CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. The acquisition will help F5 round out its security portfolio, said Dan Matte, the company's senior vice president of marketing. The company, which started life as a seller of load-balancing appliances, has now bought two security start-ups in as many years. Last year, F5 bought uRoam, which makes a product to connect remote computers to corporate networks using Secure Sockets Layer encryption. F5 says its move into the security market has been prompted by customers who are looking for more-integrated solutions.

"Customers are asking for more intelligence and security in the network," Matte said, "It could be added to the router or firewall, but we think it belongs in the traffic-management gear that sits in front of the vintage floral roses black and white stripes iphone case servers.", F5's stiffest competition will likely come from makers of IP-routing products, like Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, which have also been adding new security products and features to their portfolios recently, Juniper, which competes toe to toe with Cisco in the router market, spent roughly $3.4 billion this year to buy NetScreen Technologies, a firewall and VPN maker..

Cisco has also bought a few smaller companies recently to beef up its security offerings, and it plans to continue adding new security features to its switching and routing products. Cisco is already leading the market in several security categories, including the market for traditional firewalls. Matte said that MagniFire's product, TrafficShield, complements traditional firewall products. While traditional firewalls protect against network-level attacks, TrafficShield protects companies from malicious attacks launched through Web applications, he said.

Unlike some intrusion-protection products that identify and keep out "bad traffic," TrafficShield applies rules and policies to identify known "good traffic." Using these policies, the product blocks all traffic that doesn't appear to be coming from legitimate sources, Specifically, the product is designed to protect companies against hackers scanning ports looking for vulnerable Web servers to use in denial-of-service vintage floral roses black and white stripes iphone case attacks, and to protect e-commerce sites from the theft of sensitive customer information..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. "Wireless data applications and contents are crucial elements that drive the adoption of 3G," Patrick Kung, corporate vice president at Motorola's PCS North Asia unit, said in a statement. European and Asian operators have been offering data services for some time, while those from the United States are playing catch-up. Separately on Friday, Ericsson announced that it has signed a $58 million contract with China Mobile's Jiangsu Mobile Communication that expands their partnership for GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) technologies. Jiangsu has 12 million customers.