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3. Business Combinations
Purchase Acquisitions
The Company completed the following purchase acquisitions and asset purchases in fiscal 2005:
• Acquisition of Actona Technologies, Inc. to expand the functionality of its branch-office access routers with intelligent
network services that are designed to allow users at remote sites to access and transfer files as quickly and easily as users at
headquarters sites. The acquired technology is also designed to allow enterprises to centralize file servers and storage and
better protect and manage their remote office data.
• Acquisition of Airespace, Inc. to add to its portfolio of wireless local-area networking (WLAN) solutions and to add
advanced features and capabilities to its existing WLAN product portfolio.
• Acquisition of dynamicsoft, Inc. to add Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based solutions to its solutions portfolio for the
broadband communications market that are designed to allow telecommunications service providers to deliver interactive
communications, such as conferencing, voice, and instant messaging, over an IP network.
• Acquisition of FineGround Networks, Inc. to integrate technology with Cisco’s to provide customers with advanced
application-acceleration access networks for highly secure and optimized delivery of Web-based applications.
• Acquisition of Jahi Networks Inc. to add network management appliances aimed at simplifying interfaces for device
management, deployment, and configuration of networks.
• Purchase of assets of NetSift, Inc. to accelerate the integration of additional packet processing capabilities into future core
Cisco platforms, such as modular switching.
• Acquisition of NetSolve, Incorporated to add remote network-management services, including real-time monitoring of IP
communications networks, network security software, and network devices, to its solutions offered to specialized resellers.
• Acquisition of Parc Technologies Limited to add to its planning and optimization tools for Multiprotocol Label Switching
(MPLS) traffic engineering. The acquired technology, route server algorithms, is designed to break up network routing
problems involving complex prioritization constraints and to help service providers deliver higher-quality services while
improving network utilization and reducing capital expenditures.
• Acquisition of P–Cube Inc. to provide additional control and management capabilities for advanced IP services, such as
identifying subscribers, classifying applications, and accurately billing for content-based services, to service providers.
• Acquisition of Perfigo, Inc. to expand the offerings in the Network Admission Control (NAC) program, an industrywide
initiative, which is designed to enforce endpoint policy compliance and improve the security of networks. The acquired
technology is designed to analyze endpoint devices, such as computers, and scan for vulnerabilities.
• Acquisition of the intellectual property and select other assets of, and hiring of a majority of the engineering team from,
Procket Networks, Inc. to add to its portfolio of intellectual property and to add a team of silicon and software architects.
• Acquisition of Protego Networks, Inc. to add network security monitoring and management products designed with the
capability to detect, correlate, and mitigate network threats.
• Acquisition of Sipura Technology, Inc. to provide voice over IP (VoIP) technology and expertise for the Linksys division’s line
of VoIP networking devices.
• Acquisition of Topspin Communications, Inc. to add server fabric switches, a new class of server networking equipment
that is designed to help improve resource utilization and reduce equipment and management costs, to its switching product
portfolio consisting of network and storage switches.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements