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Ilya Kundozerov
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Cisco Pays $610 Million for SD-WAN startup Viptela, Boosts WAN portfolio; Maintaining $28 FVE

On May 1, Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held Viptela, a provider of software-defined wide-area networking, or SD-WAN, technology for $610 million in cash and assumed equity awards. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar 2017. Overall, this transaction improves Cisco’s WAN product portfolio and strengthens the company’s chances of retaining its large installed base. Cisco is the largest vendor in the enterprise routing market with 66% market share an...
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Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Systems designs and sells a range of technologies that power the Internet. The company's business is organized into the following three geographic segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company's products and technologies are grouped into the following categories: Infrastructure Platforms; Applications; Security and Other Products. In addition to its product offerings, the company provides a range of service offerings, including technical support services and other services. The company delivers its technologies through software and services. The company's customers include businesses of all sizes, public institutions, governments, and service providers.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Ilya Kundozerov

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