Riverstone
Riverstone's CEO outlines his post-IPO strategy
Apr. 16, 2001
While some CEOs of network equipment firms may see doom and gloom in their markets, Riverstone Networks' Romulus Pereira sees morning again in the metropolitan-area network arena.
Teaming up to seize those accounts
Nov. 21, 2000
Vendors coming out from the shadow of Cisco, Lucent and Nortel to bring carriers alternatives.
Water Cooler: Still some life in Cabletron
Aug. 21, 2000
Back in February, when Cabletron announced its plan to split into four parts, I half thought that would be the last we'd hear of the company. Or that we'd only hear about its spinoffs getting gobbled up one by one.
Riverstone targeting November IPO
Aug. 14, 2000
Riverstone Networks CEO Romulus Pereira said Monday that his company is still on target to become the first of the Cabletron spinoffs to go public, with the goal of a November initial public offering. In late June, ...
Cabletron spinoff aims for next-generation carriers
Jun. 05, 2000
Riverstone is the MAN. That's one thought Riverstone CEO Romulus Pereira would like metropolitan-area network service providers to have when choosing their data communications platform.
Supercomm looks to build on telecom momentum
Jun. 06, 2005
Supercomm organizers this year hope to build on the telecom revival evident at last year's conference.
Results are not in
Jun. 11, 2004
Plus: MCI and Qwest reach wholesale pricing agreement and Riverstone adds new line of metro Ethernet routers.
Riverstone no longer an enterprise LAN company
Mar. 11, 2004
Enterprise network equipment buyers recently lost an alternative, but chances are they won't really miss it.
Riverstone info
Mar. 12, 2001
Riverstone news and background info.
Lucent closes Riverstone buy
Apr. 27, 2006
Lucent this week said it completed its acquisition of certain assets of metro Ethernet router maker Riverstone Networks.
Lucent buys Riverstone for $207 million
Mar. 22, 2006
Lucent this week won the bidding to acquire Riverstone Networks after increasing its initial offer by $37 million.
Ericsson bids for Riverstone
Mar. 17, 2006
Ericsson this week topped rival Lucent's offer for the assets of Riverstone Networks.
Lucent buys assets of beleaguered Riverstone
Feb. 07, 2006
Lucent and Riverstone Networks have signed a definitive asset purchase agreement under which Lucent will acquire substantially all of Riverstone's business operations for $170 million in cash. Over the last year, Lucent ...
Streamlined streamlining
Oct. 08, 2004
Plus: Corvis changes name to Broadwing and Lucent to resell Riverstone Networks gear.
Lucent allies with Riverstone
Sep. 30, 2004
Lucent this week said it will resell metro Ethernet routers from Riverstone Networks and combine them with Juniper core routers and its own access and transport gear for carrier triple-play broadband requirements.
HP network group digs in its heels
Jun. 21, 2004
New LAN and WAN gear from HP, and a recent acquisition of 10G Ethernet technology, are new signals that the enterprise computing giant is serious about becoming the alternative to Cisco for corporate network executives.
Riverstone revs up router
Jun. 01, 2004
Riverstone Networks this week topped off the high end of its metro Ethernet router line with a 10G bit/sec device designed to converge services at the edge.
Riverstone reboots
Feb. 13, 2004
Riverstone Networks last week re-emerged from its solitary confinement to say it was OK, open for business and working through the accounting mess that forced the departure of the previous regime.
Riverstone recharges routers
Feb. 09, 2004
Riverstone Networks recently unveiled a new hardware module, upgraded Multi-protocol Label Switching routers and a software release aimed at helping service providers deploy multiple services over an Ethernet ...
Riverstone lowers entry bar for 10G
Apr. 07, 2003
Sub-$10K per-port cost intended to create demand, spur adoption.
In brief: Riverstone admits overstating revenue
Sep. 08, 2003
Also: WorldCom appoints new board members
Gotham gravy train?
Apr. 30, 2003
Jonathan Reeves has reemerged with another start-up he hopes will make him even richer than he already is after selling two other companies he founded.
Riverstone changes guard
Apr. 22, 2003
Riverstone Networks' board of directors this week named Romulus Pereira as chairman of the board and acting CEO, effective immediately.
In brief: Marconi, Riverstone partner on metro nets
Apr. 21, 2003
Plus: Digex unwraps new apps services.
Riverstone hires Pipal
Jan. 15, 2003
Roundup of news and executive comings and goings from Riverstone, WaveSmith and Nortel.
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