BEA to buy portal maker Plumtree for $200 million

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BEA to buy portal maker Plumtree for $200 million, 08/22/05

BEA Monday said it has agreed to buy portal software maker
Plumtree Software for around $200 million in cash. The deal
finally removes from the market a struggling company analysts
long expected to be bought by a larger vendor, and adds to BEA's
portfolio a new line of collaboration software.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa5788>

Secure Computing acquires rival CyberGuard for $295m, 08/22/05

Secure Computing last week announced it had reached an agreement
to acquire CyberGuard for approximately $295 million in a cash
and stock transaction.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa5789>

EMC to acquire NAS virtualization vendor, 08/22/05

Looking to help customers manage an ever-increasing number of
storage devices, EMC last week announced that it would acquire
Rainfinity in a deal valued at "less than $100 million."
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlfinancialnewsa5790>

Univa's $8 million to help speed its commercial grid software,
08/22/05

Open source grid software start-up Univa Monday announced it has
secured $8 million in venture capital backing. Univa plans to
use the money to accelerate the development of a commercial
version of its software as well as to double its headcount,
according to the company's head.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-univa.html?nl>

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2. IT staff shortage looming
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3. Questions surround smartphone security
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4. Google goes berserk
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5. CLECs play a new tune
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IT staff shortage looming
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