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2000 - 2004
This page highlights ICT industry developments from 2000
to 2004.
It covers -
2000
- 'Great
Dot-com Crash' of April
2000
- EU
Electronic Commerce Directive
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Bell Canada spins off Nortel stake to shareholders
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Motorola merges with General Instrument Corporation
- Marconi
buys Bosch Public Networks
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Nortel buys Xros and Dimension Enterprises
- WC3
releases Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines
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Alcatel buys Newbridge, Genesys and Innovative Fibers
- Nortel
buys Alteon WebSystems, CoreTek and Photonic Technologies
- Frankel
releases Gnutella
- Microsoft
invests US$40m in CAIS Internet and buys 26% of Gilat
Satellite Networks broadband for US$50m
2001
- Hewlett-Packard
merges with Compaq in US$87bn deal
- Novell
acquires Cambridge Technology Partners
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C&W America buys Exodus Communications for US$800m
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Bill Gates listed as world's richest man
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Napster ordered by US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to
block copyrighted music
- Microsoft
sells stakes in TransPoint and Titus Communications
for US$400m
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Apple releases iPod
- Microsoft
buys Great Plains software
2002
- IBM
buys PwC Consulting for US$3.5bn
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EU Directive on Privacy & Electronic Communications
- IBM
buys Rational Software for US$2.1bn
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Yahoo! buys Inktomi
- Logica
and CMG merge as LogicaCMG
- Yahoo
buys HotJobs job board for US$436m
- Microsoft
buys Navision for US$1.34bn
2003
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EMC buys Legato for US$1.3bn
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Google buys Blogger
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EMC buys Documentum for US$1.7bn
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EMC buys VMware for US$635m
- Microsoft
sells sold its stake in Telewest
to US telco IDT
2004
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Oracle acquires PeopleSoft for US$10.3bn
- Symantec
buys Veritas in US$13.5bn deal
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LexisNexis acquires Seisint for US$775m
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Microsoft pays Sun over US$1.95bn to settle lawsuits
and patent disputes
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IBM sells personal computer division to Lenovo
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