American Company Buys Netect.

HEADNOTE INTERNET WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HEADNOTE With the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied territories comes concern about a less visible threat - a second Arab-Israeli cyberwar. Possible scenarios include the release of viruses that could infect computer systems worldwide and hacker attacks on the databases ......

Security Dynamics Technologies Inc., a Bedford, Mass., provider of enterprise security solutions and RSA cryptographic technology, is acquiring Intrusion Detection Inc. (IDI), a leading publisher of network security software tools that help network officials manage enterprise-wide security, for $32.5 million in stock. The IDI products -- Kane Security Analyst (KSA) ......

Hoping to jumpstart businesses that find trading on Japan's stock exchange too costly or too difficult, a wealthy Japanese businessman has formed an investment group to help these companies gain access to U.S. financial markets. Through a newly formed public holding company, Westlake Canyon International Inc., Eiichiro Hemmi hopes to ......

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates, which has already gobbled up Pretty Good Privacy and Trusted Information Systems, has just signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Secure Networks Inc. (SNI). The acquisition extends Network Associates' network security and management products to include state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment technology. Vulnerability assessment or "security ......

HEADNOTE Do opportunities exist for reps with overseas manufacturers? As managing partner of an Israel-based marketing consulting company with a United States focus, we have helped numerous Israeli manufacturers find, recruit and work with manufacturers' agents in the United States. Due to the fact that I am an American living ......

The Deal: Computer Associates International, Inc., a maker of software that improves the performance of computers, has agreed to purchase Sterling Software, Inc. for more than $3.2 billion in stock. Computer Associates will exchange 0.5634 share of its stock for each Sterling share. Based on Computer Associates' closing price on ......

Wall Street cheered Comverse Technology Inc., after the maker of telecommunications software posted second-quarter net income of $35 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, a 161 percent increase over the prior year's quarter. Comverse (Nasdaq: CMVT) shares rose nearly 8 percent to $27.46 for the week ended Sept. 9, ......

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Code Blue "After fast takeoff, losing track of bottom line, software security firm BBlue Lance sees future Debra Beachy Soon after starting his first computer software firm, Blue Lance President and CEO Umesh Verma was faced with a tough decision: Whether to quit his consulting job at Shell Oil ......

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Small Business - The Right Stuff : " Send to a friend "THE GREAT AMERICAN COMPANY" The Right Stuff Intuit's Scott Cook, Home Depot's Bernie Marcus, and author Jim Collins discuss what it takes to create a legendary company. FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS Wednesday, March 19, 2003 By Maggie Overfelt ......