Sun to buy ID-mgmt vendor

Sun last week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire identity management software vendor Waveset Technologies for an undisclosed price.

Sun says Waveset's Lighthouse suite of products has some capabilities, such as user provisioning, not found in Sun's identity management software. Sun says it intends to integrate some portion of Waveset's software suite into its portal server and identity management products, but has no plans to phase out support for Waveset's 50 or so customers.

Neon Software last week introduced upgraded network diagramming and management software with new features such as the ability to scan continuously for rogue computers, and diagram managed switches and hubs. LANsurveyor 8.0 for Windows also includes upgraded hardware and software asset-management capabilities, the company says.

Pricing starts at $500, and an enterprise edition costs $10,000.

Q1 Labs, which makes a passive security monitoring box and complementary software, last week announced $14.4 million in second-round venture funding, bringing its total to more than $18 million. The new funding, led by Polaris Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures, will boost Q1's sales, marketing and product development efforts.

The company also named Shaun McConnon as CEO. He previously led security company Okena, which Cisco bought earlier this year.