Metacloud works with enterprise customers to help them implement and operate data center infrastructure in the cloud through the company’s OpenStack-based software-as-a-service platform, Cisco said Monday.
Employees of Metacloud will join Cisco’s cloud infrastructure and managed services organization, led by Faiyaz Shahpurwala.
Cisco is working to build a global network of interconnected cloud systems designed to standardize and protect hybrid applications.
BT, Deutsche Telekom, and Equinix are among the technology firms that support Cisco’s intercloud project.