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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
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.
Kalkhoven to Depart JDS Uniphase
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May 18, 2000 : Will Kalkhoven's loss hurt the ever-expanding component vendor?
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
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.
Ciena Thinks Small
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May 15, 2000 : Ciena announced a mini-version of its CoreDirector switch for metro area networks today
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
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?
Avici Battles Weight Problem
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May 11, 2000 : Vendor puts heavy-weight router on a pedestal
Redback’s Siara Box Enters Trials
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May 11, 2000 : Rumors of ASIC development problems appear to be un-founded
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 09, 2000 : It's raised $600 million to build a backbone that will help ISPs provide performance guarantees
Cisco Finds A Soft Spot for ArrowPoint
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May 08, 2000 : Cisco says it’s spending $5.7 billion to buy ArrowPoint’s software – not its content switch
Lucent Loses Two Big Names
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May 08, 2000 : Curt Sanford and Mukesh Chatter have left the building
Corvis Boosts IPO With Acquisition
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May 05, 2000 : Algety will give it record-breaking long distance transmission capabilities
ADC Scores a Coup on Tunable Lasers
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May 05, 2000 : Altitun's price tag of $872 million compares favorably with Nortel's acquisition of Coretek.
Sorrento: Hot Product or Hot Air?
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May 04, 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 03, 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 02, 2000 : But its entry into optical chip market gets mixed reviews
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