Bay Networks
Nortel Networks | |
Headquarters | |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | Router Products Technology, Network Management, Remote Access Servers, Internet/Intranet CPE & Applications, Data Over Cable Products, Digital Signal Processing Technology |
Members | Dave House, Ex-CEO |
Website | web |
Bay Networks, Inc., was a network hardware vendor formed through the merger of
Acquisitions
Bay Networks expanded its product line both through internal development and acquisition, acquiring the following companies during the course of its existence:[3]
- Centillion Networks, Inc. (May, 1995) - Provided Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching and Token Ring technology.[4]
- Xylogics, Inc. (December, 1995) - Remote access technologies.
- Performance Technology (March, 1996) - LAN-to-WAN access technology.
- ARMON Networking, Ltd. (July, 1996) - RMON and RMON2 network management technology.[5]
- LANcity Corporation (October, 1996) - Cable modem technology.
- Penril Datability Networks(November, 1996) - Dial-up modems and remote access products based on Digital Signal Processing technology.
- NetICs, Inc. (December, 1996) - ASIC-based Fast Ethernet switching technology.
- ISOTRO Network Management, Inc. (April, 1997) - DNS and DHCP technologies.
- Rapid City Communications (June, 1997) - Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing technology.
- New Oak Communications (January, 1998) - Provided VPN technology to Bay Networks product line.
- Netsation Corp. (February, 1998) - Technology was used to augment Bay Networks Optivity network management system.
- NetServe
Acquisition by Nortel
Bay Networks was acquired by
The Bay Networks product Small office/home office line survives to this day as the Netgear products that are widely sold by electronics retailers. Example products include Gigabit Ethernet switches, cable modems, print servers, and similar inexpensive, consumer-oriented networking equipment. Bay Networks had originally launched Netgear as a product line/division in January 1996, but the product line was not core to the newly formed Nortel Networks operations and so was spun out as a standalone company in September 1999.[10]
References
- ^ "Bay Networks to be Listed on New York Stock Exchange". February 13, 1996. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ Markoff, John (July 6, 1994). "Wellfleet and Synoptics Plan $2.7 Billion Computer Union". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ "Bay Networks, Inc. - 1998 (Now Nortel)". 1998.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ Eshel, Tamir (1996-07-29). "Bay Networks Acquire Armon Networking". Globes.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Bay to acquire NetServe". CNET. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "US Report: Nortel buys bay, creates 17B networking titan".
- ^ "Nortel Completes Sale of Substantially All of Enterprise Solutions Business to Avaya". Nortel Networks. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07.
- ^ "Nortel Networks Spin-Off NETGEAR to Focus on High-Growth Home and Small Business Internet Infrastructure Market" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-01-15.