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1999: Ten years of NetworkWorld.com

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Oct 31, 20051 min

 

The big got bigger (see Cisco), but it didn’t always work (see MCI WorldCom’s failed bid to buy Sprint). On the horizon: 10-gigabit metro Ethernet.

 
Cisco acquires 18 companies

The big gets bigger.

MCI, Sprint announce $129 billion mergerThe biggest deal that never happened?10G Ethernet WANs?Carriers, equipment manufacturers begin to discuss heavy-duty metropolitan EthernetIBM sells switching and routing business to archrival Cisco

The once unthinkable happened.

More:Lucent acquires Ascend for $20b to round out IP and ATM product offerings

Melissa virrus runs rampant on Internet

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Screen grab of the site in 1999 (click to enlarge – popup)

Year that start ups were launched that went on to be household names

  • Speedera
  • Agilent Technologies (spinoff from HP)
 

Riding the wave

NetworkWorld.com has grown with industry over ten years as …
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