NetFlash: Blue Coat buys SSL VPN company for $60.8 million

Blue Coat Systems is buying SSL VPN vendor Permeo in hopes of creating a combined VPN/proxy appliance to protect information entering and leaving corporate networks.

Blue Coat buys SSL VPN company for $60.8 million

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010306-blue-coat.html?net&story=010306-blue-coat

Symantec buys IMlogic to secure instant messaging

Symantec continues its security buying-binge with the purchase of IMlogic, maker of software designed to stop viruses that target instant messaging.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010306-symantec-imlogic-buy.html?net&story=010306-symantec-imlogic

Video: Jeff Kaplan on software as a service

Can Microsoft and Google compete in the software-as-a-service marketplace? Jeff Kaplan takes his place on the Hot Seat to answer that question and give his predictions for 2006.

http://www.networkworld.com/video/010206hs-kaplan.html?net&story=010206hs-kaplan

Cisco cable deal passes legal milestone

Network equipment manufacturer Cisco has passed a critical milestone in its planned acquisition of cable TV technology company Scientific-Atlanta after the U.S. anti-trust waiting period passed on Friday without regulators taking any action.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010406-cisco-cable.html?net&story=010406-cisco-cable

Open-source IP PBX upgraded

The non-profit VoIP concern SIPfoundry kicked off the new year this week with an update to its sipXpbx, an open-source IP PBX platform.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010306-sipfoundry.html?net&story=010306-sipfoundry

The 50 most powerful people in networking

This annual list of the 50 most powerful people in networking glorifies power in all its various forms. We honor the aggressive, the competitive, the colorful, the intelligent, the masterful and the thought-provoking. They are the people who make this industry so vibrant.

http://www.networkworld.com/power/2005/122605-power50.html?net&story=122605-power50