... conditions which could cause our existing and potential customers to delay or forgo purchases of our products, risks associated with our proposed merger with CIENA Corporation, our ability to develop and to achieve market acceptance of new products, our dependence on a small number of customers and ...

view printer-friendly version CIENA Announces Mutual Termination of Proposed Merger With Tellabs Linthicum, MD - 09/14/1998 Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) today announced that it has agreed to a mutual termination of its planned merger with Tellabs. The companies believe that investor reaction to ...

... printer-friendly version CIENA ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY FISCAL THIRD QUARTER RESULTS; TELLABS AND CIENA REAFFIRM BOARDS' RECOMMENDATIONS IN FAVOR OF MERGER CIENA Clarifies Certain Matters Lisle, Ill., and Linthicum, Md - 08/14/1998 Ciena today announced that it expects revenue of approximately $129 million ...

... and competitive value in Ciena's solution for converged networks, and we're proud to serve such a crucial role in MCI's network evolution." By merging its software-driven optical portfolio with new-generation data networking capabilities, Ciena is enabling service providers like MCI to converge ...

... February 1984 until February 2001, Ms. O'Brien was a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she specialized in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Ms. O'Brien serves on the board of directors of Grandis Inc., a privately held company.

... secure and reliable connectivity for remote data centers to support compliance and customer service objectives. At the same time, increased merger activities means that integrating inherited data centers successfully is becoming even more critical. Data centers need to be connected over longer distances ...

... . They also better prepare financial services' IT organizations to support key challenges such as the deployment of new critical applications, merger/acquisition activity, and the resulting increases in Wide Area Network (WAN) traffic. Challenges Private networks require the flexibility to support diverse ...

view printer-friendly version CIENA Reports First Quarter 2004 Results Separately Today: Expands Solution Portfolio to Include Broadband Service Delivery Solutions with Acquisitions of Catena Networks and Internet Photonics Linthicum, MD - 02/19/2004 Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN - News), a leading ...

... to profitably offer new Ethernet based services. Transaction Terms and Timing Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Internet Photonics will merge into Ciena, and all the outstanding shares of Internet Photonics common and preferred stock, and employee stock options will be exchanged for shares ...

... network solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisitions of Catena Networks, Inc. and Internet Photonics, Inc. pursuant to the terms of merger agreements announced on February 19, 2004. "The addition of Catena and Internet Photonics accelerates Ciena's expansion beyond optical infrastructure ...