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`Cloud-first SD-WAN solution offers flexibility and simplicity to enterprises and telecom carriers
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`AUGUST 01, 2017
`SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 1, 2017 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Viptela Inc., a privately
`held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company based in San Jose. Viptela will expand Cisco's SD-WAN portfolio with increased
`flexibility and simplicity delivered through the cloud.
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`In June, Cisco unveiled a new generation of intent-based networking solutions that represent one of the most significant breakthroughs in
`enterprise networking history. The intuitive network constantly learns, adapts, automates and protects, providing organizations with an
`intelligent and secure platform for digital transformation. The acquisition of Viptela fits into Cisco's strategic transition towards a software-
`centric, subscription-led networking model.
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`Viptela provides a compelling SD-WAN solution with advanced routing, segmentation and security capabilities for interconnecting complex
`enterprise networks. Its cloud-based network management, orchestration and overlay technologies make it easy to deploy and manage SD-
`WAN.
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`Cisco will commit significant engineering resources to bring next-generation SD-WAN solutions based on Viptela's industry leading technology
`to market. It will combine Viptela's cloud-first network management, orchestration and overlay technologies with industry-leading enterprise
`routing platforms and solutions from Cisco.
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`The Viptela team will join the Enterprise Routing team within the Networking and Security Business led by senior vice president David
`Goeckeler.
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`Cisco acquired Viptela for $610 million in cash and assumed equity awards.
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`For more information about Cisco's acquisition of Viptela, please visit our blog.
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`Forward-Looking Statements
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`This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
`Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Cisco's ability to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of comprehensive
`on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based SD-WAN solutions, Cisco's ability to accelerate the path to developing next generation SD-WAN
`solutions, by combining Viptela's cloud first network management, orchestration and overlay technologies with industry-leading routing
`platforms, services, and SD-WAN capabilities from Cisco, ensuring continued support for customers, the expected completion of the acquisition
`and the time frame in which this will occur, the expected benefits to Cisco and its customers from completing the acquisition, and plans
`regarding Viptela personnel. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from
`actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things, obtaining regulatory approval of the acquisition or that
`other conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, the potential impact on the business of Viptela due to the uncertainty
`about the acquisition, the retention of employees of Viptela and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate Viptela and to achieve expected
`benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions,
`global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on
`Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based on limited information currently available to Cisco, which
`is subject to change, and Cisco will not necessarily update the information.
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