Cisco Systems' $1.2 billion purchase of Meraki was pricey, but necessary if the company was going to make a wireless networking play and tap into the small- to mid-sized company market. Meanwhile, ...

In its second acquisition in less than three days, Cisco has announced that it will buy cloud infrastructure company Meraki for US$1.2 billion. Meraki, which offers wireless infrastructure products, ...

While Cisco's Meraki cloud networking business is flourishing and a buzz is being heard around the channel following a strong second-quarter earnings report, some partners feel the product has yet to ...

The acquisition of Meraki by Cisco Systems, if and when it's a done deal, will be the smartest action undertaken by Cisco of late. Cisco reigns over networking hardware, primarily in the enterprise ...