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Cisco to Acquire Isovalent to Define the Future of

Multicloud Networking and Security

Cisco announced the intent to acquire
Isovalent, a leader in open source cloud
native networking and security, to bolster
its secure networking capabilities across
public clouds. The acquisition of Isovalent
will build on the Cisco Security Cloud vision,
an AI-driven, cloud delivered, integrated
security platform for organizations of any
shape and size. The Cisco Security Cloud
enables customers to abstract security
controls from multicloud infrastructure
to provide advanced protection against IT and platform engineering teams with networking challenges. Their knowledge
emerging threats across any cloud, powerful networking capabilities and will accelerate innovation across the
application or workload. “Together with unparalleled visibility into the behavior business and help further strengthen the
Isovalent, Cisco will build on the open and communication of cloud native Cisco Security Cloud platform to meet
source power of Cilium to create a truly applications, enabling seamless policy the growing demands of our customers.”
unique multicloud security and networking definition of software-defined networks. Isovalent holds leadership positions in the
capability to help customers simplify and Isovalent has also recently introduced: Cloud Native Computing Foundation and
accelerate their digital transformation Cilium Mesh: allows for the easy connection eBPF Foundation, in addition to upstream
journeys,” said Jeetu Patel, executive vice of Kubernetes clusters with existing software contributions, and this acquisition
president and general manager of Security infrastructure across hybrid clouds, strengthens Cisco's role in supporting
and Collaboration at Cisco. "Imagine Tetragon: an eBPF-based open source the open source ecosystem. Together as
in today's distributed environment - of security solution that provides visibility to leaders in networking and security, Cisco
applications, virtual machines, containers and enforces runtime behavior within an and Isovalent will build solutions powered
and cloud assets - having security controls application and on the network. by eBPF technology that aim to solve
with total visibility, without hindering Isovalent Enterprise: an enterprise the challenge of protecting workloads
networking and application performance. distribution of Cilium and Tetragon no matter where they reside. Cisco is
The combination of Cisco and Isovalent will Cisco intends to continue offering and committed to Cilium and Tetragon as open
make this a reality.” building on Isovalent’s slate of innovations source projects and intends to create an
Isovalent’s team is a major contributor to for customers, including Isovalent independent advisory board to help steer
the open source technology eBPF, and has Enterprise. “Cisco is committed to nurturing, Cisco's contributions to these important
led the development of Cilium, the leading investing in, and contributing to the eBPF efforts in a way that is aligned with the
cloud native solution for networking and Cilium open source communities,” needs of the open source community. The
and security. eBPF provides unmatched said Stephen Augustus, Head of Open Isovalent team will join the Cisco Security
visibility into the inner workings of the Source at Cisco. “Isovalent’s team will Business Group once the acquisition
operating system - an ideal interface for join Cisco's deep bench of open source closes, which is expected in the third
building security systems that can protect governance and technical leadership to quarter of fiscal year 2024.
a workload while it runs. Cilium provides solve complex cloud native, security, and

Expo City Dubai Leverages Cisco Technology to Host COP28

Cisco’s secure networking technologies are contributing to a circular economy. Expo areas at COP28. Expo City is also taking
powering Expo City Dubai, the venue for the City Dubai is reutilizing more than 95% of part in Cisco’s Takeback and Reuse
28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of existing hardware infrastructure spanning Program, a zero-cost simple, secure and
the United Nations Framework Convention Cisco secure networking, data center sustainable way to return end-of-use gear
on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With more and collaboration technologies, initially to Cisco, supporting a circular economy.
than 70,000 delegates expected, including deployed for Expo 2020 Dubai, while Eman Al Awadhi, Vice President – Network
heads of state and world leaders, non- introducing new wireless innovations and and Cyber Security, Expo City Dubai, said:
government organizations, youth groups Cisco’s Customer Experience Consultancy “As the former site of the 2020 World Expo
and more, Expo City Dubai is leveraging Services to meet the unique connectivity continues to evolve into a model for the
industry-leading IT infrastructure, while requirements of the Blue and Green Zone cities of the future, the team at Expo City

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