Harrell said Cisco will incorporate Viptela's technology in its popular ISR and ASR routers, while also accelerating the standalone roadmap for Viptela's vEdge routers and SD-WAN solution.

Cisco made a big splash in the software-defined WAN market by unveiling its plan to acquire SD-WAN startup Viptela for $610 million. The San Jose, Calif.-based startup, who CRN predicted would be ...