Oracle isn’t after Brocade, but what about Extreme?
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison dismissed the Wall Street Journal’s speculation that his company (among others) was interested in buying Brocade while speaking at the comapny’s annual shareholders meeting...
View ArticleMotorola brand to disappear? I don’t think so
On the blog 24/7 Wall Street, Jon Ogg boldly predicted this week that Motorola is one of 10 brands that will disappear in 2010. It’s time to break up the company and “scuttle a brand with a bad...
View ArticleIDC: IBM will buy Juniper in 2010
IBM will step back into networking in a big way in 2010 by buying Juniper Networks, according IDC. The New York Times “Bits” blog says IDC will unleash some of its year-end predictions for 2010 today....
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ManageEngine: SolarWinds is turning to the Dark Side.
ManageEngine, an IT management software company that bills itself as a low-cost alternative to the Big Four (IBM Tivoli, HP OpenView, BMC and CA) says that SolarWinds is turning to the Dark Side. Late...
View ArticleIBM to fold Intelliden into Tivoli behemoth
IBM gobbled up Intelliden this week. Intelliden bills itself as a provider of “intelligent network automation solutions.” Basically it provides automation around network-based compliance and network...
View ArticleBrocade learns that networking pros aren’t like storage geeks
Network Computing blogger Howard Marks made some good points recently about why Brocade has struggled to sell the Ethernet networking product line it acquired from Foundry back in the summer of 2008....
View ArticleConsolidation fever in network configuration market
NCCM is becoming increasingly popular. Not only have enterprises recognized that NCCM products can help automate networks and reduce network failures. They’ve also recognized it as a means toward...
View Article2010 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN: Few changes for a rapidly evolving...
Gartner rolled out a new Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN this month and it looks remarkably similar to last year’s, even though Gartner itself acknowledges that the network switching industry is...
View ArticleTake my company, please: Brocade, Alcatel-Lucent seeking exits
With Dell buying Force10 Networks, Brocade seeking a buyer and Alcatel-Lucent looking to shed its enterprise business, does anyone want to be in the networking industry anymore? Which narrative would...
View ArticleAdtran buys wireless LAN vendor Bluesocket
It’s a song you’ve heard before. The days of overlay wireless LANs are coming to an end as enterprises start to integrate the build-out and management of wired and wireless networks. Switch and router...
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