Cisco Acquires Qeyton Systems

Announced May 12, 2000 — $800M

What happened

Qeyton Systems was a company based in SWE providing wavelength-division multiplexing, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

60th 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 Wavelength-division multiplexing

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Qeyton Systems?

Cisco acquired Qeyton Systems on May 12, 2000. This was Cisco's 60th publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Qeyton Systems?

Cisco paid $800M for Qeyton Systems.

What does Qeyton Systems do?

Qeyton Systems was a company based in SWE providing wavelength-division multiplexing, acquired by Cisco.

What other Wavelength-division multiplexing companies has Cisco acquired?

Qeyton Systems is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Wavelength-division multiplexing so far.