Cisco Acquires Compatible Systems

Announced January 19, 2000 — $317M

What happened

Compatible Systems was a company based in USA providing virtual private networking, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

51st of 233 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

146 of 233 Cisco deals

Cisco's average disclosed price

$742.6M

Cisco's largest disclosed deal

Splunk ($28B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2000

54 across all acquirers

Cisco in Virtual private networking

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Compatible Systems?

Cisco acquired Compatible Systems on January 19, 2000. This was Cisco's 51st publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Compatible Systems?

Cisco paid $317M for Compatible Systems.

What does Compatible Systems do?

Compatible Systems was a company based in USA providing virtual private networking, acquired by Cisco.

What other Virtual private networking companies has Cisco acquired?

Compatible Systems is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Virtual private networking so far.