Apptio, which makes on-demand software that tracks technology investments, said Thursday that it has landed an equity investment from Cisco Systems as well as a reseller partnership.
The company raised another $3.5 million from Cisco and current investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Shasta Ventures. Apptio raised $16.5 million in August and the latest bit of cash brings the company’s Series C round to $20 million, said Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta.
However, the extra capital is nice, but takes a backseat to a reseller agreement with Cisco. In a nutshell, Cisco will integrate Apptio’s software into services deals the network giant has with enterprise customers. Apptio will ride shotgun with Cisco in three key areas: Data center virtualization, borderless networks and collaboration. “With Cisco, we have the world’s best salesforce taking Apptio to market,”said Gupta.
Under Gupta, Apptio has been business forging alliances with key tech vendors. Last week, Apptio forged a partnership with Wipro.
Apptio’s software can be implemented in 5 to 12 weeks.
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