Arbor Networks, a Chelmsford, MA-based developer of security and network management software, has agreed to be acquired by Tektronix Communications, the Texas-based firm now owned by tech conglomerate Danaher (NYSE: [[ticker:DHR]]). Terms of the deal weren’t announced, but it is expected to close next month. Arbor Networks was founded in 2000 by University of Michigan professor Farnam Jahanian and U-M PhD grad Rob Malan. It makes security software primarily for Internet service providers and data centers. The company has a growing presence in Ann Arbor, MI. Meanwhile, Tektronix Communications is affiliated with Tektronix, the Oregon tech institution that was bought by Danaher in 2007 for $2.85 billion. Back in 2004, Tektronix had acquired Texas-based Inet Technologies as its entry into networking software.
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Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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