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1995 to 1999
This page highlights ICT industry developments from 1990
to 1999.
It covers -
Context
is provided by the broader media and communications timeline
elsewhere on this site.
 1995
- EDS
buys AT Kearney for US$600m
- Microsoft
launches Windows 95
- Cisco
buys Grand Junction for US$348m
- Microsoft
establishes DreamWorks Interactive with DreamWorks SKG
- Microsoft
establishes MSNBC
- Microsoft
abandons merger with Intuit
1996
- Microsoft
buys Vermeer Technology (repackaged as Microsoft FrontPage)
- Logica
acquires Axime Ingenierie from Groupe Axime for £18.4m
-
Cisco buys Stratacom for US$4.8bn
-
Novell sells WordPerfect and Quattro Pro to Corel for
US$180m
- Microsoft
forms Interactive Media Group
- Apple
buys NeXT for US$425m
- TRW
sells remaining interest in Experian
- Microsoft
and NBC create MSNBC all-news cable tv channel
- IBM's
Deep Blue v Kasparov
- Microsoft
creates Slate magazine
1997
- Microsoft
buys internet video streaming developer VXtreme
- Ascend
Communications buys Cascade for US$3.7bn
- Microsoft
buys 10% of RealNetworks
- Logica
buys Aldiscon for £57m
- Compaq
acquires Tandem Computer
- Microsoft
invests US$150m in Apple
- Frankel
develops Winamp MP3 tool
- Microsoft
pays US$1bn for 11.5% stake in Comcast
- Sixdegrees.com
founded
- Microsoft
buys set-top box maker WebTV Networks for US$425m
- Microsoft
buys Hotmail for US$400m
- GTE
buys BBN, unsuccessfully bids for MCI
-
Scitor rebranded as Equant
- Microsoft
buys banner ad network LinkExchange
- Microsoft
launches Internet Explorer 4.0; is sued by DOJ
1998
- Microsoft
invests US$200m in Qwest
- WorldCom
buys MCI for US$40bn and Brooks Fiber Properties for
US$1.2bn
- Seisint
founded
- BMC
buys Boole & Babbage for US$900m
- GTE
and Bell Atlantic announce US$53bn merger as Verizon
- Microsoft
invests in UK-based Telewest
- AOL
buys Netscape (for US$4.2bn)
- Logica
buys Administra/CIM-Hardi and Quaestor
- Nortel
buys Bay Networks for US$9.1bn
-
ICANN created
- AOL
buys CompuServe and ICQ
-
Sixdegrees.com acquired by YouthStream for US$125m
- Microsoft
invests in TV Cabo
- Nortel
buys Cambrian Systems
- APEC
Singapore Declaration for the Asia Pacific Information
Infrastructure
- Cisco
buys Netspeed
- Logica
pays US$35m for Carnegie Group
- Logica
acquires FCC Folprecht for £6.3m, Aethos Communication
Systems for £47.6m and DDV Group for £15m
- Microsoft
buys Firefly Network
-
Uniform Electronic Evidence Act in Canada
- Equant
floated on NYSE
-
digital mobile phone sales overtake analogue phone sales
- US
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1999
- Microsoft
forms Asian joint venture with Global Crossing and Softbank
- InfoSeek
sold for US$2.5bn
-
Fanning founds Napster
- Nortel
buys Qtera for C$5bn
- Microsoft
buys 5% stake in UK-based NTL
cable tv network for US$500m
-
BCE spins off most of stake in Nortel for C$73bn
- Microsoft
partners with United Pan-Europe Communications cable
(for US$300m) and Liberty
Media in Europe
-
Cisco buys Pirelli Optical Systems for US$2.1bn
- Microsoft
invests US$600m in Nextel Communications
- AOL
buys Frankel's Nullsoft for US$100m
- auDA
established to manage dot-au TLD
- Microsoft
invests US$250m in WebMD
- Compaq
acquires Shopping.com
- Microsoft
invests US$5bn in AT&T
- Yahoo!
added to S&P 500 index
-
Yahoo buys Geocities for US$5bn
- John
Doerr says "Believe it or not, the Internet is
actually underhyped"
- Excite
acquired by @Home for US$7.2bn
- Computer
Associates agrees to buy Platinum Technology for US$3.5bn
- Australian
Electronic Transactions Act
- Excite@Home
pays US$780m for Blue
Mountain
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