Brocade

Somebody’s Finally Interested in Buying Brocade

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 1:25 pm PT

Looks like Brocade is back in play. Finally.

Tech Revival Lifts Silicon Valley

Pui-Wing Tam, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 20, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The revival of Silicon Valley is on display at the juncture of San Jose’s North First Street and Highway 237, which for years was largely undeveloped. But this year, networking-technology firm Brocade Communications Systems Inc. moved into a new 525,000-square-foot corporate campus in the area as it hired 600 new employees.

Brocade Not Interested in HP, Oracle Bromance

John Paczkowski in News on November 24, 2009 at 9:46 am PT

Will Brocade be tech’s next big buyout? Evidently not. During a post-earnings conference call Monday, Brocade CEO Michael Klayko said the company has not “quietly put itself up for sale.”

Oracle CEO Doesn't Like Brocade in That Way

John Paczkowski in News on October 7, 2009 at 3:45 pm PT

Oracle may be mulling acquisitions, but Brocade isn’t one of them. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting today, CEO Larry Ellison dismissed recent speculation that he might attempt to to acquire Brocade.

Oracle CEO Doesn’t Like Brocade in That Way

John Paczkowski in News on October 7, 2009 at 3:45 pm PT

Oracle may be mulling acquisitions, but Brocade isn’t one of them. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting today, CEO Larry Ellison dismissed recent speculation that he might attempt to to acquire Brocade.

HP, Oracle in Alleged Brocade Bromance

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm PT

Brocade investors are smiling into their coffee cups this morning after reports that the networking-gear maker has put itself up for sale sent the company’s shares soaring. People familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg that Brocade is seeking a buyer and that both Hewlett-Packard and Oracle are among its potential suitors.

Former Brocade CEO: Hello, BofA? Yes, I’d Like to Stop Payment on a $15 Million Check.

John Paczkowski in News on August 19, 2009 at 7:18 am PT

Another first for former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Greg Reyes. He was the first Silicon Valley CEO to be indicted on federal charges in the options backdating scandal of a few years ago and the first to be found guilty. And on Tuesday, he became the first to have his conviction overturned.