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.)
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
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
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
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
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.
Ciena Thinks Small
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May 15, 2000 : Ciena announced a mini-version of its CoreDirector switch for metro area networks today
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
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?
Sycamore Comes To Town
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May 03, 2000 : Its successful formula for long haul backbones is now being applied to city networks.
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