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Excelan

Excelan was a computer networking company founded in 1982 by Kanwal Rekhi, Inder Singh, and Navindra Jain. Excelan was a manufacturer of smart Ethernet cards, until the company was acquired by Novell in 1989. The company offered a line of Ethernet "front end processor" boards for Multibus, VMEbus, Q-Bus, Unibus, and IBM AT Bus systems. The cards were…

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Founded
1982 (1982)
Industry
Computer networks
Headquarters
San Jose, California, US
Defunct
1989 (1989)
Fate
Acquired
Founder
Kanwal Rekhi Inder Singh Navindra Jain

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Excelan

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Edges16
Triples12
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
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Excelan

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Defunct · 1
Excelan → 1989 (1989)
Fate · 1
Excelan → Acquired
Founded · 1
Excelan → 1982 (1982)
Founder · 1
Excelan → Kanwal Rekhi Inder Singh Navindra Jain
Headquarters · 1
Excelan → San Jose, California, US
Industry · 1
Excelan → Computer networks
Key people · 1
Excelan → Kanwal Rekhi (CEO)
Net income · 1
Excelan → US$5,459,000 (1988)
Products · 1
Excelan → Network hardware
Revenue · 1
Excelan → US$65,860,000 (1988)

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company ethernet cards software sold also acquired products novell networking offered processor system variety environments manufactured computer founded 1982 kanwal

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ExcelanDefunct1989 (1989)1.00infobox
ExcelanFateAcquired1.00infobox
ExcelanFounded1982 (1982)1.00infobox
ExcelanFounderKanwal Rekhi Inder Singh Navindra Jain1.00infobox
ExcelanHeadquartersSan Jose, California, US1.00infobox
ExcelanIndustryComputer networks1.00infobox
ExcelanKey peopleKanwal Rekhi (CEO)1.00infobox
ExcelanNet incomeUS$5,459,000 (1988)1.00infobox
ExcelanProductsNetwork hardware1.00infobox
ExcelanRevenueUS$65,860,000 (1988)1.00infobox
ExcelanSuccessorNovell1.00infobox
ExcelanTypePublic1.00infobox

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