jose, California, United States

Jahi Networks, Inc. is a provider of network management appliances designed to simplify device deployment, configuration and management.

Buy $16M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-09 BCN Systems

Santa Clara, California, United States

BCN Systems is a provider of networking software design and has developed a unique networking software architecture for routing applications.

Buy $34M
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