Acquisition History / Cisco / Global Internet Software Group

Cisco Acquires Global Internet Software Group

Announced June 24, 1997 — $40.3M

What happened

Global Internet Software Group was a company based in USA providing firewall, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

19th 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 1997

33 across all acquirers

Cisco in Firewall

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Global Internet Software Group?

Cisco acquired Global Internet Software Group on June 24, 1997. This was Cisco's 19th publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Global Internet Software Group?

Cisco paid $40.3M for Global Internet Software Group.

What does Global Internet Software Group do?

Global Internet Software Group was a company based in USA providing firewall, acquired by Cisco.

What other Firewall companies has Cisco acquired?

Global Internet Software Group is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Firewall so far.