Cisco acquires Arch Rock for the development of wireless technologies

Cisco. agreed to acquire a private company Arch Rock, a developer of sensors for wireless IP-based networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HiNet architecture Arch Rock is the basis for connecting smart devices to wireless networks ip-. The company has been leading in the development of IETF 6LoWPAN ( RFC 4944 now ), which addresses the IPv6 network using the IEEE 802. 15. 4 for low-power. Radio.

Cisco claims that this purchase will help the company to produce more secure IP- solutions.