Computer Reseller News Cisco To Bolster Linksys Product Line
http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=40672 Merger Could Benefit Cisco And Linksys Partners http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=40668 Cisco To Acquire Home Networking Firm Linksys For $500 Million http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=40667 VAR Business Cisco to Buy Linksys, Enter Home Market http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/technology/tech.asp?ArticleID=40669 Tushar Kothari, vice president of new business ventures at Cisco, said Thursday that he expects a modest portion of the existing Cisco partner base will add Linksys products to their solutions portfolios. Given that these companies generally focus on different market segments than most of the existing Linksys partners, it isn't likely that this activity will result in significant channel conflict. "Linksys is a very successful leader in [the SOHO market,] so we are very proud to have teamed up with them," said Kothari, who added that he will soon join the Linksys management team. Cisco And Linksys: An Unholy Alliance http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/columns/columns.asp?ArticleID=40674 The real trouble with buying Linksys is that Cisco doesn't exactly know how to run a consumer goods company. Indeed, it might have been better for Linksys to sell to Proctor and Gamble rather than Cisco: the similarities between selling toothpaste and soap and low-end networking gear is a lot better than selling low and high-gear products. They really are two different animals. Maybe Netgear should get into selling toothpaste and soap, at least home networks might be cleaner. Or maybe P&G should consider Netgear now. Network World Cisco buys home networker Linksys http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0320ciscolinksys.html Cisco Thursday announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Linksys Group, a leading provider of wired and wireless network products for consumers and small office/home office users, for $500 million in stock. The acquisition represents Cisco's entry into the high-growth consumer/SOHO market, which is expected to grow from $3.7 billion in 2002 to $7.5 billion in 2006 worldwide, the company says, citing data from Dell'Oro Group and Synergy Research. Home networks allow consumers to share broadband Internet connections, files, printers, digital music, photos, and gaming over a wired or wireless LAN. eWeek Cisco to Buy Linksys for $500 Million http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,942465,00.asp Officials of Cisco Systems Inc. said today they plan to buy home and small office networking vendor The Linksys Group Inc. of Irvine, Calif. The move marks Cisco's first foray into the burgeoning market for wired and wireless networking gear for consumers and SOHO (small office/home office) users. According to officials, Cisco will issue common stock worth $500 million to acquire Linksys. -Kris IT Acquisition Integration Team @ Cisco Systems :) -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
