How Cisco keeps its startup acquisition engine humming

Cisco has a rich history of buying its way to global success. And it’s remained quite active, acquiring more than 30 startups over the last four years for a total of 229 over the life of the company. Continue reading How Cisco keeps its startup acquisition engine humming

Cisco acquires BabbleLabs to help users control unwanted noise in meetings

Work is what you do, not where you go. With this reality, unwanted background noise has become one of the most common and frustrating distractions in today’s work environment. To help users control unwanted noise in meetings–be it from bark… Continue reading Cisco acquires BabbleLabs to help users control unwanted noise in meetings

Cisco acquiring BabbleLabs to filter out the lawn mower screeching during your video conference

We’ve all been in a video conference, especially this year, when the neighbor started mowing the lawn or kids were playing outside your window — and it can get pretty loud. Cisco, which owns the WebEx video conferencing service wants to do something about that, and late yesterday it announced it was going to acquire […] Continue reading Cisco acquiring BabbleLabs to filter out the lawn mower screeching during your video conference