Boole & Babbage Inc, Sunnyvale, California has a letter of intent to acquire Sysnet A/S, an Oslo, Norway-based provider of system administration software for distributed client-server environments. Boole & Babbage is to acquire Sysnet’s assets and some liabilities, for $4.1m in cash plus contingent payments based on product performance; its sales force will begin distributing Sysnet’s products immediately. Product development will remain in Oslo.