Cisco has said that it intends to acquire privately-held newScale, a provider of software that delivers a service catalog and self-service portal for IT organisations to select and deploy cloud services within their businesses.
newScale, based in California, allows commercial and enterprise customers to initiate the provisioning of their own systems and infrastructure on an as-needed basis.
Cisco said that its cloud strategy is to harness the network as a platform for building and using clouds and cloud services.
newScale will complement and expand existing Cisco and partner software offerings in IT and cloud management and automation.
Cisco Services senior vice-president Parvesh Sethi said the cloud computing represents a major shift in the evolution of the Internet, and as more customers migrate from traditional IT infrastructures, the need for rapid self-provisioning and efficient management becomes increasingly critical.
"With the acquisition of newScale, Cisco will be able to accelerate the deployment of cloud services through a service catalog and self-service portal that allows customers to easily manage their IT infrastructures," Sethi said.
Cisco expects to complete the transaction in the second half of fiscal year 201 and upon the close of the acquisition, the newScale team will report into Cisco’s Advanced Services organisation.
