HP acquires networking vendor 3Com
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about $2.7 billion, pushing forward the giant IT vendor’s strategy for combining computing, storage, services and networking under one roof.
The deal has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to close in the first half of next year. HP is [...]
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about $2.7 billion, pushing forward the giant IT vendor’s strategy for combining computing, storage, services and networking under one roof.
The deal has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to close in the first half of next year. HP is offering $7.90 per share for 3Com, about $2 per share above the stock’s price of $5.69 at the close of trading on Wednesday. U.S. and foreign regulatory approvals will be required, the companies said.
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The number of security flaws being found in Web applications continues to grow and will likely dominate the security agenda for years to come, according to a report by application security vendor Cenzic.
Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7.
When Microsoft launched Windows 7, it was billed as the company’s most secure release ever — the culmination of a nine-year “Trustworthy Computing” effort to shore up a product line that had been riddled with major security holes.
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