Cisco finalise l'acquisition de M.I. Secure Corporation

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SAN JOSE, Californie -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- June 14, 2005 -- Cisco Systems® (NASDAQ:CSCO) a annoncé ce jour avoir finalisé l’acquisition de la société de capitaux privés M. I. Secure Corporation, située à San Jose, en Californie.

M. I. Secure consacre son activité au développement de caractéristiques et fonctionnalités avancées pour les solutions de sécurité et de réseaux privés virtuels (VPN, Virtual Private Network). Grâce à cette acquisition, Cisco bénéficiera de l’expertise unique de son nouveau partenaire en matière de technologie de sécurité et disposera d’une équipe d’architectes sécurité reconnus.

(BW)(CA-CISCO-SYSTEMS)(CSCO) Cisco Completes Acquisition of M. I. Secure Corporation

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2005--Cisco Systems(R)(NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held M. I. Secure Corporation of San Jose, Calif.

M. I. Secure is focused on the development of advanced features and functionality for security and VPN solutions.

This purchase brings unique security technology expertise and a team of proven security architects to Cisco. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay up to approximately $13 million in cash for M. I. Secure. M. I. Secure is now part of Cisco's Security Technology Group (STG).

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