Cisco To Buy Meraki For $1.2 Billion

UnanimousCoward writes "Several outlets are reporting Cisco's intent to acquire Meraki for $1.2 billion. From the article: 'Cisco Systems of San Jose, California, says it is buying Meraki Networks of San Francisco for around $1.2 billion in cash. The news of the deal leaked on Twitter, when Cisco accidentally posted the news on its blog and swiftly removed it, but it was too late. Cisco is hoping to focus on smaller and medium-sized campuses with Meraki and its products.'"

Re:Bad summary

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

If you've ever decided "Hey, I should manage the infrastructure that lets me access 'the cloud' with 'the cloud', because nothing could possibly go wrong!" then you might have gone shopping with Meraki...

Re:Hmmm

[lister king of smeg]

iHoho's, gTwinkies, Microsoft Ding Dongs#

Re:Hmmm

[Kenja]

They would just change the interface to make it harder to eat and then sue all the other high calorie snak makers for patent infringement.

Re:Hmmm

[JustOK]

Never happen. Wrong color for Apple, and since Twinkies have rounded corners, the others would be afraid of getting sued.