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NEWS Below please find some of the most recent news on Silver Lake and our portfolio companies. For announcements regarding our portfolio company investments please see the links to the left.
Avaya Completes Acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions December 18, 2009 Silver Lake and Investor Group Acquire Majority Stake in Skype September 1, 2009 Avago Technologies Limited Prices Initial Public Offering August 5, 2009 Power-One Announces Close of $60 Million Investment from Silver Lake Sumeru May 8, 2009 Five Questions with Ajay Shah Buyouts, March 30, 2009 After the panic of '08 Fortune, March 16, 2009 Silver Lake Sumeru Welcomes Didier Bench as an Advisor March 3, 2009 A formula for stimulus with staying power Fortune, January 9, 2009 Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer October 30, 2008 Silver Lake Welcomes Hidetaka Fukuda as a Special Advisor October 19, 2008 Silver Lake Sumeru Final Closing May 6, 2008 Silver Lake Welcomes Miles Flint as a Senior Advisor May 5, 2008 Audio Visual Innovations and Signal Perfection, Ltd. Announce Completion of Merger April 17, 2008 Eric Chen has joined Silver Lake as a Managing Director March 31, 2008 John Brennan joins Silver Lake Sumeru as Managing Director March 13, 2008 Intelsat Announces Completion of Acquisition by Serafina Holdings February 4, 2008 CalPERS Acquires Minority Stake in Silver Lake January 9, 2008 Charles Giancarlo to join Silver Lake as a Managing Director December 20, 2007 NetScout Completes Acquisition of Network General; Combining the best of nGenius and Sniffer technologies, to provide superior customer value November 1, 2007 Silver Lake Sumeru Acquires Majority Stake In Mobile Messenger October 8, 2007 NetScout Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Network General September 20, 2007 Silver Lake's New Four Amigos Dealmaker, September 1, 2007 Thomson’s Broadband Telephony Platform Grows by 50% in Six Months to Secure Worldwide Leadership June 11, 2007 SunGard Acquires Aspiren June 6, 2007 Gartner Accepting Nominations for the Fifth Annual CRM Excellence Award June 6, 2007 Sabre Holdings Acquires E-site Marketing to Build on Comprehensive Hospitality Offerings June 5, 2007 Avago Technologies Introduces Industry’s Thinnest Optical Mouse Sensor With Integrated LED Bundle and Trim Lens June 5, 2007 Serena Software Named to SD Times 100 for Fifth Consecutive Year June 4, 2007 Flextronics to Acquire Solectron June 4, 2007 NXP Launches 802.11n Module to Boost Wireless Home Connectivity June 4, 2007 Gartner Announces Inaugural Identity & Access Management Summit May 31, 2007 New Global Study Shows Sabre Saves Customers an Average of Nearly 20 Percent Per Ticket May 30, 2007 Thomson Reaches Milestone of One Million MPEG-4 HD and MPEG-4 HD DVR Receivers Shipped to US Satellite Operator, DIRECTV May 29, 2007 SIRIUS selects NXP Semiconductors for satellite TV service May 22, 2007 Avago Technologies Introduces High-Brightness Warm White Through-Hole LEDs for Solid-State Lighting and Illumination Applications May 22, 2007 IPC Unveils New Name for Public Safety Division May 16, 2007 Seagate Prototype Featured in Microsoft Demo of Windows Rally May 15, 2007 DSP Group and NXP Semiconductors Announce Combination of Cordless & Voice over IP Terminals businesses May 14, 2007 Serena Software Ships First Portfolio Management Solution to Integrate Software Development Data With Business Metrics May 14, 2007 SAP and SunGard to Collaborate: First Offering is Asset Liability Management Solution on Integrated Platform May 14, 2007 Silver Lake has formed a Credit Business May 10, 2007 SunGard Joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development May 10, 2007 IPC Launches Digital Domestic Voice Services in Japan May 9, 2007 Avago Technologies Announces Industry’s First Half-Watt Power LEDs for Interior/Exterior Lighting and Backlighting Applications May 8, 2007 Avago Technologies Announces Industry’s Thinnest Leadframe ChipLEDs for Automotive, Electronic Sign and Industrial Applications May 7, 2007 Sabre Launches Integrated Suite to Facilitate Touchless Reservation Processing for Corporate Market May 7, 2007 Network General Delivers Simplified Management of Cisco IOS NetFlow Data Driving Higher User Adoption May 7, 2007 Network General Ups the Ante in Application Performance Analysis May 7, 2007 Sabre Travel Network gives agents an online hotel booking tool for their corporate customers April 27, 2007 SunGard Acquires Finetix April 25, 2007 NBC Selects Grass Valley’s EDIUS Editing System from Thomson for News Production April 24, 2007 SunGard Acquires Energy Softworx for Fuels Management April 23, 2007 SunGard Aligns Financial Systems Businesses By Industry Sector April 17, 2007 Thomson’s Grass Valley Digital News Production Solutions Are The Worldwide Choice for the Move to HD News April 16, 2007 Thomson Delivers Transmitters for technology company QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO USA Rollout April 16, 2007 Gartner Announces Winner of 2007 High Performance Workplace Excellence Award April 12, 2007 Serena Software Bundles Application Simulation Tool with Requirements Management Solution April 10, 2007 Seagate Introduces New Data Recovery Software Solution as a Cost Effective Alternative to In-Lab Logical Recoveries April 10, 2007 Thomson’s SmartVision Platform manages world’s largest number of subscribers, according to analyst MRG Co’s latest report April 4, 2007 Premera Blue Cross Deploys Serena Software to Centralize Software Changes and Cruise Through Audit Requirements April 3, 2007 Flextronics Unveils G700 Quad Core Intel® Processor-Based Platform April 3, 2007 Avago Technologies Acquires Fiber Business from Infineon April 2, 2007 Silver Lake and TPG Complete Acquisition of Sabre Holdings March 30, 2007 Silver Lake and TPG Complete Acquisition of Sabre Holdings March 30, 2007 IPC Announces Agreement to Acquire WestCom Corporation March 28, 2007 NXP Introduces New Range of Set-Top Box Solutions at Groundbreaking Mass Market Price Points March 28, 2007 Network General Announces Advanced Operational Support (AOS), a Personalized Customer Support & Service Program Service Provides Customers with "Always On" Personalized Support March 27, 2007 Avago Technologies Introduces Industry’s First High-Brightness Tri-color Surface Mount LEDs for Indoor and Outdoor Color Signs March 27, 2007 SunGard Launches MiFID Hub Solution to Help Meet Increased Recordkeeping Requirements of MiFID March 26, 2007 NXP and TAGSYS enable pharmaceutical companies to combat drug counterfeiting using RFID March 26, 2007 IPC Launches Domestic Service in China March 26, 2007 Verigy Celebrates Major Milestone in Outsourced Manufacturing Transition: 100th Verigy V5000 Memory Test System Shipped from Flextronics China March 22, 2007 NXP delivers ultra-thin EMI filters with highest integrated ESD protection March 21, 2007 Thomson to Unveil NexGuard™ for Microsoft Windows Media® Video 9 at NAB 2007 March 20, 2007 ING Selects IPC's IQ/MAX Trading Desktop March 19, 2007 Avago Technologies Shatters Data Throughput Barriers with 100 Gigabit Ethernet Parallel Optics Technology Demonstration March 19, 2007 Gartner Announces Winner of 2007 Business Intelligence Excellence Award March 15, 2007 Thomson to Introduce Forensic Marking Solution for Set-Top Boxes March 15, 2007 IPC Further Expands in Asia Pacific with New Office in Beijing March 14, 2007 Thomson Signs Agreement to Install Digital Cinema Systems in North Eastern America Zyacorp’s Cinemagic Stadium Theatres March 13, 2007 Thomson Advances North American Digital Cinema Deployment through Deal with Wehrenberg Theatres, Inc. March 13, 2007 Seagate Delivers Industry's Strongest Security for ASI Laptop Computers March 12, 2007 Network General Names Kevin Nater Chief Financial Officer March 6, 2007 Thomson Joins Patent Pool for Japanese Digital Broadcasting Standard March 6, 2007 NXP introduces industry’s first pure DVB-T silicon tuner for SD/HD set-top boxes March 5, 2007 IPC Acquires Positron Public Safety Systems March 2, 2007 Avago Technologies Announces High-Brightness 3-Watt Power LED Emitter for Use in Solid-State Lighting Applications February 28, 2007 Gartner Announces Finalists for the 2007 High Performance Workplace Excellence Award February 28, 2007 Seagate Wins 2006 Product of the Year Finalist Award from Small Business Technology Magazine February 27, 2007 Jeremy Burton Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Serena Software February 26, 2007 NXP delivers industry’s smallest ULPI Hi-Speed USB transceivers for mobile phones February 26, 2007 Seagate Cheetah 15K Hard Drive Named a SearchStorage.com 'Product of the Year' February 21, 2007 NASDAQ Announces Election of Member Representative Directors February 20, 2007 Trading Floor Communications Expert IPC Opens Office in Indonesia February 16, 2007 SunGard Acquires Aceva Technologies February 15, 2007 Gartner Announces Finalists for the 2007 Business Intelligence Excellence Awards February 14, 2007 Avago Technologies' Infrared Solutions Make High-Speed Wireless Connectivity Possible February 14, 2007 Avago Technologies Introduces Industry’s Only GPS Low Noise Amplifier with Integrated Filter February 13, 2007 Seagate Partners with STMicroelectronics and Quantum SPA for Mobile Digital Television February 13, 2007 Seagate Delivers Innovative Wireless Storage Solution For Symbian Smartphones February 13, 2007 Thomson Expands Global Animation Capabilities with Strategic Investment in India February 13, 2007 Seagate Announces Availability Of Seagate’s Storage Management Module™ On Stmicroelectronics’ Nomadik™ Family Of Multimedia Application Processors February 12, 2007 Avago Technologies Announces Industry’s Smallest Integrated RF Front-End Module for GSM/UMTS Band 1 Handsets February 12, 2007 NXP Semiconductors to Acquire Silicon Labs’ Cellular Communications