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|fate = Acquired by Northern Telecom |predecessor = |successor = Nortel Networks |foundation = July 1994 |defunct = June 1998 |location = |industry = Telecommunications |key_people = Dave House, CEO |products = enterprise data, hubs, switches, remote access, network management |website = None (was www.baynetworks.com) }} Bay Networks was a network hardware vendor formed through the merger of Santa Clara, California based SynOptics Communications and Billerica, Massachusetts based Wellfleet Communications on July 6, 1994. SynOptics was an important early innovator of Ethernet products, having developed a pre-standard twisted pair 10Mbit/s Ethernet product and a modular Ethernet hub product that dominated the enterprise networking market. Wellfleet was an important competitor to Cisco Systems in the router market, ultimately commanding up to a 20% market share of the network router business worldwide. The combined company was renamed Bay Networks as a nod to the legacy that SynOptics was based in the San Francisco area and Wellfleet was based in the Boston area, two cities well known for their bays. ==Acquisitions== Bay Networks expanded its product line both through internal development and acquisition, acquiring the following companies during the course of its existence:〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Bay Networks, Inc. - 1998 (Now Nortel) ) 〕 * Centillion Networks, Inc. (May, 1995) - Provided Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching and Token Ring technology. * Xylogics, Inc. (December, 1995) - Remote access technologies. * Performance Technology (March, 1996) - LAN-to-WAN access technology. * ARMON Networking, Ltd. (April, 1996) - RMON and RMON2 network management technology. * LANcity® Corporation (October, 1996) - Cable modem technology. * Penril Datability Networks (November, 1996) - Dial-up modems and remote access products based on Digital Signal Processing technology. * NetICs, Inc. (December, 1996) - ASIC-based Fast Ethernet switching technology. * ISOTRO Network Management, Inc. (April, 1997) - DNS and DHCP technologies. * Rapid City Communications (June, 1997) - Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing technology. * New Oak Communications (January, 1998) - Provided VPN technology to Bay Networks product line. * Netsation Corp. (February, 1998) - Technology was used to augment Bay Networks Optivity network management system. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bay Networks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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