Tom Lyon ✅
OTD 1997: #Nokia purchases my startup #IpsilonNetworks. First Nokia presence in Silicon Valley. https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/nokia-buys-ipsilon-for-120-million/
Nokia buys Ipsilon for $120 million

The once proud start-up that, in the past, framed the debate on ways to send traffic based on IP may have succombed to the strain of taking on Cisco Systems.

CNET
Dec 9, 2022 at 5:12pmWeb
Show threadbitsavers.orgDec 9, 2022

@aka_pugs
Was this the campus on Fairchild Drive in MV
that Google eventually moved into?
Nokia had a presence there in the late 90s
https://opengovus.com/georgia-business/1019269

hmm.. registered 4/97

NOKIA INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS INC. · 313 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043-2215

NOKIA INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS INC. (Entity# 1019269) is a business entity registered with Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division. The business start date is April 3, 1997. The entity status is Withdrawn. The principal address is 313 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043-2215.

Show threadTom Lyon ✅Dec 9, 2022
@bitsavers Yes. There's a funny story - for a while the sign said 'AKION' instead of NOKIA - weird politics.
Show threadDarryl RammDec 9, 2022
@aka_pugs Kinda had to be. Does not get better then imagining Ipsilon pronounced with a Finnish accent. 🙂