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To: architect* who wrote (44)	11/27/2000 11:29:35 PM
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List of recent Cisco acquisitions, no slowdown of venture capital in sight here. Cisco has been able to keep their acquisition prices reasonable and their venture capital flowing without the bankers. convergedigest.com Price reflects valuation at the time the deal was announced. Radiata chipsets for wireless LANs in the 5 GHz frequency range $295 million Nov 00 Active Voice unified messaging In-box $266 million Nov 00 CAIS Software Solutions in-building broadband management software $170 million Oct 00 Vovida Networks communications software $369 million combined Sep 00 IPCell Technologies communications software Sep 00 PixStream digital video transmission equipment $369 million Aug 00 IPmobile software for 3G wireless $425 million Aug 00 NuSpeed Internet Systems IP-enable storage area networking technology $450 million Jul 00 Komodo Technology Voice-over-IP (VoIP) devices for analog phones $175 million Jul 00 Netiverse content-aware switches $210 million Jul 00 HyNEX ATM intelligent access devices $127 million Jun 00 Qeyton Systems metro DWDM platform $800 million May 00 ArrowPoint Communications content-aware Web switches $5.7 billion May 00 Seagull Semiconductor high-speed silicon for terabit routers $19 million Apr 00 Pentacom metro optical technology based on DPT architecture $118 million Apr 00 SightPath content delivery optimizers $800 million Mar 00 JetCell in-building wireless telephony $200 million Mar 00 InfoGear software to manage information appliances $301 million Mar 00 Atlantech network element management software $180 million Mar 00 Growth Networks terabit switching fabrics $355 million Feb 00 Altiga Networks enterprise VPNs Altiga and Compatible for a combined $567 million Jan 00 Compatible Systems service provider VPNs Jan 00 Pirelli Optical Systems DWDM optical transport systems up to $2.15 billion Dec 99 Internet Engineering Group high-end, routing software with application in optical nets $25 million Dec 99 Worldwide Data Systems a consultancy for converged data and voice networks $25.5 million Dec 99 V-Bits MPEG Digital Video Insertion $128 million Nov 99 Aironet Wireless Communications wireless adapter cards and "access points" based on IEEE 802.11 $799 million Nov 99 Tasmania Network Systems network caching software $25 million Oct 99 WebLine Communications customer interaction management software $325 million Sep 99 COCOM A/S Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and DAVIC transport equipment $65.6 million Sep 99 Cerent Corp. optical access and transport platform $6.9 billion Aug 99 Monterey Networks wavelength router $500 million Aug 99 MaxComm Technologies home LAN and gateway product $143 million Aug 99 Calista PBX-over-IP extension $55 million Aug 99 TransMedia voice-data signalling switch $407 million Jun 99 Amteva Technologies IP-based middleware for voicemail, e-mail and fax, $170 million Apr 99 GeoTel Communications, IP solutions for integrated data and voice to call centers $2 billion Apr 99 Sentient Networks highest density ATM Circuit Emulation Services (CES) Gateway Sentient and Fibex for combined $445 million Apr 99 Fibex Systems Integrated Access Digital Loop Carrier (IADLC) products Apr 99 PipeLinks SONET/SDH routers $126 million Dec 98 Selsius Systems IP network PBX systems and phones $145 million in stock and cash Oct 98 Clarity Wireless 90Mbps microwave technology for last mile access $157 million Sep 98 American Internet Corp. IP address management, $56 million Aug 98 Summa Four programmable telephony switches $116 million Jul 98 CLASS Data policy-based QoS systems $50 million in stock and cash May 98 Precept Software IP/TV applications, $84 million Mar 98 NetSpeed DSLAMs and DSL modems $236 million Mar 98 WheelGroup network security software $124 million Feb 98 LightSpeed voice signaling technologies $160 million Dec 97 Dagaz (Integrated Network Corp) DSL access mux $108 million in cash and $16.5 million in stock Jul 97 Ardent Communications multiservice access over Frame Relay and ATM $156 million Jun 97 Global Internet Software firewall software $40.25 million in cash Jun 97 Skystone Systems SONET/SDH silicon $66.5 million in stock and $22.6 million cash Jun 97 Telesend IDSL channel unit undisclosed Mar 97 Metaplex enterprise SNA solution Dec 96 Netsys Technologies SLA software Oct 96 Granite Systems Gigabit Ethernet switches Sep 96 Telebit Modem ISDN Channel Aggregation (MICA) technologies Jul 96 StrataCom ATM and Frame Relay switches Apr 96 TGV Software security products Jan 96 Grand Junction Networks Fast Ethernet switches Sep 95 Internet Junction Internet gateway software Sep 95 Combinet ISDN access routers Aug 95 LightStream Corp campus ATM switches Dec 94 Kalpana stackable Ethernet switches Oct 94 Newport Systems Solutions dial access systems Aug 94 Crescendo Communications FDDI switches Sep 93