Legent Corp, Vienna, Virginia is in buying mode again and has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of privately-held Networx Inc, a Bellevue, Washington developer of problem management applications for client-server computing. Legent reckons it is getting leading-edge technology that will accelerate its move into the client-server management arena. Networx’s latest product is Paradigm, a Unix-based trouble ticketing, help desk and inventory management application that runs under Hewlett-Packard’s OpenView, IBM Corp’s NetView/6000 and SunConnect Inc’s SunNet Manager network management systems. Paradigm is designed to enable administrators managing networks of varying sizes to respond efficiently and proactively to problems that occur throughout the enterprise. In particular, it serves as the base technology for IBM’s AIX TroubleTicket/6000 product. Terms of the proposed acquisition were not disclosed and no indication was given of Networx’s size.
