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• Engineer fired for privacy violations, Google says

  A Google engineer was fired for violating the company's privacy rules, Google said Wednesday, responding to a report that the engineer had improperly accessed the accounts of several teenagers.

• Cisco to pay its first dividend

  Cisco plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time in its history.

• Juniper to buy Belden’s Trapeze, sources say

  Juniper Networks is expected to soon announce that it is acquiring wireless LAN player Trapeze Networks from parent Belden in a move that will expand Juniper’s enterprise portfolio.

• Cisco CEO Chambers’ pay climbs 33% to $18.9 million

  Cisco CEO John Chambers received compensation valued at $18.9 million in fiscal 2010, according to documents filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His total package is up 33% from 2009, when he received compensation valued at $14.2 million.

• BT to expand aggressively in APAC

  Global telecommunication services provider British Telecommunications (BT) has unveiled details of its growth plans for the Asia-Pacific region. These included investments in IT infrastructure and new staff in the region, starting with the appointment of a Southeast Asian head.

• In acquiring ArcSight, HP signals intent to be security leader

  HP says its planned $1.5 billion buyout of ArcSight announced Monday is intended to propel HP into the heart of enterprise security -- a move that both surprised and impressed industry watchers.

• LANDesk set for further growth after Thoma Bravo acquisition

  Enterprise management suite vendor LANDesk is all set for greater heights following its recent acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a private investment firm, from its former parent company Emerson, for an undisclosed amount.

• HP buying ArcSight for $1.5 billion

  Hewlett-Packard announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase security vendor ArcSight for $US1.5 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.

• Elop departure leaves an executive vacancy at Microsoft

  The departure of Stephen Elop to Nokia leaves Microsoft with a vacancy at the top of one of its largest and most important divisions, but the company doesn't show any signs of rushing to fill the position.

• Report: HP to buy ArcSight for $1.5 billion

  Hewlett-Packard will soon purchase security vendor ArcSight for $1.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

• Nokia names Microsoft's Elop as new CEO

  Nokia has named Stephen Elop, former president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective from later this month.

• Hurd set to speak at Oracle OpenWorld

  Oracle's newly minted co-president, Mark Hurd, is set to deliver a keynote speech at the vendor's OpenWorld conference on 20 September, in what could be the former Hewlett-Packard CEO's first high-profile appearance since leaving that company in August.

• Google plans research center in France

  Google plans to make France the center for all its European cultural operations, and to open a new research center there, CEO Eric Schmidt told French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday.

• Will Oracle buy Informatica next?

  Ever-acquisitive Oracle may place data integration specialist Informatica in its sights next, according to a recent pair of surveys.

• Oracle, NetApp agree to settle ZFS patent litigation

  Storage vendor NetApp said Thursday it has reached an agreement with Oracle to dismiss patent litigation stemming from a 2007 suit NetApp filed against Sun Microsystems, which.Oracle acquired earlier this year. Terms were not disclosed.