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Cisco Intends to Acquire Acacia Communications
Acacia’s coherent optics technology empowers webscale companies, service providers, and data center operators to meet the fast-growing consumer demands for data
Acacia is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ
Innovation across software, silicon and optics is fueling Cisco’s initiative to make networks smarter, simpler and more secure
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IPFone to
Offer SD-
WAN Solution Powered by Cisco’s Meraki for Small to Mid- Size Businesses
IPFone Selects Cisco SD-Wan powered Meraki for New SD- WAN Service Offering
Miami, FL - IPFone,
a leading provider of
Cloud PBX, Unified Communications and Internet Access for business, will be adding Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki to their product suite. This new addition will help small, medium and large size businesses with one or multiple locations
to deliver end-to-end operational efficiency, easy deployment and simple management.
“We selected Cisco SD- WAN powered by Meraki because it offers a great solution that simplifies network management for network administrators while lowering operational costs and improving application performance.” says Damian Chmielewski, CEO of IPFone.
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
is a smart solution for businesses looking to manage dual WAN uplinks for internet redundancy, improve bandwidth management and operate multiple locations with optimal application performance, and reliable security while centralizing operations from one simple- to-use dashboard.
For more information on SD-WAN visit https://www. ipfone.com/sd-wan
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SAN JOSE, Calif. and MAYNARD, Mass. - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Acacia Communications (NASDAQ: ACIA) have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Cisco has agreed
to acquire Acacia. An existing
Cisco supplier, Acacia designs and manufactures high-speed, optical interconnect technologies that allow webscale companies, service providers, and data center operators to meet the fast-growing consumer demands for data.
Under the terms of the
agreement, Cisco has agreed to acquire Acacia for $70.00 per share
in cash, or for approximately $2.6 billion on a fully diluted basis, net of cash and marketable securities. As Cisco and Acaciacome together, Cisco plans to support Acacia’s existing customers and new customers that want industry-leading coherent optics, digital signal processing / photonic integrated circuit modules, and transceivers for use in networking products and data centers.
“By innovating across software, silicon and optics, Cisco is reinventing
every domain of the network with
our intent-based architectures,”
said David Goeckeler, executive
vice president and general manager
of Cisco’s networking and security business. “With the explosion of bandwidth in the multi-cloud era, optical interconnect technologies are becoming increasingly strategic. The acquisition of Acaciawill allow us to build on the strength of our switching, routing and optical networking portfolio to address our customers’ most demanding requirements.”
Cisco offers a full portfolio of optical systems to support webscale, service provider, enterprise, and public sector customer segments. These optical systems address performance, power, and cost requirements. Acacia’s technology will enrich Cisco’s optical systems portfolio. It will also allow the growing number of customers transitioning from chassis-based systems to pluggable technology
to simplify operations and reduce network complexities.
“Coherent technology has been a game-changer for optical networking and continues to evolve with the
deployment of pluggable coherent optics,” said Raj Shanmugaraj, president and chief executive
officer, Acacia. “Upon close, Cisco and Acaciawill continue to serve and support existing Acaciacustomers. By integrating Acaciatechnology into Cisco’s networking portfolio,
we believe we can accelerate the trend toward coherent technology and pluggable solutions while accommodating a larger footprint of customers worldwide.”
The acquisition is expected to close during the second half of Cisco’s FY2020, subject to customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals. Upon completion of this transaction, Acaciaemployees will join Cisco’s Optical Systems and Optics business within the networking
and security business under David Goeckeler.
For additional information about Cisco’s intent to acquire Acacia, please read the blog from the head of Cisco’s Optical Systems and Optics business, Bill Gartner... https:// blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-news- announcement-07191234 n
Vyopta Bolsters Support for Cisco Collaboration and Workplace Transformation
Vyopta provides deeper insights on Cisco cloud-connected endpoints and room people counts
Austin, TX - Vyopta Incorporated, the leading developer of monitoring and analytics tools to optimize workplace collaboration, has announced deeper integration with Cisco collaboration products and workplace transformation initiatives.
Enterprises around the world are investing billions in initiatives to improve how they use technology
and physical spaces to collaborate. Millions of meeting rooms and huddle spaces are being built, redesigned, and equipped with collaboration endpoints that support video, voice, content sharing, and capture data on room usage and people count. In addition,
Spectrum Real Time Solutions Launches PRELUDE ExpressLITE for Cisco Express Contact Centers
Houston, TX - Spectrum Corporation’s Real Time Visual Solutions group has announced the launch of PRELUDE ExpressLITE, a Cisco Unified Contact Center Express cost effective visual solution to contact center awareness.
PRELUDE ExpressLITE is Spectrum’s latest offering for Cisco UCCX Contact Centers to provide a cost effective way to display CSQ real time data on large digital TV screens, PC’s and other Smart Devices. Real time updates showing critical CSQ data like how many calls are on hold, oldest call, abandoned calls, etc are displayed throughout the contact center.
Spectrum’s NeXorce data collection
engine is the driving force behind PRELUDE ExpressLITE and has plenty of room to grow with the contact center.
NeXorce is used worldwide in enterprise level systems and found in many Fortune 500 companies.
A mobile option allows any smart device with a browser to view PRELUDE ExpressLITE templates inside the contact center or away, so it’s always available keeping up to date with the latest CSQ data.
Contact Glen@specorp.com, Mkelly@ specorp.com, or Philip.Ofori@specorp. com (EMEA) to schedule a demo. For more information, visit www.specorp. com/cisco/prelude.html n
enterprises increasingly have hybrid collaboration environments with on- premise and cloud based collaboration and communication systems.
Vyopta provides Cisco customers with unparalleled telemetry and insights to improve performance, grow adoption, and optimize
their collaboration and workplace transformation initiatives.
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