Company:Shiva Corporation
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Computer networking |
| Fate | Acquired by Intel |
| Founded | 1985 in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Defunct | 1998 |
Shiva Corporation was a company that specialized in computer networking and associated equipment, in particular remote access products. The company was founded in 1985, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States . Shiva was co-founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduates Frank Slaughter[1] and by Daniel J. Schwinn, the current president and CEO of Avidyne Corporation.[2]
Shiva added to its product portfolio with the acquisition of FastPath, an AppleTalk/Ethernet Gateway from Novell Inc. in 1990.[3]
Shiva acquired the United Kingdom network products company Spider Systems in 1995, which became Shiva Europe Ltd.[4]
In 1996, Shiva acquired the Cupertino, California-based remote networking software supplier AirSoft Inc for around 65 million USD.[5] This acquisition gave Shiva AirSoft's Powerburst software, which aimed to improve remote-access performance (speed and accuracy) by cacheing files on the client and validating data in the cache prior to fulfilling subsequent access requests.[6] AirSoft's president at the time was Jagdeep Singh, who went on to co-found QuantumScape in 2010.
Users of 16-bit Internet Explorer on Windows 3 with dial-up connections saw the Shiva name regularly, as the company provided part of the dial-up TCP/IP stack for 16-bit Internet Explorer versions 3, 4 and 5.[7]
In October 1998 Shiva was acquired by Intel[8] and became part of the Intel Network Products Division. Intel's acquisition of Shiva took place during a lengthy class-action lawsuit in which it was alleged that Shiva hid information concerning the deterioration of the company.[9] The lawsuit was settled in 1999 with Shiva agreeing to pay 4.35 million USD.[9]
In November 2002 it was acquired by Simple Access Inc., which adopted the Shiva Corporation identity. A year later, the company was acquired by Mernet Secure Network. Mernet were subsequently acquired by Eicon Networks in February 2004.[10] Since 2006, Eicon are now known as Dialogic Corporation.
References
- ↑ "Early Success". http://spectrum.mit.edu/articles/normal/early-success/.
- ↑ "Avidyne Leadership Team - Dan Schwinn". http://www.avidyne.com/company/leadership.asp.
- ↑ Inc, InfoWorld Media Group (1990-06-11) (in en). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.. https://books.google.com/books?id=RjsEAAAAMBAJ&q=shiva+acquires+fastpath+from+Novell&pg=PA36.
- ↑ Shiva Corporation Finalizes the Acquisition of Spider Systems
- ↑ CBR Staff Writer (1996-07-02). "Shiva Buys AirSoft for IT Remote Network Kit". Tech Monitor. https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/shiva_buys_airsoft_for_it_remote_network_kit.
- ↑ Enck, John (1996-04-30). "Airsoft's Powerburst". ITProToday. https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/airsoft-s-powerburst.
- ↑ Article: Shiva's remote access client technology included in Microsoft Internet Explorer; Open Client Programming Interface enables remote access capabilities for Windows 3.x applications.[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Acquisition: Intel to Acquire Shiva Corporation; Broadens Product Line and Channels to Bring Comprehensive Data Networking Solutions to Small to Medium Enterprises - Company Business and Marketing, EDGE, On & About AT&T, October 26, 1998.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Case Summary: Shiva Corporation Securities Litigation". Stanford Law School. https://securities.stanford.edu/filings-case.html?id=101101.
- ↑ Eicon snaps up Shiva, The Register.
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