Tektronix to acquire Arbor Networks

A Texas-based network security service provider and product manufacturer has reached an agreement to acquire Arbor Networks, an IT security firm, Ann Arbor writes.

Arbor Networks, which has been gradually adding workers to its research and development operation in Ann Arbor, will be sold to Plano, Texas-based Tektronix Communications, a subsidiary of $12.2 billion Washington, DC-based conglomerate Danaher, the companies said.

Arbor Networks, founded by U-M engineering professor Farnam Jahanian and then-doctoral student Rob Malan in 2000, is a major source of network security services.

Surfers in Dalgety Bay are the first in Fife to be connected to BT's super-fast, fibre-based broadband network, Allmedia says.

More than 3 800 local householders and firms now have access to the speed-of-light Internet technology after engineers completed work in the area.

They're among the first in the UK to benefit from BT's roll-out.

Polycom and Microsoft have signed a multi-year, strategic global agreement, in order to improve business productivity for customers and deliver end-to-end unified communications, says United Communications Strategy.

Polycom will develop and market UC solutions for enterprises, small-to-medium businesses, and government markets, encompassing software, hardware, networking, and services, in order to help customers improve productivity while reducing travel and costs.

The companies hope that the agreement will move them forward towards streamlining communications via messaging, video, and voice with connected applications and devices.