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Cisco and IronPort:

A Promising Horizon on a Threatening
Landscape

Better Together

On June 25, 2007, Cisco Systems announced the completion of the acquisition of IronPort Systems. Moving forward, IronPort will operate as a business unit in Cisco’s Security Technology Group. The acquisition marks a significant step in Cisco’s evolution as a leader in security and defines the future of information technology security. IronPort’s products and technology will enable Cisco to extend its Self-Defending Network strategy to provide customers with integrated end-to-end IT security never before offered by a single company.

By Paul Gargaro

When Cisco Systems opened the year with the announcement of its planned acquisition of IronPort Systems for $830 million in cash and stock, it strengthened the promise of wide traffic inspection
for delivery of comprehensive email and Web security—from the network through the application layer.

This new opportunity marks a milestone for enterprises and other organizations as they seek a universal means to impede the flow of spam, viruses and fraud that populate their computing infrastructures.

“We feel that there is enormous potential for enhanced email and message rotection
solutions to be integrated into the xisting Cisco Self-Defending Network Framework,” says Richard Palmer, Senior Vice President for Cisco’s Security Technology Group. “Using the network as a flexible platform to integrate IronPort’s technologies,

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