Cisco has acquired privately-held vCider. Based in Mountain View, California, vCider has expertise in the development of virtual network overlay technology for secure data centre infrastructure. vCider will be integrated into Cisco's cloud computing organisation, reporting to Lew Tucker, chief technology officer, cloud computing, and will play an important role in the Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) strategy, particularly in support of OpenStack. vCider's code and technology will be integrated into Cisco's current development efforts of the OpenStack Quantum network service. Mergers and acquisitions along with investments remain a part of Cisco's build, buy, and partner innovation framework and supports the strategy of providing services.
