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With all the attention focused on the Vonage’s initial public offering, it just might be the beginning of a steady and long line of VoIPOs (aka Voice over IP public offerings.) Acme Packet, a Burlington, Massachusetts has just filed its registration statement (S-1) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating its desire to go public. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and CS First Boston are running the underwriters of this offering. Acme plans to raise $85 million from the public markets, and will list on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol, APKT. Continue »

Earlier this week, Yahoo announced a revamped video hosting service. Many saw it as a threat to You Tube (which has issues of its own.) In reality, Yahoo! has its work cut out. I checked with folks over at Hitwise, a traffic analysis and research firm, and they sent me data which shows that You Tube is miles ahead of their competition, including Yahoo! Video. Continue »