Berkeley Networks

Berkeley Networks

Berkeley Networks was a leading startup company that built intelligent switches targeted for the high end of the small and medium-sized business computer networking market segment.

The Company was established in 1996. The name of the company comes from the school; University of California Berkeley. The founder and CEO, Ravi Sethi,received his Ph.D. and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley Networks was acquired by Pittsburgh based FORE Systems for US $250 Million, and then which later was acquired by London based GEC (now Marconi Corporation plc) for £2.8 Billion.

ee also

*Telecommunication
*Communications protocols

External links

* [http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/hbsp.jsp?doi=10.1225/600069 Intel Capital: The Berkeley Networks Investment]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DB153CF935A1575BC0A96E958260 Fore Systems Agrees to Purchase Berkeley Networks]


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