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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Wall Street beat: Tech fails to lead markets

  Good macroeconomic news on jobs, trade and European sovereign debt is helping to buoy the markets this week in the unofficial post-Labor Day start of the fall trading season, but tech stocks are still down for the year.

• RIM buys documents to go, it should have been Microsoft

  RIM has confirmed that it purchased a significant portion of DataViz, along with the intellectual property and coding skills behind the popular Documents To Go app. The move will help RIM improve its BlackBerry platform as a business productivity tool, and represents a significant missed opportunity for Microsoft.

• Red Bend buys VirtualLogix for mobile virtualization

  Red Bend, a mobile software management company, has acquired VirtualLogix to stake its claim in the emerging field of mobile virtualization.

• HP and 3Par sign definitive merger agreement

  Hewlett-Packard and 3Par have signed a definitive agreement for HP to buy the California storage vendor for US$2.35 billion, the companies said Thursday.

• Salesforce.com rolls out contact-data service

  Salesforce.com rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own CRM (customer relationship management) application and Chatter collaboration software.

• Oracle giving student coders free access to JavaOne

  Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences.

• Google scoops up fifth company this month

  Google has made its fifth acquisition since the start of August, this time <a href="http://www.socialdeck.com/index.html">scooping up SocialDeck</a>, a company that develops games that people can play against friends using iPhones, BlackBerry devices, or via Facebook on a PC.

• Intel to acquire Infineon's wireless division

  Intel will acquire Infineon Technologies' wireless division for $US1.4 billion, the company said Monday.

• Citrix buys VMLogix

  Citrix plans to announce Monday that it will buy <a href="http://www.vmlogix.com/">VMLogix</a> as part of a larger push to offer more self-service tools and address concerns like vendor lock-in facing enterprises using the cloud.

• Intel to acquire Infineon's wireless division

  Intel will acquire Infineon Technologies' wireless division for US$1.4 billion, the company said Monday.