Cisco buys security company Virtuata

BANGALORE, INDIA: Cisco announced that it has acquired privately held security company Virtuata.

Milpitas, California-based Virtuata provides capabilities for securing virtual machine level information in data centres and cloud environments.

"Together, Cisco and Virtuata will enable consistent and enhanced security for virtual machines allowing customers to accelerate the deployment of multi-tenant, multi-hypervisor cloud infrastructures. The Virtuata acquisition is well-aligned to our strategic goals to develop innovative virtualization, cloud and security technologies, while also cultivating top talent. The Virtuata team will join Cisco’s Data Center Group led by David Yen, senior vice president, Data Center Group," writes Hilton Romanski on Cisco Blog.