Nortel Networks

Nortel Networks, once a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer in North America, is currently in the process of liquidating its assets following its bankruptcy filing in 2009. The company specialized in core network switching, wireless, and optical systems, catering to network operators with products such as digital voice and data switching systems, routing equipment, and call center communications solutions. It also produced wireless infrastructure, including cellular base stations and controllers, along with long-haul fiber-optic products like multiplexers. Although it has transitioned away from a focus on telecommunications, Nortel's remaining operations include its Metro Ethernet Networks segment, which provides carrier Ethernet switching, optical networking, and multi-service switching products. The company is now primarily engaged in selling off its remaining businesses and intellectual property as it winds down its operations.

Douglas Purdy

Software Engineer

22 past transactions

DiamondWare

Acquisition in 2008
DiamondWare, Ltd. specializes in advanced voice technology, focusing on applications for gaming, simulators, conferencing, VoIP, and Internet-based radio. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, the company is known for its development of 3D high-fidelity audio technology, enhancing user experiences with real-time voice communication. Its flagship product, WI-FONE, is a portable VoIP software application that allows users to make and receive calls over wireless Internet connections. DiamondWare's clientele includes prominent organizations such as DARPA, U.S. Special Forces, and branches of the military, as well as game developers, telecommunications carriers, and equipment manufacturers. As of 2008, DiamondWare operates as a subsidiary of Nortel Networks Corp.

Pingtel

Acquisition in 2008
Pingtel supplied enterprise voice-over-IP telephone systems. Similar to iPhone / Android, the company's xpressa phones were an open application platform, able to run Java applets to add capabilities to the phone. It's SipXecs open source switch utilized the IETF SIP standard to provide a complete, enterprise-grade voice solution.

Tango Networks

Series A in 2007
Tango Networks, Inc. is a communications solutions provider based in Richardson, Texas, established in 2005. The company specializes in mobile communications tailored for enterprise organizations and carriers. Its flagship product, Abrazo, is a unified communications solution that seamlessly integrates mobile phones with enterprise voice and data networks, allowing any mobile device to function as an extension of the corporate PBX or unified communications systems. This platform facilitates the flexible orchestration of voice and messaging applications across multi-vendor environments, empowering service providers, channel partners, and enterprises to deliver efficient mobile business services to their customers and workforce.

Trapeze Networks

Series D in 2006
Trapeze Networks is a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions designed to enhance mobility for the enterprise workforce. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable WLAN infrastructure that ensures high levels of reliability, performance, security, and management for demanding mobile applications, including data, voice, video, and real-time location services. Trapeze Networks offers innovative systems that address the limitations of traditional WLANs through advanced switching technology, integrating both centralized and distributed data forwarding. This enables businesses to optimize their daily operations and meet the evolving needs of a mobile-centric environment.

Blade Network Technologies

Series A in 2006
Blade Network Technologies specializes in the manufacturing of Ethernet network switches designed to enhance cloud computing capabilities and manage diverse workloads. The company's products support gigabit and 10G Ethernet connections, making them suitable for blade servers and server and storage data center racks. These networking solutions are utilized across various sectors, including automotive, telecommunications, education, government, healthcare, defense, and finance, allowing organizations to effectively meet dynamic demands at the network edge. Blade Network Technologies focuses on providing reliable and efficient networking products that cater to the evolving needs of modern data environments.

Tasman Networks

Acquisition in 2005
Tasman Networks is a manufacturer of Multi-service edge router.

Trapeze Networks

Series C in 2005
Trapeze Networks is a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions designed to enhance mobility for the enterprise workforce. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable WLAN infrastructure that ensures high levels of reliability, performance, security, and management for demanding mobile applications, including data, voice, video, and real-time location services. Trapeze Networks offers innovative systems that address the limitations of traditional WLANs through advanced switching technology, integrating both centralized and distributed data forwarding. This enables businesses to optimize their daily operations and meet the evolving needs of a mobile-centric environment.

Clarify

Acquisition in 2002
Clarify is a provider and developer of customer relationship management (CRM) software. Clarify provides software and services to different industries like telecommunications, technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer products, travel, and entertainment industries.

BroadJump

Series C in 2001
BroadJump is a software provider that specializes in solutions for broadband service providers, including those offering DSL, cable, and wireless services. The company's software enables residential broadband providers to accelerate the deployment of high-speed Internet access by streamlining installation processes and managing connections effectively. Additionally, BroadJump's solutions facilitate the fulfillment of revenue-generating goods and services, enhancing operational efficiency for its clients in the competitive telecommunications market.

Corechange

Series C in 2001
The company provides enterprise portal software for the deployment and management of Intranet and extranet portals. The company's Coreport enterprise portal software allows businesses to provide all their stakeholders with a single, secure point of unified and personalized access to content, applications, processes, and services from any wired or wireless device.

