Mergers and acquisitions are a time-honored tradition in the tech industry, as innovative start-ups routinely get picked up by larger vendors that have lots of flash and cash. This tradition had been missing for some time – but in recent weeks the merger meter has been tilting to the right, and it’s suddenly becoming apparent that there are several tech sectors that are just begging for some merger mania.Merger mania? Not yet, but…https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0616merger.html?netC&W customers wait to learn their fate Service provider Cable & Wireless is beating a hasty retreat from the U.S. market, leaving about 5,000 customers wondering what their next move will be. It might be the best business decision, but analysts say they went about it all wrong.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0616candw.html?net HP preps upgrades throughout OpenView lineHP plans to elaborate on its “adaptive enterprise” strategy at next week’s HP Software Forum in Chicago, introducing 30 product enhancements aimed at increasing corporate IT flexibility.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0613hpadds.html?netSoftware eases remote access managementExpand Beyond has developed a mobile remote-access management platform that puts troubleshooting and disaster recovery capabilities in the palm of an administrator’s hand.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0616appsexpand.html?net Got a network news tip?Don’t be shy about telling us something we don’t know. Send me your industry-related news and gossip at mailto:jcaruso@nww.com Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Network Management Software Networking opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe