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Articles published in May 2000

Sycamore Goes Shopping


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May 31, 2000 : Vendor plans to expand its product line by buying a metro area startup, sources say. The question is, which one?

Lucent Catches Chromatis


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May 31, 2000 : A $4.5 billion deal in the race to catch Nortel (updated 11:00 a.m.)

Hyperchip Hypes Its Hardware


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May 31, 2000 : Can it really build a petabit router using open source software?

Redback Unveils Siara Product


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May 30, 2000 : Goes some way to explaining why Redback paid $4.3 billion for the startup.

Big Vendors Acquire MEMS Makers


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May 29, 2000 : JDS is buying Cronos. Corning is buying Intellisense. Who's buying BCO?

ONI Weighs Its Options


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May 26, 2000 : The Kleiner Perkins jewel may be looking to be acquired--possibly by Juniper Networks--rather than going public

Cyras: The Next Cerent?


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May 26, 2000 : The bad boys of Fiberlane could blow the doors off the Sonet market with their tiny add drop mux

Calient Responds To Skeptics


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May 26, 2000 : Startup explains how it will squash a complete optical switch into a box the size of a kitchen drawer.

Lucent To Buy Chromatis?


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May 25, 2000 : Word has it that Lucent is set to buy metro DWDM startup for $5 billion

Sonus Raises $115 Million in IPO


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May 25, 2000 : Beats ONI to the market and rises 60 percent, as tech stocks rebound.

e.spire's Finances Raise Flags


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May 24, 2000 : Saddled with debt, the company is dangerously close to following the lead of troubled CLEC, GST Telecommunications

What's Up With ONI's IPO?


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May 24, 2000 : Did the SEC take a closer look? Goldman will again try to price the deal tonight, after a two-day delay

Startup Touts "First Optical Router"


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May 24, 2000 : Early stage outfit says it can route traffic on a packet by packet basis, over an optical backbone

Optical Valuations Take a Hit


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May 23, 2000 : Optical networking companies have lost 30 percent to 60 percent of their value in the last two months

SAN Surprise Jolts Market


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May 23, 2000 : Nishan's IP-based storage approach challenges leaders such as Brocade

Calient Claims Breakthroughs On Optical Switches


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May 22, 2000 : Startup sets new standard for density, combines all-optical core with network intelligence

Zaffire Announces DWDM for Metro Networks


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May 22, 2000 : Zaffire says it has the solution for making DWDM affordable

Équipe Scores Another $51 Million


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May 22, 2000 : Bear market doesn’t stop startup pulling in a massive second round

Sonet: Prêt-A-Porter


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May 22, 2000 : Mayan Networks today announced its new Sonet access platform for the metropolitan network

Light Dims for Optical Stocks


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May 19, 2000 : Following earnings reports from Sycamore and Ciena, Wall Street did not take kindly to optical networking companies

Avici Files For An IPO


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May 19, 2000 : Filing reveals one paying customer, and revenues of $504,000 at end March

ONI's IPO Price Range Raised


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May 19, 2000 : Now $21-$23, instead of $14-$16

Kalkhoven to Depart JDS Uniphase


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May 18, 2000 : Will Kalkhoven's loss hurt the ever-expanding component vendor?

Ciena Beats Numbers, Drops Hints


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May 18, 2000 : The numbers show 66 percent year-to-year revenue growth, but executives allude to growing pains.

GST Files for Bankruptcy


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May 17, 2000 : The carrier has filed Chapter 11 and will sell $450 million in assets to Time Warner Telecom

New Focus Leads The Charge On IPOs


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May 17, 2000 : The optical gold rush continues, with components maker New Focus looking to cash in on a $70 million public offering.

A Tall Tale of 10-Gig


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May 17, 2000 : Broadcom's hyperbole has been exposed

Judgment Day for Foundry Core Router


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May 16, 2000 : Is Foundry's attempt to unseat Cisco and Juniper in the Internet core set to flounder?

Ellacoya Boosts Broadband Business Case


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May 16, 2000 : Startup's switch and software aims to help carriers roll out broadband to mass markets

Ciena Thinks Small


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May 15, 2000 : Ciena announced a mini-version of its CoreDirector switch for metro area networks today

Fibre Channel Vendors Split On Standards


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May 15, 2000 : Market leader Brocade wants to go one way. Rivals want to go another.

Chatter's New Box


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May 12, 2000 : Senior Lucent exec Mukesh Chatter is leaving to launch AxioWave -- an optical networking startup

Cisco To Buy Qeyton For $800 Million


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May 12, 2000 : It's bad news for Adva, which already makes DWDM access equipment.

GST Is On the Block


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May 12, 2000 : Cash losses may force bankruptcy

Bay's House Is Back


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May 11, 2000 : First it was Intel. Then it was Bay. Now it's VillaMontage....Who?

Redback’s Siara Box Enters Trials


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May 11, 2000 : ASIC design could give Redback a leg up on its competition's FPGA-based products

Avici Battles Weight Problem


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May 11, 2000 : Vendor puts heavy-weight router on a pedestal

Nortel's Head Of Optical Components Quits


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May 10, 2000 : John Pittman to head up new startup developing high power lasers

Cisco Touts Optical Upside In Q3 Results


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May 10, 2000 : Cerent drives revenues, but where are Monterey and Pirelli?

CoreExpress Gives ISPs Quality Control


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May 9, 2000 : It's raised $600 million to build a backbone that will help ISPs provide performance guarantees

Lucent Loses Two Big Names


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May 8, 2000 : Two more senior exectives have quit the optical behemoth

Cisco Finds A Soft Spot for ArrowPoint


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May 8, 2000 : Cisco's acquisition of Arrowpoint is a testament to the value of software on optical networks

ADC Scores a Coup on Tunable Lasers


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May 5, 2000 : Altitun's price tag of $872 million compares favorably with Nortel's acquisition of Coretek.

Corvis Boosts IPO With Acquisition


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May 5, 2000 : Algety will give it record-breaking long distance transmission capabilities

Sorrento: Hot Product or Hot Air?


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May 4, 2000 : There's a strong whiff of vaporware hanging over Sorrento's all-optical metro switch

Sycamore Comes To Town


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May 3, 2000 : Its successful formula for long haul backbones is now being applied to city networks.

Broadcom Boosts Metro Optical Ethernet


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May 2, 2000 : But its entry into optical chip market gets mixed reviews
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