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- TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application
- TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS applicationTwo governments spat?Rich- I agree what a surprise with most of what you say except the end. This is not about 2 governments having a spat and we all suffer. This is about the present administration having a xenophobic attitude towards anyone who...
- Tags: CFIUS, TippingPoint Technologies
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Sourcefire acquisition scuttled
- The Israeli company CheckPoint and the small Maryland company Sourcefire called off a proposed acquisition under intense scrutiny from government investigators, the Washington Post reports.The deal was widely criticized, in light of the huge concern over a Dubai company's proposed acquisition of American ports, by the defense community because Sourcefire's...
- Tags: acquisition, CFIUS, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-24
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- Ding dong: 3Com, Bain, Huawei deal is dead
- 3Com on Wednesday officially declared its plan to be acquired by Bain and Huawei dead, saying that it was unable to allay U.S. national security concerns. 3Com, Bain and Huawei, a Chinese networking firm, had filed an application for the merger with Committee on Foreign Investment in...
- Tags: Bain, 3Com Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application
- I met Mike Rothman last night for drinks. He was on a once in a lifetime pass through Southfield, Michigan. I found myself acting like many people do in the presence of a knowledgeable industry analyst. I asked questions. One of them was: "What about this 3Com mess?"...
- Tags: Bain, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Government, Ethernet, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- 3Com, Bain, Huawei pull filing with U.S. foreign investment committee
- The proposed 3Com takeover has hit another snag with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States CFIUS. In a statement Wednesday, 3Com said Bain Capital Partners and Huawei Technologies have withdrawn their filing with the CFIUS regarding their proposed merger. As background, the proposed takeover...
- Tags: Huawei Technologies, Bain, 3Com Corp., Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- 3Com-Huawei deal 'in trouble' over China connection
- A proposed $3 billion cash deal between 3Com, Bain Capital and China's Huawei has been deemed a legitimate threat to U.S. national security, according to a report by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times. "The deal is in trouble," the paper an unnamed official as...
- Tags: U.S., China, Huawei Technologies, 3Com Corp., National Security, Gertz, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intrusion Prevention, Telephony, Investment, Finance, Security, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- 3Com: China connection no risk to national security
- As I predicted two weeks ago, the 3Com/Bain Capital/Huawei transation has raised eyebrows in national security quarters. 3Com, which sells networking hardware and software and runs a side business that buys advance access to zero-day vulnerabilities, has voluntarily agreed to subject the $2 billion cash deal to...
- Tags: BainCapital LLC, 3Com Corp., National Security, Sales Strategy, Security, Investment, Sales, Finance, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- 3Com (and TippingPoint) head to China in $2B cash deal
- Computer networking giant 3Com has been sold for $2 billion in cash to Bain Capital and Chinese telco equipment group Huawei Technologies. Bain, a private equity firm with headquarters in Mass., partnered with Huawei to offer $5.30 a share for 3Com (a 44% premium over the Sep....
- Tags: 3Com Corp., Connection, TippingPoint Technologies, IPO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Planning, Investment, Government, Security, Networking, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Venezuelan firm to sell off e-voting company
- Smartmatic Corp., a Venezualan company, has agreed to sell Sequoia Voting Systems, the third-largest e-voting manufacturer in the US, The Washington Post reports. Smartmatic bought the company from a British concern last year and the the company had been the subject of a federal investigation into its ties with Venezuelas...
- Tags: Smartmatic Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-25
- Lenovo head lashes out at State decision
- Lenovo's chairman lashed out at the US State Dept.'s decision to ban Chinese computers from its classified networks, after having ordered Lenovo PCs for just that purpose, the Shanghai Daily reports. "It is unfair to Lenovo, a market-oriented firm," Yang Yuanqing said. "The US government showed attitude this time...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd.
- Blog posts 2006-05-24
- Check Point Acquisition of Sourcefire Checked by Feds
- The deal between Check Point Software, the one-time leading firewall vendor, and Sourcefire is in jeopardy thanks to a review by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. See this Washington Post article for details. Where do these...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- Does Sourcefire investigation reflect lack of understanding of open source?
- Yesterday, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States announced it was investigating the acquisition of a small American company - Sourcefire - by the Israeli company CheckPoint. The concern is nominally that Sourcefire has a number of sensitive defense and government contracts. But the real concern has...
- Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
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