- Spider Systems
Spider Systems Ltd. was a
computer network products company, based inEdinburgh ,Scotland . It was founded in 1983 by several former employees of ICL who had previously worked at ICL's Scottish Development Centre atDalkeith Palace until its closure the previous year.Spider Systems produced a wide range of products, including
terminal server s,router s,network bridge s, network analysers andnetwork protocol software stacks for variousoperating systems , including theTCP/IP stack used inMicrosoft Windows NT 3.1 . [ [http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/6/19/05641/7357 Microsoft, TCP/IP, Open Source, and Licensing] ]The company was acquired by
Shiva Corporation in 1995, [ [http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-networks-local-area/7148225-1.html Shiva Corporation Finalizes the Acquisition of Spider Systems] ] becoming Shiva Europe Ltd. The Spider name was revived the following year when the network software business was bought back from Shiva by one of the founders and renamed Spider Software Ltd.. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19218942.html Shiva Corporation Sells Software Protocol Business to Create Centre of Excellence for Existing Customer Base] ] This company was later sold toArtesyn Inc. (which then became part ofEmerson Electric Company ) in 2000. On 9 October 2008 Emerson started the process of closing down the former Spider Software Ltd site.Fact|date=October 2008Shiva were themselves acquired by
Intel in 1998, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UNZ/is_1998_Oct_26/ai_53126576 Acquisition: Intel to Acquire Shiva Corporation] ] and Shiva Europe Ltd wasliquidated the following year.References
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