Multiven

Multiven, Inc

Type	Private
Industry	Multivendor IP Networking Network Consulting IT Services
Founded	Palo Alto, California, USA (2005)
Headquarters	Redwood City, California, USA
Key people	Peter Alfred-Adekeye, CEO Deka Yussuf, EVP & CMO
Website	www.multiven.com

Multiven, Inc.^[1] provides multi-vendor Internet Protocol network infrastructure technical support, maintenance and consulting services^[2][3]. to Large Enterprises, Internet Service Providers, Small, Medium Businesses, and Government agencies.

History

Founded in 2005 in Palo Alto California by Peter Alfred-Adekeye, Multiven is focused on making all IP network infrastructure work properly, irrespective of the underlying hardware, software and technologies^[4].

Multiven Services

Multiven HQ in Silicon Valley, California

• Multivendor IP Network Maintenance Services
• Multivendor IP Network Consulting
• Executive Advisory Services
• Multiven Blog

Legal Action

Multiven Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Cisco Systems, Inc.

On December 1, 2008, Multiven, Inc. filed an antitrust lawsuit^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} against Cisco Systems, Inc. in an effort to open up the network maintenance services marketplace for Cisco equipment, promote competition and ensure consumer choice and value. Multiven’s complaint alleges that Cisco harmed Multiven and consumers by bundling and tying bug fixes/patches and updates for its operating system software to its maintenance services (“SMARTnet”) and through a series of other illegal exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain Cisco’s alleged monopoly in the network maintenance services market for Cisco networking equipment. Multiven is represented by Blecher & Collins^[12] and the official press release and full complaint can be read here.

CEO Criminal Charges

Cisco retaliated by accusing Multiven CEO Peter Alfred-Adekeye of illegal access to Cisco material using a Cisco ID.^[13][14] Alfred-Adekeye is a naturalised British citizen, a resident of Zurich, and a former Cisco employee.^[13] After several months in which US authorities prevented his entry into the country for participation in the litigation, a special hearing in the case took place at a Canadian hotel on 20 May, 2010, involving a US special master and four Cisco lawyers.^[13] He was arrested from the court session by Canadian police based on a misleading US arrest warrant.^[13]

Alfred-Adekeye was released after 28 days in custody but was forced to remain in Canada for another year before he was allowed to return to Zurich to his wife and toddler son.^[13] In June 2011, a Canadian judge stayed the extradition, ruling that the strict standard of "extraordinary misconduct" was met by the circumstances and speaking of the "audacity of it all", of "Cisco's duplicity", and the "shocking" act of preventing someone's participation in a judicial proceeding by arresting them to supposedly force them to participate.^[13] False material in the US attorney's letter had misled the judge who signed the Canadian arrest warrant.^[13] "Grotesquely inflated" charges and the unjustified portrayal of the respected British entrepreneur as a Nigerian-born scam artist and flight risk had misled the Canadian judicial system further.^[13] The underlying civil case by Multiven against Cisco had been withheld from them.^[13]

See Also

• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

References

1. ^ "www.multiven.com". Multiven, Inc.. 2005-09-15. http://www.multiven.com. Retrieved 2005-09-21. 
2. ^ "MSPAlliance Speaks with Peter Alfred-Adekeye, CEO of Multiven, Inc.". MSP Alliance. 2006-08-02. http://www.mspalliance.com/news/mspa-news-releases/mspalliance-speaks-peter-alfred-adekeye-ceo-multiven-inc. Retrieved 2006-09-07. 
3. ^ "Peter Alfred-Adekeye discusses the future of wireless networking.". BNET TV. 2007-10-22. http://www.bnettv.com/player.php?actionLogin=fail&id=730. Retrieved 2007-10-22. 
4. ^ "History". Multiven, Inc.. 2005-09-15. http://company.multiven.com. Retrieved 2005-09-21. 
5. ^ "Multiven Sues Cisco". lightreading. 2008-12-01. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=168775. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
6. ^ "Net maintenance provider sues Cisco over allegedly monopolistic SMARTnet". NetworkWorld.. 2008-12-01. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/35852. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
7. ^ "Cisco Accused Of Monopoly In Antitrust Lawsuit". ChannelWeb. 2008-12-02. http://www.crn.com/networking/212201523. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
8. ^ "Multiven Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Cisco Systems, Inc." (Press release). Multiven, Inc.. 2008-12-01. http://multiven.com/news?article_id=12. Retrieved 2008-12-01. 
9. ^ "Cisco Systems hit with antitrust lawsuit". SearchITChannel. 2008-12-04. http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid96_gci1341067,00.html?track=sy540. Retrieved 2008-12-04. 
10. ^ "Lawsuit: Cisco blocks outsider gear maintenance". fiercetelecom. 2008-12-03. http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/lawsuit-cisco-blocks-outsider-gear-maintenance/2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03. 
11. ^ "Multiven Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Cisco". Yahoo News. 2008-12-05. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/7/20081205/ttc-multiven-files-antitrust-lawsuit-aga-78e70a2.html. Retrieved 2008-12-05. ^{[dead link]}
12. ^ "Multiven Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Cisco Systems, Inc.". Multiven, Inc.. 2008-12-01. http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=81231. Retrieved 2008-12-01. 
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Mulgrew, Ian. "U.S. used 'unmitigated gall' and B.C. court to jail exec : Judge's stinging rebuke aimed at Cisco and U.S. prosecutors". Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/news/4885299/story.html. 
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