CentrePath

Series C in 2001
CentrePath, Inc., previously known as GiantLoop Network, specializes in intelligent management solutions for optical and storage networks. The company focuses on helping organizations effectively build and manage their critical networking infrastructure. CentrePath's offerings enhance service availability while minimizing ongoing management costs associated with these networks. The company provides solutions tailored for mission-critical environments, where the convergence of voice, video, and data is essential. Its services cater to various industries, including healthcare, financial services, media, and entertainment. CentrePath's products enable event correlation, root cause identification, impact analysis, and performance monitoring, supporting clients in network staging, certification, space design, fiber testing, project management, and network transport services.

Network Elements

Series B in 2001
Network Elements specializes in the design and development of high-speed optical networking modules, specifically 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s products. The company focuses on innovations in high-speed optics, electronics, and multi-protocol ASICs, catering to various markets including core, metropolitan area, edge, and server applications. Their products are engineered to deliver high performance and integration within a single module, facilitating the creation of advanced optical networking equipment. Additionally, Network Elements emphasizes flexible, scalable, and configurable architectures to meet the evolving demands of the industry.

Cybergnostic

Series B in 2000
Cybergnostic designs and runs communications networks in Connecticut, United States.

Alteon Websystems

Acquisition in 2000
Alteon Websystems is a computer network hardware company that provides internet infrastructure solutions enabling e-businesses to meet their increasing demands.  The company’s portfolio of web data center products includes switches, server adapters, and software that are optimized to meet the specific challenges of managing web application traffic and provide high performance network infrastructure solutions. Alteo Websystems was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

CoreExpress

Venture Round in 2000
CoreExpress is focused on the development of an internet data-exchange system for the multi-ISP extranet services. CoreExpress was acquired by Wiltel Communications in November 2001. CoreExpress was founded in 1999 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.

Xros

Acquisition in 2000
Xros, Inc. is a developer of state-of-the-art fiber-optic switching systems. Based on the company’s patented technology, Xros is building all-optical cross-connect switches that are far superior to competitive designs across a wide spectrum of switch performance metrics. With such products, Xros expects to dominate the market for high performance switches in the optical layer.

DeskTalk Systems

Private Equity Round in 2000
DeskTalk Systems, a provider of sophisticated performance management tools.

Blue Pumpkin Software

Series C in 2000
Blue Pumpkin provides industry-leading workforce management solutions that improve the performance of a customer contact center’s most important and valuable asset – its people. Addressing critical business challenges and creating competitive advantage with both innovative technology and best practices professional services, the company helps customers Balance and Optimize™ three critical and often competing priorities: business growth through customer loyalty, employee satisfaction and retention, and operating costs.

TriVergent Communications

Private Equity Round in 2000
TriVergent, headquartered in Greenville, SC, is a rapidly growing Integrated Communications Provider. They're uniquely positioned in the marketplace through their bundled offering of integrated DSL high-speed Internet access, Web site design and hosting services, as well as local and long distance telephone services. As a fully integrated service provider of end-to-end technologies, TriVergent delivers an extensive set of data networking solutions and comprehensive voice CPE to complement their core DSL offering. Founded as State Communications in 1997 and named "One of the 50 Companies to Watch in 2000" by digitalsouth magazine for two consecutive years, TriVergent is led by former top executives from Corporate Telemanagement Group and LCI International (now Qwest Communications) and Tel Man/Southern Net (now MCI WorldCom). TriVergent's management team possesses the necessary experience and leadership to successfully guide TriVergent into the 21st century. TriVergent's primary focus is the deployment of an eighteen-switch, ATM-backbone, high-speed data network that will cover 26 Southeastern metropolitan markets.

Qtera

Acquisition in 2000
Qtera Corporation, founded in 1988 by Fahri Diner, is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The company specializes in the development of photonic transport systems designed for telecommunication service providers, including both new IP-based carriers and long-distance carriers. Qtera's innovative systems enable a cost-effective approach to bandwidth by eliminating the necessity for opto-electronic regeneration in ultra-high-capacity backbones. This technology enhances the efficiency and scalability of communication networks, positioning Qtera as a key player in the telecommunications infrastructure sector.

Soapstone Networks

Series B in 1998
Soapstone Networks (formerly Avici Systems) developer of Terabit Switch/Router technology aimed at providing the next generation of high performance, IP-based routers to carriers and Internet Service Providers worldwide. Soapstone Networks got liquidated in 2009 July.

Aptis Communications

Acquisition in 1998
Aptis Communications provides carrier-class remote access equipment and virtual private network (VPN) solutions to network service providers. The company was founded in January 1997 and is based in Chelmsford
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