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Subject: December 2001 ECMgt.com: Year-end 2001 in Review
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December 1, 2001 *4,300 subscribers* Volume 3, Issue 12
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  • Value of Mergers and Acquisitions Falls
  • Systemonic Emerges as Key 802.11a Player
  • Deal may put Microsoft at head of the class
  • CoreExpress Selling to Williams
  • Amazon Invests in CatalogCity
  • IBM partner program revenue turning heads
  • AOL Europe Joins Forces With Lastminute.Com
  • Microsoft Lands TV deal
  • Contract specialists urge protection for software, outsourcing deals
  • Gateway Rethinks AOL Investment
  • Large Wireless Mergers May Loom
  • Outpost.com Comes in from the Cold
  • Gateway bundles goodies for consumers
  • Global Crossing Wins $700M Pact
  • Tarantella Expands Its Government Partnerships
  • Compaq, Atempo Strike NAS Backup Partnership
  • COLT Telecom Connects With iBasis
  • Juniper can't shake Cisco's shadow
  • Global Crossing to Sell IPC Trading to Goldman-led Group
  • Lucent Fiber Optics Unit Sold

Value of Mergers and Acquisitions Falls
Even as venture capital investment continues to fall nationwide by other measures, merger and acquisition activity remains steady, although the value of the deals has fallen significantly.

Systemonic Emerges as Key 802.11a Player
Systemonic of Germany has acquired the products and intellectual property of the RF Networking group of Raytheon Commercial Ventures Inc.

Deal may put Microsoft at head of the class
A proposed settlement agreement in a series of antitrust suits may not only give Microsoft a fairly inexpensive legal resolution--it may also help the company and its PC allies further erode Apple Computer's position in education.

CoreExpress Selling to Williams
Virtual private network company CoreExpress is selling its fiber-optic network, intellectual property and Internet protocol capabilities to Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams Communications Group Inc.

Amazon Invests in CatalogCity
There are some things you just can't buy without seeing them in a catalog first, and Amazon.com, is taking a piece of that action by making a $5 million investment in the company that operates CatalogCity.com.

IBM partner program revenue turning heads
For IBM, making a commitment beats the single life.

AOL Europe Joins Forces With Lastminute.Com
World's largest online service gives Lastminute a boost

Microsoft Lands TV deal
Software maker to provide technology for Charter Communications.

Contract specialists urge protection for software, outsourcing deals
Procurement specialists are preaching that smart IT buyers should install protection clauses in their software licenses and outsourcing contracts in case vendors go belly-up

Gateway Rethinks AOL Investment
Struggling PC maker Gateway said it was discussing changing a 2-year-old agreement for America Online to buy convertible stock, as Gateway looks to avoid a huge stock dilution.

Large Wireless Mergers May Loom
The merger of two top U.S. mobile telephone companies has long seemed unfeasible. Setting aside complicated technological and corporate governance issues, popular opinion dictated that antitrust regulators would never let such unions fly.

Outpost.com Comes in from the Cold
It's been a long, strange road for the beleaguered Outpost.com, has finally found a home, announcing the completion of its cash merger with Fry's Electronics Inc. and going private.

Gateway bundles goodies for consumers
Gateway is launching a deal that lets consumers go from zero to geek for just under $100 a month.

Global Crossing Wins $700M Pact
Bermuda-based IP bandwidth provider Global Crossing Ltd. won a 12-year, $700 million contract to develop and manage global wide area data and voice network infrastructure for IT services company Computer Sciences Corp.

Tarantella Expands Its Government Partnerships
Internet infrastructure software maker Tarantella says it has established some new partnerships with the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal government contractors.

Compaq, Atempo Strike NAS Backup Partnership
To give end users more data back-up options, Compaq Computer Corp. on Monday will announce a partnership with Atempo Inc.

COLT Telecom Connects With iBasis
iBasis Inc., a provider of Internet-based VoIP, announced that COLT Telecom Group plc. has interconnected its pan-European network with The iBasis Network, the global VoIP infrastructure.

Juniper can't shake Cisco's shadow
No matter what deal Juniper Networks makes, the one constant as it expands its presence in the industry is rival Cisco Systems.

Global Crossing to Sell IPC Trading to Goldman-led Group
Struggling telecommunications company Global Crossing announced that it will sell its IPC Trading Systems unit to an investment group led by Goldman Sachs Capital Partners 2000 for $360 million in cash.

Lucent Fiber Optics Unit Sold
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has completed the sale of its fiber optics business to Furukawa Electric Co. and CommScope Inc. for $2.3 billion, slightly less than an earlier offer.

 

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