Cisco Acquires Sheer Networks

Announced July 26, 2005 — $97M

What happened

Sheer Networks was a company based in USA providing service management, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

104th of 234 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

147 of 234 Cisco deals

Cisco's average disclosed price

$740.3M

Cisco's largest disclosed deal

Splunk ($28B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2005

106 across all acquirers

Cisco in Service management

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Sheer Networks?

Cisco acquired Sheer Networks on July 26, 2005. This was Cisco's 104th publicly tracked acquisition out of 234 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Sheer Networks?

Cisco paid $97M for Sheer Networks.

What does Sheer Networks do?

Sheer Networks was a company based in USA providing service management, acquired by Cisco.

What other Service management companies has Cisco acquired?

Sheer Networks is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Service management so far.