Cisco Systems, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Metreos and
Audium
Acquisitions signal further growth for the Cisco Unified
Communications system
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2006 - Cisco Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ:
CSCO) - Cisco Systems today announced a definitive agreement to
acquire the privately-held companies Metreos Corp of Austin, Texas,
and Audium Corp of New York, New York, in two separate deals. Both
of these companies offer easy to use, drag and drop, application
creation/integration environments which will strengthen Cisco's
Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONA). With these
acquisitions, Cisco will help enable its
ecosystem of development partners
to easily create and deploy value-added business
applications.
In March 2006, Cisco announced its Unified Communications system,
based on Cisco's SONA, which enables
enterprise customers to
integrate their communications systems with their IT
infrastructure, thereby creating a single enterprise-wide
communications platform. The Cisco Unified Communications system
of voice, video and IP communications products and applications
enables organizations of all sizes to communicate more
effectively by leveraging all services located in the network
from anywhere, with any device, at anytime.
Laptop Battery By acquiring Metreos and Audium and their
standards-based creation and
integration
tools, customers and partners
will be able to rapidly build customized communications
applications that are fully integrated across the enterprise IT
infrastructure, enterprise applications, and enterprise contact
centers.
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Thinkpad Metreos is a leading provider of IP communication application
development and management environments. The acquisition will help
Cisco's ecosystem of third party technology
partners, systems integrators, value-added resellers, and customers
build and deliver applications on Cisco's Unified Communications
System. Metreos' technology has proven itself in enterprise
environments as a platform for integrating Cisco's Unified
Communications System with enterprise business applications.
The companies announced in January a merger agreement in which Navico Acquisition Corp., based Simrad, would acquire outstanding shares of Lowrance for a cash tender of $37 per share.
Microsoft Audium is a leading provider of VoiceXML speech self-service
application development and management environments. The
acquisition will enable enterprises to easily build automated voice
response applications that are integrated with not only their
converged IP network but also work well within their Services
Oriented Architecture (SOA) enabling the use of common services
across the network. Leveraging the intelligence of the network,
Audium's technology further strengthens Cisco's SONA and provides a
platform for enterprises to integrate their business process
workflow with their speech self-service applications.
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Laptop Computers "Cisco's Unified Communications system enables businesses to
leverage their Cisco networks as a platform for integrating voice,
video, data and mobility services," said Don Proctor, senior vice
president of Cisco's Voice Technology Group. "Using common SOA
standards, such as XML and VXML, these acquisitions will help our
customers streamline key business processes by integrating their
communications environment with their information systems."
year career in sales and marketing with Hewlett Packard and Apollo Computer. He is a graduate of MIT with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Bill is currently on the boards of Lumigent, Red Hat, and WildTangent. He previously served on the boards of Alias Research (acquired by SGI), Avid Technology, CheckFree, Clarus, Course Technology (acquired by Thomson), Gateway Design Automation (acquired by Cadence), Mainspring Communications (acquired by IBM), MapInfo, Open Market (acquired by divine), Raptor Systems (acquired by Axent, now part of Symantec), Reflectent (acquired by Citrix), SightPath (acquired by Cisco), Spyglass (acquired by Open TV), Student Advantage and Tenth Planet (now part of Mattel).
Laptop Computer Under the terms of these agreements, Cisco will pay
approximately $28 million in cash for Metreos and $19.8 million in
cash for Audium. The acquisitions are subject to various standard
closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals, and
are expected to close in the fourth quarter of Cisco's fiscal year
2006, ending July 29, 2006.
Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., is the recognized global leader in VoIP, Wireless and Ethernet networking for home, SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) and small business users.
Desktop Computer Metreos was founded in 2001 and has 19 employees in Austin,
Texas. Audium was founded in 1999 and has 26 employees based in New
York, New York.
Notebooks Upon close of the transaction, Metreos and Audium products will
be integrated into the Voice Technology Group, reporting into
Proctor.
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