Fluke Networks Acquires Intellectual Property of Viola

Fluke Networks, an Everett, WA-based maker of wireless network technology, said in a statement it has acquired the intellectual property of Viola Networks including its NetAlly product line. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Viola had raised more than $12 million in venture capital since 2004, from firms that include Evergreen Venture Partners, M/C Venture Partners, Polar Communication and Concord Ventures, according to Private Equity Hub.

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Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.