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April 27, 2005 | Comments: (0)

Cisco adds Sipura to bolster VoIP

TAGS: Networking

Just in time for the largest networking show of the year, Networld+Interop (now just Interop), Juniper Networks and Cisco have made large acquisitions.

Juniper Networks yesterday said it plans to acquire Peribit Networks and Redline Networks.

The two acquisitions give Juniper additional products in the network application delivery and performance market.

"Juniper Networks is capitalizing on its leadership position to redefine the networking market," said Scott Kriens, chairman and CEO of Juniper, in a statement. "The addition of application acceleration technologies to Juniper Networks' best-in-class routing and security solutions is a natural extension of our traffic processing strategy. We are raising the bar on what users can and should expect from the network," he said.

Peribit develops WAN optimization appliances to provide increased WAN capacity, faster application performance, prioritized application delivery and system wide visibility of network and application performance. Peribit has over 900 enterprise customers worldwide, according to the company.

Redline designs network solutions that maximize the performance, flexibility and scalability of web-enabled enterprise data centers and public web sites. Redline has over 350 enterprise customers, according to the company.

Cisco, for its part, yesterday announced plans to acquire VoIP vendor Sipura Technology, which it plans to integrate into its Linksys Group division.

Cisco will fork over about $68 million in cash and options for Sipura, which makes analog terminal adapters (ATAs), which allow users to connect conventional phones to a broadband service to use VoIP.

Posted by Bob Francis on April 27, 2005 09:43 AM

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