IP phone company ShoreTel has today announced that it is beefing up its offerings by acquiring unified communications company M5 Networks in a deal that is valued up to $146 million in cash and stock. ShoreTel’s motivation for snatching up M5 was an effort to be able to offer its customers a choice of either [...]
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Oracle this morning announced that it has acquired GoAhead Software, which sells packaged service availability software to network equipment providers (NEPs) and other players in the commmunications industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. GoAhead, a privately-held company based in Bellevue, Washington, provides software that speeds the time to market of carrier-grade services [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by admin
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Cisco this morning said it intends to purchase LineSider Technologies, a privately-held network management software based out of Danvers, Massachusetts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and Cisco said it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2011. LineSider markets software that enables companies to build network [...]
Posted on December 2nd, 2010 by admin
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Wireless broadband solutions provider Novatel Wireless has agreed to acquire Enfora, a privately-held provider of wireless asset-management solutions and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, for approximately $64.5 million in cash. The purchase price includes the pay down of all debt. Additional consideration of up to $6 million, depending on certain performance targets being met, is also part [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2010 by admin
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Cisco this morning announced its intent to acquire privately-held Arch Rock, which specializes in IP-based wireless sensor network technology with a focus on energy and environmental monitoring and Smart Grid applications. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Based in San Francisco, Arch Rock will help Cisco accelerate the company’s ability to facilitate [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2010 by admin
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Cisco this morning announced its intent to purchase privately-held and venture-backed ExtendMedia, a provider of software-based Content Management Systems that helps media companies and network operators manage digital video content. Financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed, and the deal is expected to close in the first half of Cisco’s fiscal year 2011. Based in [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by admin
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Intel has just announced that it will acquire Texas Instruments’ cable modem product line. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010, were not disclosed. Unsurprisingly, Intel says the acquisition will help further its foray into providing chips to the cable and consumer electronics industries. Intel wants to [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by admin
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Cisco is to buy privately held CoreOptics, a designer of digital signal processing solutions for high-speed optical networking applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $99 million in cash and retention-based incentives in exchange for all shares of CoreOptics. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by admin
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Vision Solutions, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, has agreed to acquire Southborough, Massachusetts-based Double-Take Software, a provider of recovery solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Double-Take stockholders will receive $10.55 in cash for each share of Double-Take common stock they hold, representing a premium of approximately 39% and 21% to Double-Take’s enterprise value [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2010 by admin
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Enterprise software giant SAP is acquiring fellow business software company Sybase for $5.8 billion in an all-cash offer. SAP is reportedly making the deal in an effort to compete with Oracle, which grew its business when it bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by admin
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