On 13 October 2009, Cisco and Starent Networks announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to acquire Starent Networks. Starent Networks is a leading supplier of IP-based mobile infrastructure solutions targeting mobile and converged carriers. The Mobile Internet is at an inflection point as IP-enabled Smartphones and other connected mobile devices gain rapid acceptance. Service Providers have been actively investing in this market as global mobile data traffic is expected to more than double every year through 2013, according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay $35 per share in cash in exchange for each [...]

On Octobert 14, 2009, the The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) has published one important vulnerability advisories: Cisco Unified Presence Denial of Service Vulnerabilities. Cisco Unified Presence contains two denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities that may cause an interruption to presence services. These vulnerabilities were discovered internally by Cisco, and there are no workarounds. Vulnerable Products The following products are affected: Cisco Unified Presence 1.x versions Cisco Unified Presence 6.x versions prior to 6.0(6) Cisco Unified Presence 7.x versions prior to 7.0(4)

On 1st October 2009, Cisco announced a definitive agreement for Cisco to launch a recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL).  TANDBERG, based in Oslo, Norway, and New York, is a global leader in video communications, including a broad range of world-class video endpoint and network infrastructure solutions with intercompany and multi-vendor interoperability. With this proposed acquisition, Cisco will expand its collaboration portfolio to offer more solutions to a greater number of customers, further accelerating market adoption globally.