JDSU to buy optical network vendor Picolight
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(InfoWorld) - JDS Uniphase (JDSU) is buying optical transceiver maker PicolightÂ  to serve the growing market for high-speed data connections in data centers, enterprises, and metropolitan-area networks. The optical networking vendor said Tuesday it agreed to buy Picolight for $115 million in stock and an additional cash sum of up to $10 million if certain revenue targets are met this calendar year. The deal is expected to close in JDSU's fiscal fourth quarter ending June 30. Enterprises are stepping up data center and backbone networks from Gigabit Ethernet to 10-Gigabit Ethernet while service providers lay out high-speed fiber networks around cities. Increasing bandwidth demand, powered in part by video and other multimedia applications, is driving growth in network infrastructure following the telecommunications crash early in this decade that slammed the stocks of JDSU and other vendors. Picolight, in Louisville, Colorado, designs and makes transceivers for Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gigabit Ethernet and parallel optics with speeds as high as 40Gbps.Â It has been a pioneer in a technology called VCSEL (vertical cavity surface-emitting laser) used for optical links with low power consumption and heat generation, according to the companies. JDSU sells components and equipment for a variety of networks, including enterprise, cable, and telecommunications. The buyout will give Picolight global reach and also help JDSU build toward 100Gbps products in the future, the companies said.
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By Urvaksh Karkaria, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec. 20--International Paper said Tuesday it will sell its  Jacksonville-based Arizona Chemical business to Rhone Capital III L.P. for  $485 million, as the paper maker focuses on its uncoated paper and packaging  businesses.
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Alloptic, Inc., a global leader in the development of Passive Optical  Network (PON) technology, announced that they have expanded the home4000  Optical Networking Terminal (ONT) to include integrated carrier class  VoIP functionality.
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(InfoWorld) - IBMÂ is looking to add real-time capabilities to its data integration software by buying Canadian firm DataMirrorÂ for about C$170 million (US$162.3 million). The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire all outstanding DataMirror common shares for C$27 per share, they announced Monday. IBM's offer represents a premium of 19.4 percent compared with the average trading price of DataMirror's common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the last 20 days. In Monday midmorning trading, DataMirror's shares rose 4.2 percent on the news, up from Friday's close of C$22.50. Subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, the deal is set to close in the third quarter of this year. DataMirror's Transformation Server software identifies and captures data that has been added, updated, or deleted, and it enables the changed information to be delivered in real time to processes, applications, and databases. IBM previously partnered with DataMirror, pointing customers to the vendor whenever they needed heterogenous real-time change data-capture software. However, recently, it became clear that IBM needed to own the technology since more and more of its users required it. "DataMirror's capabilities are very important for our Information on Demand strategy," said Michael Curry, director, product strategy and management, information platform and solutions at IBM. Having the ability to note data changes as they occur and react accordingly is vital for users of dynamic warehouses, master data management, and service-oriented architecture, he added. Information on Demand is designed to give users access to all kinds of data regardless of where it's stored in their enterprises. A key piece of that strategy isÂ Information Server, data integration software IBM released last year, based on technology it acquired through the 2005 $1.1 billion purchase of Ascential. IBM plans to continue offering DataMirror's data integration, auditing, high availability, and data replication software as stand-alone products as well as incorporating them into Information Server, Curry said. "We've already seen very strong traction for Information Server," he added. Acquiring DataMirror is testimony to the fact that the Information Server business is growing so well that IBM continues to invest in the product, Curry said. IBM expects to release a more detailed road map for DataMirror once the acquisition has closed. DataMirror will become part of IBM's Information Management Software unit, which is headed up by Ambuj Goyal. IBM was particularly attracted to DataMirror by its very broad support of different types of data, Curry said. The Canadian vendor provides data integration on Windows, Unix, IBM's System i servers and mainframes and supports databases from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase. DataMirror also has its own Java database called PointBase. There's no real overlap between DataMirror's technologies and what IBM already has, Curry said. IBM already provides some data capture capabilities but they're limited to its DB2 database. IBM intends to continue DataMirror's partnerships with other vendors, notably BEA Systems, Business Objects, Microsoft, and Oracle. Such relationships are vital to ensure that IBM can be effective in offering heterogenous data integration, Curry said. With its headquarters in Markham, Ontario, DataMirror has around 2,200 customers. IBM hopes to retain all of the firm's 220-plus staff, Curry said.
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Motorola Inc. MOT.N on Tuesday said   it had agreed to buy Symbol Technologies Inc. SBL.N, a maker   of bar code and inventory scanning technology, for about $3.9   billion in cash to expand its opportunities with corporate   customers.
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NEW YORK (AFX)--Eastman Kodak Tuesday said it agreed to buy the imaging business of National Semiconductor for undisclosed terms. The business develops and makes metal oxide semiconductor image sensor devices.
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Cisco Systems is buying IP-service control vendor P-Cube in a deal valued at $200 million. P-Cube&#39;s products help service providers identify subscribers, classify applications, improve service performance and charge for multiple IP services.
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Alloptic, Inc., a global leader in the development of Passive Optical  Network (PON) technology, announced the general availability of the Home  Gateway 300 residential Optical Network Terminal (ONT).
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Cisco Systems on Wednesday said it plans to acquire Jahi Networks, a privately held network management appliance vendor, in a $16 million deal.
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JDS Uniphase (JDSU) is buying optical transceiver maker PicolightÂ  to serve the growing market for high-speed data connections in data centers, enterprises, and metropolitan-area networks.
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Telecommunications equipment  maker Ericsson AB (ERICb.ST) will buy data networking  equipment vendor Redback Networks Inc.  for $2.1  billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.