Cisco Systems Completes Acquisition of Twingo Systems.

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Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol)
CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Twingo Systems of Mountain View, Calif.

On March 12, 2004, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Twingo, a leading provider of desktop security solutions for Secure Socket Layer (SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. ) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). This acquisition advances Cisco's leadership in providing secure connectivity solutions and further enhances Cisco's Self Defending Network strategy of deploying proactive, self-defending, and self-healing networks A network architecture that can withstand a failure in its transmission paths. See SONET ring. , and building advanced security into the network infrastructure.

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