Tech Roundup: Cisco Abandons Video Conferencing System, JDSU Buys Dyaptive Systems, LSI and Sandforce Become One, and More

On Wednesday, Milpitas-based LSI announced that it has completed its acquisition of Sandforce Inc., a provider of flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid state drives (SSDs). "Customer response to the announcement has been very positive and we are pleased to now be able to fully demonstrate the benefits of the combined technology capabilities of LSI and SandForce," said Jeff Richardson, executive vice president and chief operating officer of LSI Wednesday.

On that note, the newly-merged company now known as LSI Sandforce also announced Wednesday that its SF-2200 Flash Storage Processor has been honored with an Electronic Products Magazine “2011 Product of the Year” award. The annual award recognizes the best products introduced into the market in the past year. The winning products are “selected on the basis of innovative design, significant advancement in technology or application, and substantial achievement in price and performance.” In a press release about the award, LSI Sandforce describes the SF-2200 as a product that “combines enterprise-class performance and endurance with low power for enthusiast and client computing platforms.”

Milpitas-based JDS Uniphase (JDSU) announced Thursday that it has acquired Dyaptive Systems, a provider of capacity test solutions for 2G, 3G and 4G wireless networks, based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. JDSU said, Dyaptive test solutions support network capacity planning and quality performance by emulating thousands of mobile devices precisely as consumers use them to post videos, photos, stream TV shows and movies, and video chat with friends. In a press release Thursday discussing its reasons behind the acquisition, JDSU representatives said, “Dyaptive's products address a high-growth segment of the communications test market and generated revenue in the high single-digit millions during the trailing 12-month period.” Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Cisco, one of the largest employers in Milpitas, announced this week it has decided to axe its umi home video conferencing service, which it once touted as a superior alternative to the ever-popular Skype. The move is reportedly just one action of many it is taking during a large restructuring of the company. Other moves in the past year have included the selling off of assets, employee layoffs, and doing away with its formerly popular Flip video camera for consumers in April. Cisco has yet to remove the umi video conferencing system from its online home product store, but customers are reportedly being told the service is no longer available.