Cisco announced an agreement to acquire Sedonasys Systems for an undisclosed sum. Also known as Sedona Systems, the company's main product is NetFusion, a hierarchical controller for optimising and automating network control for telecom operators.
Cisco said Sedona's NetFusion platform is the first to deliver complete network abstraction and control, allowing telecom operators to manage their networks across domains, vendors, layers and a myriad of different technologies, all as one single network. As part of the Cisco Crosswork portfolio, the new addition will support an advanced network automation platform for Cisco’s Routed Optical Networking platform.
Cisco Crosswork and Sedona NetFusion provide a real-time replica of the entire network to predictively manage any changes to the deployment, connectivity, and activation status of all network inventory. Operators can preview optimization, assurance, and changes, and then commit them as needed. This helps reduce operational complexity and operating expenditure, optimizing service routes, automating diversity, and reducing outages with better protection and maintenance. Automated control to support advanced KPIs can further help improve the operator's ability to guarantee premium service level agreements.
NetFusion provides visibility based on real-time data from operating network domains including 5G, converged IP and optical core, access and aggregation. It automatically discovers the packet and transport layers (Layer 0 to Layer 3), stitches all layers and domains together, and performs deep analytics to optimize and automate network control.
Headquartered in California with R&D facilities in Israel, Sedona works with tier 1 and 2 operators around the world, including Vodafone, AT&T, Verizon and Telefonica. The company joined the Cisco DevNet SolutionsPlus Program last month already. Its previous investors include Intel Capital, NextStar and Bessemer Venture Partners.
No financial details of the takeover were disclosed. According to Israeli publication Globes, Cisco is paying about USD 100 million. Sedona has 43 employees in Tel Aviv.
