HP's history of billion-dollar technology buys
HP's news that it would lay down $US2.7 billion to acquire network switch maker 3Com not only causes industry watchers to look ahead at what could come of such a deal, but also reminds many of the IT...
View ArticleHP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look
It started with a cup of coffee between 3Com COO Ron Sege and HP ProCurve chief Marius Haas a year ago.It ended with this week's $US2.7 billion blockbuster acquisition of 3Com by HP. In between were...
View ArticleShareholders sue 3Com directors over HP merger
3Com's board of directors is facing a lawsuit over the proposed acquisition by Hewlett Packard Development Company, but a financial analyst who studies Ethernet switching argued if approved, both...
View ArticleTech industry's biggest M&A deals of 2009
The top 10 mergers and acquisitions in the network industry in 2009 all cracked the billion-dollar barrier, and involved vendors in hardware, IT services, collaboration, storage, wireless...
View ArticleData centers drive Ethernet switch market in 2010
2010 promises to be an interesting year in the enterprise LAN switching market.
View ArticleEU approves HP's 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's US$2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced on Friday.
View Article3Com announces new products for datacentre security
3Com has announced four new products and solutions from its TippingPoint and H3C portfolios to extend the Secure Network Fabric to datacenters and virtual networks, according to a statement. The Secure...
View ArticleHP: No plans to kill off 3Com products
HP Monday said it has no plans to kill off any existing HP or 3Com networking products, but did not rule out such a move in the future.
View Article3Com acquisition completes HP's networking lineup
IT solutions vendor Hewlett Packard's acquisition of networking equipment vendor 3Com late last year completes its lineup of networking solutions for the data center, further heating up the battle with...
View ArticleCisco to pay up to $US112 million in Power-over-Ethernet patent case
Network-1 Security Solutions, an acquirer and licensor of intellectual property, says it has settled its Power-over-Ethernet patent infringement case against Cisco and five other companies.
View ArticleSexual harrassment scandal: where does HP go from here?
Departing HP CEO Mark Hurd managed to bring HP from the brink of collapse and restore respect for the HP brand in only five years. Forced to resign as a result of a sexual harassment scandal, Hurd...
View ArticleHP replaces its Cisco core
Staying true to its word, HP this week said it has replaced Cisco and other "non-HP" networking gear with its own in all six of its worldwide internal data centers.
View ArticleThree bullet points: Apotheker's battle plan for Apple, IBM, the world
The world of new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker is lot more complicated than the one imagined by his predecessors.
View ArticleStartup founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes software-defined networking
Software-defined networking startup Embrane this week came out of stealth mode to unveil its product and strategy for virtualizing network services.
View ArticleRob Held, ex-CEO of early Ethernet company Chipcom, passes away at 74
John Robert (Rob) Held, who made a name for himself in the networking industry during the 1980s and 1990s as president and CEO of Ethernet hub pioneer Chipcom, has died at age of 74. Held suffered a...
View Article40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.
View ArticleEthernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob...
Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn.
View Article10 surprising things from my 20 years with Network World
Yep, I've been writing for Network World for 20 years and a lot has happened in that time ... here are 10 of the most surprising
View ArticleTech industry's biggest M&A deals of 2009
The top 10 mergers and acquisitions in the network industry in 2009 all cracked the billion-dollar barrier, and involved vendors in hardware, IT services, collaboration, storage, wireless...
View ArticleData centers drive Ethernet switch market in 2010
2010 promises to be an interesting year in the enterprise LAN switching market.
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