NetFlash: Vendors on holiday shopping spree

This holiday season, what do you get for the vendor that has everything? How about another company? Check Point, EMC and BMC yesterday all revealed that they are buying vendors to round out their offerings in 2004. The largest acquisition was EMC’s bid for VMWare, but Zone Labs and Network Associates’ Magic division also fetched a pretty penny. Check Point buys Zone to bolster endpoint security http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1215checkzone.html?net EMC buys VMWare for $635 million http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215emcbuys.html?net Network Associates to sell Magic division to BMC http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215naibmc.html?net

This holiday season, what do you get for the vendor that has everything? How about another company? Check Point, EMC and BMC yesterday all revealed that they are buying vendors to round out their offerings in 2004. The largest acquisition was EMC’s bid for VMWare, but Zone Labs and Network Associates’ Magic division also fetched a pretty penny.

Check Point buys Zone to bolster endpoint security

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1215checkzone.html?net

EMC buys VMWare for $635 million

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215emcbuys.html?net

Network Associates to sell Magic division to BMC

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215naibmc.html?net

Tester’s Challenge: Dumb defaults update

Last month, we took network equipment vendors to task about their gear’s default settings. This month, we gave them a chance to respond in their own words. Interestingly, Cisco declined.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1215testerschallenge1.html?net

Tools help users assess application performance

A couple of vendors are set to air products this week designed to give companies a better read on application performance by aggregating network and system management data.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215appliance.html?net

Oracle earnings up on strengthening market

Citing a strengthened competitive position and an improving economy, Oracle reported fiscal second-quarter results on Monday that exceeded its own guidance and hit the upper end of Wall Street expectations.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1215oraclearni.html?net