Today’s Deals: Cisco Acquires Number 16 for the Year

  
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Amount:         $160
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Terms:           
3.2 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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  SANTA CLARA, Aug. 1–Terayon Communication Systems, a supplier of broadband network systems, announced a
  definitive agreement to acquire Mainsail Networks for 3.2 million
  shares of Terayon common stock. Based in Fremont, California, Mainsail Networks is a privately held
  company that designs, develops and markets, adding to Terayon’s broadband portfolio,
  representing its expansion in the access infrastructure and optical
  transport markets.
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n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  CLEVELAND, Aug. 1–Penton Mediaannounced
  its acquisition of Meko Ltd. of Surrey, UK, a provider of
  newsletters, comprehensive market studies, and custom information services
  for the European computer display market. Meko will operate in conjunction with
  Penton’s Jon Peddie Associates in Mill
  Valley, CA, the leading market research firm covering the digital media,
  convergence, software and workstation graphics markets. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $425
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  SAN JOSE, Aug. 1–Cisco Systemsannounced
  a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held IPmobile of
  Richardson, Texas, a provider of software systems that enable service
  providers to build the next generation IP-based wireless infrastructure
  known as third generation or `3G’ networks, in a stock deal worth
  approximately $425 million. IPmobile’s technology strengthens Cisco’s leadership as a network solutions
  provider in this emerging Mobile Wireless Internet.
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Amount:        
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n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 1–Smith Micro Software, a developer and ma
• rketer of a wide range of software and
  service solutions for the wireless and Internet markets, announced it has
  entered into a definitive agreement with TouchStone Software for the
  acquisition of the entire Touchstone CheckIt line of software
  products. Smith Micro will use the
  CheckIt products and award winning technologies to strengthen its position
  in software solutions for the wireless and Internet markets. The
  acquisition is expected to close prior to the end of the third quarter.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C-

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  ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 1–Anything Internetannounced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire both
  Mapas y Datos and its subsidiary Mapas Latinos, both of
  Bogota, Colombia. Mapas y Datos services multi-national corporations and
  governmental agencies with a variety of software applications using
  geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and other
  Internet-based technologies, and operates through a joint venture with
  Inverlink, the Columbian affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston, Mapas Latinos, a Spanish language
  Internet mapping portal. These acquisitions position Anything Internet as a leading
  Spanish-speaking marketplace in the field of location services.
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n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      D

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  RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Aug. 1–Hitsgalore.com, a rapidly growing business-to-business (B2B) Internet company,
  announced that it has executed a letter of intent to acquire 100% of
  Canadian based Manufacture-Canada.Com. The Manufacture-Canada.Com
  acquisition will enable Hitsgalore.com and it’s Hitsgalore Business Exchange 2000 to
  rapidly enter the Canadian marketplace that’s still emerging internet wise.
  The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  ATLANTA, Aug. 1–sTupidPC, a manufacturer
  and provider of Personal Computers and a host of connectivity services
  including Internet access, business connectivity and Web site design,
  announced that it has signed a letter of intent to purchase a controlling
  interest in WebCat Online, based in Dallas, Texas. Webcat offers proprietary software
  that specializes in marketing, building and hosting affordable websites for
  small to medium size companies, associations and consumers. Consideration
  for the acquisition will be a combination of cash and sTupidPC stock in exchange for a
  majority control in Webcat.
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Amount:         $1
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Terms:           
1 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      D+

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  OCEAN, N.J., Aug. 1–Buy it Cheap.com
  announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with 999
  Software, d/b/a 999Central.com,
  in which 999 would merge into Buy It
  Cheap.com. Buy It Cheap would issue approximately 1 million shares of
  its common stock to 999, which bills itself as the “Internet’s Discount
  Superstore,” offering closeout merchandise at $9.99 and under per item. The
  resulting company will operate Web sites at Buy It Cheap.com and
  999Central.com.
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