Cisco buys network switch maker for $5.7 billion
- CNET News.com: Cisco acquires ArrowPoint Communications. By Sandeep Junnarkar.
- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-240148.html

Cisco buys content acceleration firm in $210 million deal
- CNET News.com: Cisco buys Netiverse. By Joe Wilcox.
- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-242866.html

Cisco Mines for Granite
- EE Times: Cisco pays $220 million to acquire Andreas Bechtolsheim's gigabit Ethernet start-up Granite Systems.
- http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19960909S0043

Cisco Defends Its Numbers
- InternetWeek: Cisco, analysts, and competitors argue whether StrataCom acquisition was a good idea.
- http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CWK19970217S0069

Whiz Kid
- New York Times: Acquisitions story on Michelangelo (Mike) Volpi: young deal maker is the force behind a company's growth.
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/750/acquisition/articles/volpi.html

Grand Junction Networks
- Fast Company: Tells the story of the Grand Junction acquisition by Cisco in 1995.
- http://www.fastcompany.com/online/13/junction.html