Cisco agreed to acquire LineSider Technologies, a start-up specializing in network management software for cloud computing. Financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed.
LineSider's software creates an abstraction layer help customers organize their network resources into a flexible cloud infrastructure. This abstraction layer enables provisioning and deployment of numerous individual network components much more quickly than previously possible. The policy-based approach automatically responds to pre-determined business scenarios and provides maximum performance across networking products and service delivery platforms.
Cisco said LineSider's technology will strengthen its ability to work with a broad community of software partners, particularly within the service management space. Upon the close of the acquisition, the LineSider team will become part of Cisco's NMTG.
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- LineSider is based in Danvers, Mass. The company is headed by Harley Stowell, who previously was CEO of PfN Technologies, a leading developer of IP network software and VPN systems for enterprise and network service provider markets. /li>
