Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Acme Packet (Nasdaq: APKT) have agreed to an acquisition that values the Bedford, Mass.-based Voice over IP tech firm at $1.7 billion, the companies announced Monday.

Acme Packet ’ s OSR architecture (see Figure 1) addresses scaling problems when SIP session routing decisions become much more complex, requiring a dynamic, real-time routing decision for each ...

BEDFORD — Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, has agreed to be acquired for about $2.1 billion by business-software giant Oracle Corp. Acme’s gear is used by more ...

Acme Packet is to be acquired by Oracle for $29.25 per share in cash representing a fully diluted equity value of $2.1 billion. Net of cash this represents an enterprise value of $1.7 billion. Adds ...

Shares of Acme Packet have surged 68% over the past three months since reaching a low of $15.31 in late October. Clearly investors were placing huge bets ahead of the company's Q4 earnings report ...

A lot has been made about Oracle's recent $2.1 billion all-cash acquisition of Acme Packet. Since the announced deal, shares of Acme Packet have surged 24% to just more than $29 per share. However, ...

Last week the SBC market was shaken up when Acme Packet purchased Covergence, Inc. At first glance, this would seem to be a simple consolidation play with a large competitor purchasing a smaller rival ...

Acme Packet today announced that VoIP, Inc., a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers worldwide, has deployed ...

What: Shares of Acme Packet soared 22% today after enterprise software gorilla Oracle agreed to acquire the network gear company for about $2.1 billion. So what: The all-cash deal values Acme at ...

Over 25 New Acme Packet Management Tools and Features Facilitate Session Border Controller Delivery of Trusted, First-Class Interactive Communications BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acme Packet® ...

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Oracle will buy Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, for about $2.1 billion. Acme's gear is used by more than 1,900 service providers and ...

Oracle should begin to grow incremental market share after this deal, to what extent remains to be seen. Despite having a sizable lead in the session border control -- or SBC -- market, Acme Packet ...