It is similar to a real estate transaction in process – documents are signed, and now it’s time to wait for legal close. Cisco is known far and wide for effective integration of acquired companies, so this should be a smooth process to get us all transitioned under. As the press release states, we’ll be staying in Seattle, and will be part of Linksys, a Division of Cisco, who I’ve had a great relationship working with in the past – so this should be easy personally, both for me and my team.

Full details can be found at: newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/corp_072308.html

SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 23, 2008 – Cisco today announced its intent to purchase privately held Pure Networks, a Seattle-based leader in home networking-management software and tools. Pure Networks’ home networking-management solution allows users to easily set up and manage a home network and connect a range of devices, applications and services within a home.