Cisco vs Flexera

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science (CS) department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers.

Flexera Software is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois. The company used to be the Rovi Corporation's software division. On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo investment fund. In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software. On July 19, 2011 Thoma Cressey Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.