Re: Slightly OT: Logsentry re-rerouted to Cisco?

[George Washington Dunlap III <dunlapg () umich edu>]

On Fri, 16 May 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> I've not analyzed Cisco's product line closely enough to determine whether
> they bought Psionic to fill a hole in their product line, or to eliminate
> a competitor to a weak spot in their line.  Acquisitions *do* happen for
> both reasons, you know....

Their website and press releases seem to indicate that they bought Psionic
so they could fold it into their products.  The fact that Psionic had
technologies that could "reduce false positives by 95%" came up more than
once. 

Whether that actually happens or not is another thing.

 -George

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