Nortel Comes Together

  
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Amount:         $30
million

  
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Terms:           
1.5 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, June 14–Red Hat,
  the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, announced that
  it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase privately-held
  WireSpeed Communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Hat will issue 1,531,232 shares of
  common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of
  Huntsville, Alabama-based WireSpeed,
  which is a leading developer of network and telecommunications components
  for embedded systems software.
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Amount:         $10
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  CAMBRIDGE, June 14–C-bridge, the leading
  collaborative commerce (c-Commerce) consulting firm, announced that it has
  entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Open Enterprise
  Corporation, a Massachusetts-based consulting firm that provides
  integrated Internet strategy and technology services to leading clients.
  The Open Enterprise acquisition is aimed
  at enhancing C-bridge’s capabilities
  in enabling large companies to achieve fundamental change and rapidly
  transform themselves to meet the challenges of the Internet market space.
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Amount:         $42
million

  
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Terms:           
$4 million cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  NEW YORK, June 14–Internet Commerce Corporation, a pioneer in Internet E-business connectivity and the first
  Internet-based Value Added Network, announced it has signed a definitive
  agreement to acquire Research Triangle Commerce. Research Triangle is a vertically integrated
  Electronic Commerce services firm that specializes in solutions involving
  XML, EDI, EAI, and provides mission critical EC consulting, outsourced EC
  services, and technical resource management. Under the terms of the
  agreement, ICC will issue up to $4 million
  of cash and shares of common stock having a combined value of $42 million.
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Amount:         $230
million

  
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Terms:           
1.25 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  BURNABY, British Columbia, June 14–PMC-Sierraannounced the acquisition of privately held fabless
  semiconductor company Malleable Technologies, whose processors are
  optimized for Voice-Over-Packet processing applications which bridge voice
  and high speed data networks. PMC-Sierra will exchange approximately
  1,250,000 shares for the 85% of Malleable Technologies it does not
  already own.
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Amount:         $24
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  NEEDHAM, Mass., June 14–MCK Communications, a leading provider of solutions to enable the delivery of
  business-quality voice over existing and next-generation networks,
  announced that it has acquired privately owned Digital Techniques
  for approximately $24 million in cash, stock and assumed options. This DTI acquisition strengthens MCK’s market leading position and supports
  its recently announced strategy to provide organizations with
  business-quality remote voice solutions that can act as the “bridge”
  between legacy voice equipment and next-generation networks and
  applications.
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Amount:         $275
million

  
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Terms:           
5 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  TORONTO, Jun 14, 2000–Nortel Networkssaid
  it is buying software company Epicon of Chelmsford, Mass., for $275
  million in stock. Epicon has developed
  software that enables Internet application service providers (ASPs) to
  install and manage software for thousands of desktops from a central
  server, enabling Nortel to
  further accelerate its ASP market growth.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, June 14–PCsupport.com, the
  leading provider of eSupport solutions for businesses and consumers,
  announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire anti-virus company
  Tavisco Ltd. PCsupport.com
  will incorporate Tavisco’s virus
  scanning/detection services and products into the PCsupport.com support
  site. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

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  LOS ANGELES, June 14–Creative Planet, the world’s premiere
  online business-to-business resource for creative professionals, has acquired
  online screenplay service GoodStory.com for an undisclosed amount of
  stock. The GoodStory acquisition
  gives Creative Planet a way to
  target the writing community. The acquisition is
• Creative Planet’s eighth
  over the past seven months.
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