Business February 8, 2007 New Gartner Offering Assists Professional Services Firms in All Phases of the Consulting Cycle February 8, 2007 Network General Announces “Inside Track” Online Community February 6, 2007 Seagate Partners With Fry’s Electronics To Offer In-Store Data Recovery Services February 5, 2007 Seagate Extends Lead in Capacity-Boosting Perpendicular Recording Technology - Surges Past 16 Million Mark in PMR Hard Drive Shipments February 5, 2007 NASDAQ New Listing Fees Approved by Securities and Exchange Commission February 5, 2007 Avago Technologies Introduces New Family of Low Noise Amplifiers for GSM, CDMA2000, WCDMA and WiMAX January 31, 2007 IPC extends its Enterprise Voice Services capability to Boston and adds new POP facility in Atlanta January 31, 2007 ANNUAL CHANGES TO THE NASDAQ DIVIDEND ACHIEVERS INDEX January 30, 2007 Chandler, Arizona Secures Network and City with Network General January 30, 2007 Seagate Enables the Transformation of the Mobile Phone Experience with the Introduction of "DAVE" Technology January 30, 2007 New Gartner Offering Equips Sales Professionals With Tools Necessary to Improve IT Sales Force Effectiveness January 29, 2007 IPC Launches Second Generation Customer Portal January 29, 2007 Seagate's 750GB Desktop Hard Drive Wins Best Design of the Year Honor from Electronic Design Magazine January 29, 2007 SunGard Acquires XRT's High-end Treasury Product Lines January 26, 2007 Serena Software Appoints New Executives January 24, 2007 Thomson and CGEN, the Chinese leader in in-store TV, sign strategic partnership to develop Out of Home media networks in China and Asia January 23, 2007 Seagate Introduces First Small Form Factor 15K Enterprise Hard Drive - Savvio 15K - The World's Fastest Drive January 16, 2007 NASDAQ ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY NEW LISTINGS STATISTICS January 12, 2007 Network General Extends its Leadership In Network and Application Performance Management with New Performance Enhancements to Sniffer InfiniStream January 9, 2007 Seagate Debuts Chic, Mobile Storage for Mac Lovers January 8, 2007 Polaroid selects NXP’s semiconductor solutions to introduce new range of connected entertainment devices January 8, 2007 Seagate’s St1 Series Hard Drive Enables World’s Smallest Smallest 10gb Digital Audio Player From Kenwood January 7, 2007 NASDAQ Board of Directors Announces New Employment Contract With President and CEO Robert Greifeld December 15, 2006 Flextronics International Ltd. Completes Acquisition of International DisplayWorks, Inc. November 30, 2006 Lockheed Martin Signs Master License Agreement with Serena Software November 29, 2006 NASDAQ Completes Integration of Its Press Release Newswire November 28, 2006 Nomura to Acquire Instinet from Silver Lake Partners November 2, 2006 Nomura to Acquire Instinet from Silver Lake Partners November 2, 2006 Instinet and Credit Suisse's Advanced Execution Services (AES) Partner to Deepen Their Upstairs Liquidity Pools October 25, 2006 Instinet Launches Wizard Arrival Price Algorithm October 9, 2006 Instinet Partners with IDC as Exclusive Technology Research Partner October 3, 2006 Philips completes sale of 80.1% stake in Semiconductors business to private equity consortium KKR, Silver Lake, Bain Capital, Apax and Alpinvest September 29, 2006 Silver Lake Partners Completes Acquisition of IPC September 29, 2006 Instinet Adds MDRxFinancial as Exclusive Healthcare Research Partner August 21, 2006 IPC Information Systems LLC to be Acquired by Silver Lake Partners August 1, 2006 Instinet Adds H&M Consulting Group as Retail Research Partner July 17, 2006 Going Private Starts To Make Sense San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2006 BUYOUT KINGS - Silver Lake Partners Cash In On Old Tech Red Herring, February 27, 2006 Silver Lake Strikes Gold Bloomberg Markets, November 16, 2005 PMC-Sierra to Acquire Storage Semiconductor Business from KKR and Silver Lake Partners October 30, 2005 Silver Lake aims to make a splash Financial Times, October 12, 2005 Consortium of Private Equity Firms Completes Acquisition of Sungard August 11, 2005 Wall Street's New Alchemist Business Week, August 8, 2005 Silver Lake Partners Announces $500 Million Investment In Thomson July 22, 2004 Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group to Acquire Sniffer Technologies from Network Associates April 22, 2004 Silver Lake Partners Closes $3.6 Billion Private Equity Fund April 8, 2004 Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus Private Equity Group to Acquire UGS PLM Solutions from EDS for $2.05 Billion in Cash March 14, 2004 Silver Lake Partners to Invest $200 Million in Flextronics March 3, 2003 How Seagate Got its groove back Business Week, June 24, 2002 Silver Lake Partners to Invest in Gartner Through a $300 Million Convertible Subordinated Note March 22, 2000 The Deal of the Next Century Fortune, September 9, 1999
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