Company Analysis in Comms & Networking
Cloud convergence
14 September 2009Consolidation around cloud computing started to pick up in August 2009, while eBay finally admitted defeat over Skype
Second round knock-outs
17 August 2009Three months ago, many IT companies reported their first financial quarters since the recession began in earnest. But any hope that the drubbing they received back then was a one-off was misplaced, it became clear in July
To the winner the spoils
23 July 2009EMC and NetApp's battle for deduplication provider Data Domain finally reached a conclusion in July 2009, while Nortel’s dissolution continued apace
More caution than optimism
23 July 2009Business is still firmly headed in one direction for much of the IT sector, but there are pockets of positivity
Cable&Wireless returns from the wilderness
15 July 2009Cable&Wireless, the British teleco responsible for providing telegraph links between the various colonies of the British Empire, is set for a comeback.
Alcatel-Lucent maps out revival agenda
16 March 2009Troubled communications giant eyes government stimulus plans for return to growth
Technological enhancements
16 March 2009It is a quiet time in the IT sector acquisitions market, allowing some of the more esoteric technology acquisitions to come to the fore
Information Age Index December 2008
11 December 2008The slow, steady slide in IT industry growth continues
BlackBerry stands up to iPhone onslaught
11 December 2008Enterprise server kit to help save RIM's bacon
BT takes drastic action to protect margins
10 December 2008UK telco's 10,000 redundancies hit the head-lines, but the real story was a margin drop in the Global Services division
IT vendors suffering private problems, not crunch pangs yet
10 December 2008Nortel, Verisign and Dell in pickles all of their own. Plus: Salesforce.com fares well
Cisco spooks Wall Street with credit-crunch caution
15 December 2007Networking giant's credit-crunch caution sees shares plunge. Plus, BEA's celebrity shareholder learns a secret.
Networking industry in flux
15 November 2007Cisco buys into WiMax at last, while 3Com's China connection spooks US politicians.
Reinventing Cisco
25 February 2006With sales of $22 biliion a year, and owning a 70% share of its core router and switch markets, Cisco towers above its rivals in scale, the breadth of its product line and its influence in the IT industry.
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colt Telecom Group Ltd | 4Q08 | $572.9 | 1% |
| Juniper Networks Inc | 4Q08 | $923.5 | 14% |
| Nortel Networks Corp | 4Q08 | $2,722.0 | -15% |
| Sycamore Networks Inc | 1Q09 | $15.4 | -59% |
| Riverbed Technology Inc | 3Q08 | $86.5 | 37% |
| Riverbed Technology Inc | 4Q08 | $92.2 | 21% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in Comms & Networking| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| Ixia | Catapult Communications | $105m |
| Carphone Warehouse | Tiscali's UK ops | n/a |
| Cisco Systems | Tidal Software | $105m |
| Cisco Systems | Pure Digital | $ 590m |
| Radware | Nortel's Appln Delivery div | n/a |
| i3 Group | Fibre Associates | n/a |
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