Top 6 Cisco acquisitions of 2007; what it should buy in 2008;

Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Top 6 Cisco acquisitions of 2007; what it should buy in 2008 By Linda Leung Cisco made 11 acquisitions this year culminating in 126 purchases since Cisco's birth. It made three more acquisitions than it did last year, when it spent a measly $256 million buying ho-hum technologies. This year was different, not only in the sheer dollar size of some acquisitions, but also because of the breadth of technologies it acquired. From social networks to broadband wireless, we take a look at what Cisco Subnet has named Cisco's top-six acquisitions of 2007. We also look at what Cisco should have bought and what Cisco may be looking to buy in 2008. Read full story Linda Leung is assistant site editor at Network World and is responsible for editing many of Network World's e-mail newsletters and news stories for Network World online. She is also editor of Cisco Subnet, the community page for Cisco customers. 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