IronKey Deepens Experience in Security and Cloud Services With New Executive Appointments

IronKey Deepens Experience in Security and Cloud Services With New Executive Appointments

SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/29/11 — Two Silicon Valley executives will help IronKey continue its exponential growth by deepening its experience in cloud-based security services, the company announced today. IronKey named Mark Schulte as CFO and ex-Symantec marketing exec Ajay Nigam as senior vice president of product management. Schulte will be responsible for financial management and corporate accounting. Nigam will lead IronKey-s product management and strategy team.Schulte brings a

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. Announces Acquisition by Silver Lake

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. Announces Acquisition by Silver Lake

NEWARK, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/26/11 — SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. ("SMART") (NASDAQ: SMOD) today announced that all conditions precedent to the previously announced merger were satisfied to proceed with the acquisition of SMART by investment funds managed by Silver Lake Partners and Silver Lake Sumeru.On August 12, 2011, SMART-s shareholders approved the going-private transaction at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. Pursuant to the definitive merger agr

AVIX Technologies Inc. and ACTUS Target Acquisition of Digital Holdings Inc.

TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 08/26/11 — AVIX Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "AVIX") (PINKSHEETS: AVIX) announced today that Actus Interactive Software Inc. ("ACTUS"), its proposed wholly owned subsidiary, has executed a Letter of Intent with Digital Holdings Inc. The Letter of Intent outlines the intention of both parties to enter into a due diligence period culminating in the acquisition of Digital Holdings Inc. ("DHI") by ACTUS within 30 days.CEO T

Infonetics Research: Cisco continues to lose share in IP edge market; overall carrier router/switch market up 14%

CAMPBELL, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/26/11 — Market research firm today released excerpts from its second quarter 2011 (2Q11) vendor market share report, which tracks IP edge routers, IP core routers, carrier Ethernet switches (CES), and multiservice ATM switches."and even continue to take market share from in the critical IP edge segment (the sum of IP edge routers and carrier Ethernet switches). Cisco is actually doing really well, with global IP edge revenue up 12% in the second qua