Computer networking giant Cisco continued its effort to compete beyond routers and switches and grab a foothold in the data center, where it has had weakness in the past. The company’s presence in this area has been strengthened by acquisitions recently, including the latest: FineGround Networks, a popular data center appliance maker. Cisco said by integrating its products with patented technology from FineGround — used to accelerate, secure and monitor application delivery with efficient bandwidth and infrastructure use — Cisco would provide application acceleration across networks.
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Cisco Aims at Data Center, Acquires FineGround
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 26, 2005 01:19 PMComputer networking giant Cisco continued its effort to compete beyond routers and switches and grab a foothold in the data center, where it has had weakness in the past. The company’s presence in this area has been strengthened by acquisitions recently, including the latest: FineGround Networks, a popular data center appliance maker. Cisco said by integrating its products with patented technology from FineGround — used to accelerate, secure and monitor application delivery with efficient bandwidth and infrastructure use — Cisco would provide application acceleration across networks.