So another acquisition by a computer systems supplier of a networking infrastructure company. This trend started when Compaq acquired Thomas Conrad back in 1995, and is continuing today with the…
Riverbed goes shopping for godly web performance
Riverbed has been shopping again. This time, it's looking to purchase Zeus Technology and Aptimize. Both of these are privately owned companies, with Zeus being based in Cambridge in the…
End-of-Life: Riverbed announces EOL for Shark Appliance Kits
Following on from the acquisition of CACE Technologies, Riverbed is announcing the withdrawal of the Shark Appliance Kits (software and network card) that allowed users to create their own appliances.…
Brocade has finally cast IP strategy with Foundry acquisition
Brocade has announced the completion of its acquisition of Foundry Networks. Foundry adds their BigIron switches and ServerIron load balancers to Brocade's existing SAN equipment. This has been a bit…
Aggregation continues? Brocade and Foundry
In another sign of the current state of the industry market place, we've just seen the announcement of the acquisition of network switch supplier Foundry by SAN switch supplier Brocade…
Purple and Blue? Completed Packeteer and BlueCoat merger information
So Packeteer and BlueCoat have done the deed (as covered in my initial post Purple and Blue - Packeteer and BlueCoat), and Packeteer is now "A BlueCoat Company". Quick take-aways…
Purple and Blue? Packeteer and BlueCoat
So there's loads of stuff on the net about the upcoming merger between BlueCoat and Packeteer. I'm going to add my own 2p to the thoughts, as I think that…
Ciena completes World Wide Packets acquisition
Ciena has announced that they have completed the acquisition of World Wide Packets. As covered in January, the deal closed for $196.7mn in cash, and 2.5mn Ciena shares ($87.8mn). Ciena…