Below we have provided helpful Support links for key Cisco acquisitions and divestitures. Some Cisco-owned companies will maintain their original website and support resources. Other acquisitions are still in the process of migrating support information to this Cisco.com Support site. Additionally, several divestitures are listed so resources for products that are no longer supported by Cisco can be located. For more information, please refer to our Cisco Acquisitions page.
Acquisition
Support Resources
Acacia Documents and Downloads
Newsroom: Cisco Acacia Communications Acquisition Announcement (July 9, 2019)
Cisco Blogs: Helping Drive Significant Industry Network Architectural Shifts (July 9, 2019)
Tail-f Support: (Login Required) Request Tracker | Software Delivery Service
Tail-f Downloads on Cisco.com: (Login Required) ConfD Basic | Tail-f Automation Testing for NETCONF and YANG
Tail-f Support - Training Videos
Cisco Developer - ConfD Resources
Newsroom: Cisco Tail-f Systems Acquisition Announcement (July 9, 2014)
- Getting Started with ThousandEyes
Newsroom: Cisco ThousandEyes Acquisition Announcement (August 7, 2020)
Acquisitions
Cisco.com Support Resources
Cisco Exablaze Integration FAQ (PDF)
- Cisco Nexus 3550 Switches Support (formerly ExaLink Fusion and ExaLink Hydra)
- Cisco Nexus SmartNIC Support (formerly ExaNic) | Model Comparison
- Cisco Nexus FDK (formerly ExaLINK and ExaNIC FDK)
Cisco Blogs: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Exablaze (December 16, 2019)
Divestitures
Support Resources
The sale of Cisco Home Networking product lines (including Linksys) to Belkin was finalized March 15, 2013.
Linksys | Linksys Support | Cisco Small Business Support Community
Cisco Blogs: Belkin Announces Intent to Acquire Linksys (January 24, 2013)
The sale of Cisco Connected Devices product lines (including Scientific Atlanta) to Technicolor was finalized February 21, 2016.
Vantiva (part of Technicolor) | List of Affected Products (PDF)
Support for: Cisco Cable TV Set-Top Boxes | Cisco Modems/Gateways | Open Source Documentation
Cisco Blogs: Technicolor Acquires Cisco's Connected Devices Division (July 22, 2015)
The sale of Cisco's Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) to Synamedia (a Permira company) was finalized May 1, 2018.
Synamedia | Synamedia Acquisition Announcement (October 29, 2018) | List of Affected Products (PDF)
Cisco Service Provider Video Software Solutions Business Q & A (PDF)
Newsroom: Cisco Divestiture Announcement
Cisco Blogs: SPVSS Business to Become Stand-Alone Company