NetFlash: Cisco snaps up Actona to integrate remote backup into routers

You might not think of remote backup and storage as a router function, but router giant Cisco apparently does. The company yesterday said it would buy Actona Technologies for $82 million and put Actona’s backup management technology into its own routers. Cisco snaps up Actona to integrate remote backup into routers http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629actona.html?net

You might not think of remote backup and storage as a router function, but router giant Cisco apparently does. The company yesterday said it would buy Actona Technologies for $82 million and put Actona’s back-up management technology into its own routers.

Cisco snaps up Actona to integrate remote backup into routers

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629actona.html?net

Novell scaling back on alternatives to open-source software

There are open-source advocates, and there are closed-source advocates, and then there’s Novell. The company is trying to steer a course somewhere down the middle of the two, blending open- and closed-source software into something that has real value for enterprise firms. This week Novell’s CTO detailed just how the company plans to do that.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0628useninov.html?net

Flextronics takes over Nortel manufacturing

Nortel will shift the last of its manufacturing operations to Flextronics when a deal announced Tuesday is completed next year.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629flexttakes.html?net

SEC smacks Siebel again over disclosure rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Siebel Systems, charging the company and two top executives with violating disclosure rules for the second time.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629secsmack.html?net

Testing volunteers needed

Network World is looking for enterprise networks to be a part of a test to be conducted on security appliances with firewall, IPS, VPN and policy-based management features. Requirements: a T-1 Internet connection, 10 to 200 users sitting behind a security device and a willingness to let a security consultant assist in appliance management. Volunteers will have access to all test results. Contact Christine Burns at:

mailto:cburns@nww.com

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