Cheyenne Software Inc, the networking back-up software developer of Roslyn Heights, New York, has acquired NETstor Inc, the Minneapolis-based subsidiary of Carlisle Companies Inc, paying an undisclosed cash sum for the assets and assuming some liabilities. Cheyenne will take a one-off hit of less than 2 cents a share this quarter to cover writing off of in-process research and development. NETstor specialises in hierarchical storage management software for Unix.