CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Cisco said the acquisition should boost its presence in the network security market, which it has also approached from a hardware angle. The new acquisition is "part of a significant initiative to more tightly integrate network and endpoint security," Cisco Vice President Richard Palmer said in a release. "By removing endpoint vulnerabilities, Okena's preventative software solution enhances the overall security, availability and integrity of corporate networks.".

Cisco is known as something of a big spender in the tech world, although 2m lightning connector cable for its pace of acquisitions has slowed somewhat in recent years, The company made five acquisitions in 2002, two in 2001 and 23 in 2000, This is its first acquisition of 2003, In a bid to boost its presence in the network security market, the company plans to acquire privately held software maker Okena in a deal worth about $154 million, Okena, based in Waltham, Mass., makes network security software that intercepts all operating system, file system, configuration, registry and network requests, looking for malicious activity, The software also protects against viruses..

"However, whether that loyal but smaller user base represents enough of a revenue opportunity to maintain and expand a network remains to be seen," Slawsby said. A new Palm device, the Tungsten W, will be available in the first quarter through AT&T Wireless and will run on next-generation General Packet Radio Service networks. The Tungsten W is already shipping in Europe and comes with a color display and a built-in keyboard. Customers subscribing to the Palm.net wireless service are going on a data diet as an all-you-can-eat plan comes to an end.

The Milpitas, Calif.-based handheld maker has announced changes to pricing plans for its Palm.net wireless data service, Starting Monday, new customers or those who are renewing the $39.99 plan will see the service change from unlimited monthly access to 1MB of data transfer per month and 10 cents for each additional kilobyte, Subscribers can also get 1MB of data for $34.99 and 8 cents for each additional kilobyte if they agree to a one-year commitment, Subscribers who are already 2m lightning connector cable for locked into a one-year contract will continue to get unlimited access at $39.99 until their contract ends, The service allows Palm's VII series and i705 devices to wirelessly access e-mail and the Web..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Nicholas said the company is doing well enough for him to step down. "We have successfully navigated the worst downturn in semiconductor history," he said. Broadcom is expected to return to profitability, before charges and other items, this quarter, he added. Broadcom, which makes chips used in cable modems, set-top boxes and other devices, has been hard hit by the economic downturn as well as the sagging market for telecommunications gear.