Cisco Systems' $1.2 billion purchase of Meraki was pricey, but necessary if the company was going to make a wireless networking play and tap into the small- to mid-sized company market. Meanwhile, ...

Just two years after Cisco Systems acquired red-hot, cloud-based networking provider Meraki for $1.2 billion, all three founders have left the company. Meraki founders Sanjit Biswas, John Bicket and ...

Cisco is mounting an unprecedented white-label, service-driven initiative through Meraki aimed at providing channel partners with new and unique ways to drive recurring revenues to make managed ...

The acquisition of Meraki by Cisco Systems, if and when it's a done deal, will be the smartest action undertaken by Cisco of late. Cisco reigns over networking hardware, primarily in the enterprise ...

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 20, 2012) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Meraki, Inc., a leader in cloud networking. Meraki offers midmarket customers ...

Optus Business customers will be gaining full access to Cisco Meraki managed cloud networking services under an expansion of Optus' Cisco partnership. The deal, announced at Cisco Live in Melbourne on ...

In November 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for a whopping $1.2 billion. At the time, most people thought that was a huge overpayment for a 330-person startup that made its living selling cloud-managed Wi ...

As the Internet of Things proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that helps the camera automatically identify what it’s looking at — ...

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 18, 2012) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced its intent to acquire privately held Meraki Inc., a leader in cloud networking. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Meraki Go, the Cisco brand that’s aimed at small businesses ...

Networking tech giant Cisco has just agreed to acquire cloud infrastructure startup Meraki, and my industry sources confirm the purchase price was $1.2 billion, all in cash. I’ve also gotten ahold of ...