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Nokia Siemens Networks Files Late After-Auction Bid for Nortel’s MEN Assets
When somebody in business tells you it’s not about the money, you’d be wise to take those words with a mound of salt as high as Mount Vesuvius. It’s nearly always about the money, my friends. That’s...
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NSN Applies Full Court(s) Press in Late Bid for Nortel MEN Assets
As bankruptcy courts ponder how best to respond to the curveball that Nokia Siemens Networks threw at them in the form of an $810-million all-cash offer for insolvent Nortel’s Metropolitan Ethernet...
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Ciena’s Tweaked Terms Deliver Victory Over Desperate NSN for Nortel’s MEN Assets
On the surface, it appears that the bankruptcy judge presiding over the kerfuffle between Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Ciena for the privilege of owning Nortel’s Metropolitan Networks (MEN) assets...
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Avaya Wraps Deal for Nortel Enterprise Business, Prepares for Post-Merger...
Now that Avaya has closed its acquisition of Nortel’s enterprise business, it must figure out how to meet new challenges as a bigger company with weightier expectations. Owned by private-equity...
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Rumor Musings: Avaya Acquisition of Polycom Plausible
Rumor buzz this week has intensified, and at least some it involves a mooted acquisition by Avaya of videoconferencing vendor Polycom. Unless one is an insider — which, in this instance, I am assuredly...
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Cisco’s Tandberg Acquisition Officially Approved, Dance for Polcyom Begins
When I first learned of the alleged acquisitive interest Apax Partners was said to have expressed toward Polycom, I dismissed it as nothing more than a media head fake. Let’s consider: When news of...
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Thoma Bravo Sees Promise in SonicWALL’s UTM Plans
A reader asked me to comment on the acquisition of SonicWALL, so that’s what I’ll do now. Yes, I sometimes take requests, just like a washed-up lounge lizard. The announced transaction has been well...
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For Huawei, U.S. M&A Door Remains Closed
Huawei Technologies felt it would be different this time. Back in 2008, Huawei was thwarted in its ambition to become a minority owner of 3Com, tagging along on an $2.2-billion acquisition bid by Bain...
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Sometimes a Deal is Just a Deal
What I think we see today at The New Times is an instance of a writer and his editors trying to find a pattern where none might exist. The muddled result is reflected in the headline: “Are Mergers...
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Brocade Engages Qatalyst Again, Hopes for Different Result
The networking industry’s version of Groundhog Day resurfaced late last week when the Wall Street Journal published an article in which “people familiar with the matter” indicated that Brocade...
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Avaya IPO? Don’t Count On It
Reports now suggest that Avaya’s pending IPO, which once was mooted to occur this month, might not take place until 2013. Sources who claim to be familiar with the matter told Reuters and Bloomberg...
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Departures from Avaya’s Mahogany Row Thicken IPO Plot
My plan was to continue writing posts about software defined networking (SDN). And why not? SDN is controversial (at least in some quarters), innovative, intriguing, and potentially disruptive to...
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Tidbits: Cuts at Nokia, Rumored Cuts at Avaya
Nokia Nokia says it will shed about 10,000 employees globally by the end of 2013 in a bid to reduce costs and streamline operations. The company will close research-and-development centers, including...
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Avaya’s Struggles Slip Under Industry Radar
As public companies, Nokia and Research In Motion have drawn considerable press coverage relating to their ongoing struggles. Nary a day passes without a barrage of articles on the latest setbacks and...
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Avaya Executive Departures, Intrigue Continue
Like many other vendors, Avaya showed off its latest virtualized wares at VMworld in San Francisco this week. While putting its best face forward at VMware’s annual conference and exhibition, Avaya...
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