Cisco buys Code BGP to strengthen ThousandEyes' brand

Cisco has enhanced its ThousandEyes brand with the acquisition of Greek firm Code BGP, which specializes in BGP monitoring. 

This will amplify ThousandEyes' ability to track internet health and detect issues like BGP hijacking, route leaks, and RPKI problems.

Joe Vaccaro, VP of Product at Cisco ThousandEyes, said: “The addition of Code BGP to the ThousandEyes team will enrich our already accomplished pool of Internet research and engineering talent, enabling us to increase our BGP monitoring capabilities and pace of innovation so we can accelerate our customers’ troubleshooting and optimization efforts in delivering the best possible digital experiences to users.”