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Cisco's Internet of Things Acquisition History in 10 Slides

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Cisco acquires Jasper Technologies

In March 2016, Cisco completed its $1.4 billion acquisition of Jasper Technologies—one of the company's largest IoT investments to date.

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Jasper positions Cisco as a IoT service platform leader

Jasper is a cloud platform for IoT services--connecting devices, delivering analytics, and automating business functions.

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Acquisitions in video and communications services

Cisco acquired video communications company NDS for $5.2 billion in 2012, and integrated the unit into its Videoscape platform.

Since then, Cisco has also purchased video companies Arcano Limited and 1 Mainstream.

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Video as a driver in the IoT data boom

Amid declining performance, Cisco's video segment is moving away from hardware and cable to a cloud and software oriented focus.

By 2020, Cisco estimates that video will account for 75% of the world's data usage.

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Cisco is stocking up on analytics technologies

The IoT data explosion is creating demand for analytics programs that can make sense of the information explosion. 2015 saw Cisco purchase analytics-specialized companies including ParStream, Lancope, and MaintenanceNet.

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IoT requires big evolutions in security

Rapid growth in the number of connected devices and breadth of data means more potential security risks, and Cisco has been buying up resources to be an IoT security leader.

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Acquisitions with IoT security resources

Since 2012, Cisco has acquired companies with a network security focus including Open DNS, Sourcefire, Lancope, Inc., Neohapsis, ThreatGRID, Portcullis, and Virtuata.

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Cisco's security acquisitions strengthen IoT prospects

Many of these acquisitions have landed under Cisco's security research group Talos—which tracks threats across Cisco's networks and works to minimize the threat of IoT communications.

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Cisco Internet of Things snapshot

Cisco's IoT-related purchases are already easing the company's reliance on network hardware.

With more than 3,500 companies using the service, Jasper positions Cisco as a leader in IoT platforms.

Cisco's big investments in video are difficult to track because of restructurings, but strength in video and video networking could be a big IoT asset due to the volume of data involved.

The quality of Cisco's analytics and security for IoT will be a determining factor in its ability to grow service revenues.

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