Cisco to buy software company Cloupia

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Thursday announced that it intends to buy software company Cloupia for about 125 million U. S. dollars.

Cisco said in a press release that the purchase is expected to enhance its offering of data center solutions.

A data center is a facility used to house computers, telecommunications and storage systems. Cisco has developed a strategy that focuses on providing unified data center infrastructure and leverages the benefits of cloud computing, which delivers computing resources over the network.

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