Cisco to Acquire Perfigo

MisterFuRR writes "Looks like Cisco is going to acquire Perfigo. Perfigo is a developer of packaged network access control solutions that provide endpoint policy analysis, compliance, and access enforcement capabilities. I can just see it now: Linksys routers with stickers that say 'Perfigo Ready.'"

Comments

Re:More monopolization

[Anonymous Coward]

Perfigo was funded by a venture capital firm. Their whole purpose was to either a) make a bunch of money selling their stuff to individual customers b) make a bunch of money selling the stuff to a larger company

Cisco, for years, has aquired many smaller companies for the technology and/or ideas the smaller companies have.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=fi re fox-a&q=100+best+companies+to+work+for+cisco&btnG= Search

I recall reading that cisco was among the top 100 companies to work for in the US. Rated by their employees...

Re:More monopolization

[w1r3sp33d]

If they choose to buy up the best company in each market, they have still left many others to compete against them in each market.

I could choose: Nokia firewall, Juniper router, HP switches, Brocade SAN, and M$ radius server or I could cut one check to Cisco and get pretty much all the same function out of a combination of their boxes.

I'm not saying that it is right or wrong, but it is not a monopoly.

Re:More monopolization

[ImaLamer]

Cisco joins a long chain of American companies who buy out the little guy, thus increasing monopolization. There should be laws against this sort of thing

Cisco does not have a chance at monopoly status. They also aren't buying a rival router manufacturer, just acquiring a company which will add to their technology portfolio.

But, monopolies in themselves aren't illegal. I learned that in the third week of "economics". It is the actions of companies that get them into trouble. The definition of monopoly in my econ book reads something like: One business that can fulfill market demand at cheaper prices than two or more companies.

Basically, it can be good for the consumer in some cases (think gas & electric) which is why being a monopoly isn't illegal. It's when others try to take your sole status and you crush them and the innovation they would bring to the table...