{"id":41569,"date":"2020-11-18T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=7a22525d87a901926d7ffb09ce910302"},"modified":"2020-11-18T09:27:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T09:27:29","slug":"cisco-acquires-container-security-startup-banzai-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/cisco-acquires-container-security-startup-banzai-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco acquires container security startup Banzai Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Daniel Todd<\/a><\/span>
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18 Nov, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cisco<\/a>\u00a0has announced plans to acquire Hungarian container security startup Banzai Cloud, as the networking giant looks to further expand its portfolio of cloud-native technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deal is expected to close at the end of this quarter for an undisclosed sum and follows hot on the heels of Cisco\u2019s takeover of\u00a0cloud-native security company Portshift back in October.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Founded in 2017, Budapest-based Banzai Cloud offers a\u00a0Kubernetes<\/a>-based platform that is designed to help businesses develop and deploy cloud-native applications.<\/p>\n

The firm’s assets and employees will now become part of Cisco\u2019s Emerging Technologies and Incubation group, which focuses on incubating new projects for cloud-native networking, security and edge computing environments for modern distributed applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a\u00a0<\/span>blog post<\/a>, Liz Centoni, SVP of Cisco’s Emerging Technologies and Incubation group, explained that the move would help the company address the challenges presented by modern cloud-native applications and their environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“This team has demonstrated experience with complete end-to-end cloud-native application development, deployment, runtime and security workflows,” Centoni said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“They have built and deployed software tools that solve critical real-world pain points and are active participants in the open-source community as sponsors, contributors and maintainers of several open-source projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The acquisition is the latest move in Cisco’s push to grow its cloud security portfolio, following its acquisition of Israeli startup Portshift last month for a reported $100 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tel-Aviv-based business provides a Kubernetes-based platform to secure containers and serverless applications and will also fall under Cisco\u2019s Emerging Technologies and Incubation umbrella.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“These two cross-border acquisitions are a testament to the globalisation of the cloud-native ecosystem and underscore our commitment to hybrid, multi-cloud application-first infrastructure as the de facto mode of operating IT,” Centoni added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Emerging Technologies and Incubation team\u2019s mission is to incubate impactful technologies and to attract, foster and grow the global talent needed to drive innovation and support our customers’\u00a0digital transformation<\/a>\u00a0initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Todd<\/p>\n

18 Nov, 2020 <\/p>\n

Cisco\u00a0has announced plans to acquire Hungarian container security startup Banzai Cloud, as the networking giant looks to further expand its portfolio of cloud-native technologies.\u00a0
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