NetFlash: HP, Avaya, Microsoft go shopping

NetFlash: HP, Avaya, Microsoft go shopping
09/20/05

In this issue:

* HP, Avaya, Microsoft go shopping
* Blog: Network rebuilding in Mississippi
* Q&A: Incoming user group president: Don't believe all those
nasty outsourcing rumors
* Opera gives away its browser, with no ads
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Yesterday there was apparently a clearance sale on networking
vendors. HP picked up both Peregrine Systems and AppIQ to help
fill out its management line. After eBay took Skype, Avaya
snapped up fellow VoIP vendor Nimcat. And Microsoft got further
into identity management with Alacris.
HP to acquire Peregrine Systems for $425 million
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7337>
HP to acquire storage management vendor AppIQ
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7338>
Avaya buys P2P VoIP maker Nimcat for $46 million
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7339>
Microsoft buys ID management firm Alacris
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7340>

Blog: Network rebuilding in Mississippi

Sgt. John Metzler of the Ohio National Guard is reporting to us
from the ground in Mississippi, where he is helping to restore
the communications networks there after Hurricane Katrina. Check
out his fascinating blog.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=blog/232>

Q&A: Incoming user group president: Don't believe all those
nasty outsourcing rumors

Penske Vice President and CIO Stephen Pickett says one of his
children has entered the field he is in, while another did not,
telling him: "Dad, there aren't any jobs." As incoming president
of the Society for Information Management, Pickett says one of
his top goals through the 3,000-member user organization is to
make IT an enticing career path again. He spoke last week with
Network World News Editor Bob Brown.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7341>

Opera gives away its browser, with no ads

Opera Software will no longer force users of the free PC version
of its Web browser, Opera, to view advertising banners.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7342>

Today on Layer 8, not an HP acquisition target:

Wireless headset etiquette; Amazon.com - Emmy winner; Jobs
rejects iTunes price hike; and the start of our latest Weekly
Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash6921>

2. DemoFall preview <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7343>

3. EBay bid shows promise of VoIP
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7344>

4. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7042>

5. Volunteers rebuild Gulf Coast communications with wireless
nets <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash7213>

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To contact: Jeff Caruso

Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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