Acquisitions

SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 30, 2021 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)

Today, Cisco has completed the acquisition of replex, a privately held enterprise software company headquartered in Germany. Replex will help the AppDynamics team grow its product and engineering talent to expand product capabilities to better observe enterprise-scale, cloud-native environments.  

With the rapid shift toward the digital economy and hybrid world, consistent availability and performance of the applications we rely on, both inside and outside of work, have never been more important. That’s why Cisco continues to invest in strengthening the foundation of the AppDynamics platform--a critical component of Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability strategy.

Full-stack observability is the leading way technologists can deal with their ever-growing IT complexity created by the rapid rate of innovation.

The integration of replex's talented team into the AppDynamics product and engineering organization will further accelerate the delivery of this market-leading, enterprise-scale cloud-native platform. In turn, this will help facilitate customers' digital transformation, arming them with greater insight into performance issues, their causes, impacts and resolutions to improve digital experiences. 

Q: What is Cisco announcing?
A: Cisco is announcing its intent to acquire replex, a privately held enterprise software company headquartered in Germany. 

Q: Why did Cisco choose replex?
A: The integration of replex’s talented team into the AppDynamics product and engineering organization will further accelerate the delivery of this market-leading, enterprise-scale cloud-native platform. In turn, this will help facilitate customers' digital transformation, arming them with greater insight into performance issues, their causes, impacts and resolutions to improve digital experiences.

Q: Why is now the right time to acquire replex? 
A: Full-stack observability is the leading way for technologists to deal with their ever-growing IT complexity created by the rapid rate of innovation. The integration of replex’s talented team into the AppDynamics product and engineering organization will further accelerate the delivery of this market-leading, enterprise-scale cloud-native platform. In turn, this will help facilitate customers' digital transformation, arming them with greater insight into performance issues, their causes, impacts and resolutions to improve digital experiences.

Replex Customers and Partners:
If you are an existing customer or partner of replex and have questions about your product or service, please continue to contact your existing replex representative.

Cisco Customers and Partners:
If you are an existing customer or partner of Cisco and have questions about your product or services, please continue to contact your existing Cisco representative.

Replex customers should continue to use the existing process for support on installed replex products. Cisco will notify you in advance of any change to the support process.

Cisco customers should continue to use the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for technical support on Cisco products. For more information about opening a technical support case and for regional TAC telephone numbers, refer to Cisco Worldwide Support Contacts.