M&A Deal Summary

Cisco Systems Acquires Meetinghouse Data Communications

On July 6, 2006, Cisco Systems acquired software company Meetinghouse Data Communications for 44M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 42nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 113th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 98th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 2nd transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-07-06
Target Meetinghouse Data Communications
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Cisco Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 44M USD
Advisor(s) Redwood Capital Group LLC (Financial)

Target

Meetinghouse Data Communications

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Meetinghouse Data Communications, Inc. is a provider of client-side 802.1X supplicant security software that allows enterprise customers to restrict network access to only authorized users and/or host devices attempting to gain access to networked resources through both wired and wireless media.

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Buyer

Cisco Systems

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees84,900
Revenue 57.0B USD (2023)
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 110 of 223
Sector (Software) 42 of 88
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 106 of 215
State (New Hampshire) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 98 of 189
Year (2006) 4 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 113 of 133
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-08 Metreos

Austin, Texas, United States

Metreos Corp. is a provider of IP communication application development and management environments.

Buy $28M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-08-22 Arroyo Video Solutions

Pleasanton, California, United States

Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc. is a provider of video networking software for personalised television services.

Buy $92M
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