Having announced a move of their headquarters to the US, Broadcom is now targeting another chipmaker for a takeover. Even with the Brocade deal stuck in CIFUS negotiations, they are…
President Trump announces Broadcom HQ relocation back to the US
An effort is being made to move forward on the Broadcom and Brocade deal, currently stuck in negotiations with CIFUS. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan yesterday met US President, Donald Trump, in…
Extreme buys Brocade data centre switching assets direct
Extreme has announced that they have closed a deal direct with Brocade , rather than wait for the Broadcom acquisition. (Extreme Networks Completes Acquisition of Brocade's Data Center Networking Business). This…
Brocade and Broadcom delay merger until November 30
A year to the date of the original merger announcement Broadcom to buy Brocade for $5.9bn, both Brocade and Broadcom have announced a delay in their merger. The Committee on Foreign…
AT&T Welcomes Brocade Employees as It Closes Vyatta Acquisition
AT&T have completed their acquisition of the Vyatta assets from Brocade. Their press-release announces the deal as a way of AT&T continuing their network transformation. This is one of the…
AT&T buys Vyatta assets from Brocade
AT&T are buying from Brocade their Vyatta assets. Brocade's IP network assets are being split out and sold off as part of their impending sale to Broadcom . The Vyatta…
Aquantia deliver workstation mGig (Multi-Gigabit Ethernet)
As part of the roll-out of mGig (IEEE 802.11bz), Aquantia have launched network interface cards for the workstation market. These offer 2.5Gb/s and 5Gb/s connections using existing cables. (See Multi-Gigabit…
PacketPushers: Brocade Launches Entry-Level Fibre Channel Switch
Despite Broadcom's pending acquisition of Brocade , development of new products is still occurring. PacketPushers caught a press-release that Brocade have a new entry level fibre channel switch. The G610…