Broadcom agrees to restrictions on access to sensitive Cisco info in Brocade deal, says FTC

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Broadcom has agreed to establish a firewall to remedy the FTC’s concerns that its proposed US$5.9 billion acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems is anticompetitive. These concerns arise because of Broadcom's current access to the confidential business information of Brocade’s major competitor, Cisco Systems, that could be used to restrain competition or slow innovation in the worldwide market for fibre channel switches.

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