Cisco acquires Protego Networks

Cisco is continuing with their efforts on extending their network of services and companies. They recently did a deal with Fujitsu to manufacture networking components in Japan. Later they announced plans to establish a R&D center in Japan. The latest news in is that they have now acquired another company Protego Networks.

Protego Networks specializes in making hardware and software that can spot and respond to threats on computer networks. Cisco would be using their expertise to improve on their Self-Defending Networking initiative. The networking giant runs this project to help the system administrators spot, isolate and fix network security problems. Cisco is getting more serious about improving their capabilities in security field with the networking hardware as it is becoming an integrated part of enterprise management strategies.

Their latest acquisition Protego was founded in 2002 and has 38 employees. They have been a business associate of Cisco since quiet sometime, but this latest news starts a whole new relationship between the two companies. Now, Protego’s employees will be integrated into Cisco’s Security Technology Group as the deal comes into effect by next month.

VP in Cisco’s Security Technology Group, Richard Palmer had this to say about the deal: “The acquisition of Protego further emphasizes Cisco’s commitment to network security and their leadership in security monitoring, threat management, and mitigation complements our ongoing work in security.”