With a flurry of announcements in recent weeks, Amazon has extended its cloud computing lead. The beta label’s gone. It can run Windows applications. By investing in firms like Elastra, it’s tackling enterprise deployment. And there’s a 99.95 percent uptime guarantee. Much of this… Read More »
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Just a day after we first reported that Cupertino, Calif.-based Packeteer (Nasdaq: PKTR) was in talks with two equipment makers, the company announced it is being acquired by Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI) of Sunnyvale, Calif. The deal is pegged at $7.10 a share… Read More »
Packeteer (PKTR), a Cupertino, Calif.-based maker of wide area network optimization products, is getting amorous glances from two of its competitors, Blue Coat Systems and Nortel Networks, according to my sources. Indeed, in a recent 14D9 filing, the company suggested that it had… Read More »
