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VMware on Tuesday announced two purchases aimed at furthering its vision of the future of IT. One is Integrien, which offers software that -performs real time application and infrastructure performance analysis. The other is TriCipher, which offers secure access management and enterprise identity federation for Software as a Service applications. The purchases were announced by Stephen Herrod, VMware's chief technology officer, during a keynote speech at VMWorld 2010, running at San Francisco's Moscone Center through Thursday.Intel is acquiring Infineon's wireless business for $1.4 billion -- the second major transaction for the company in as many weeks, coming on the heels of its surprising announcement that it would purchase McAfee for $7.7 billion. Unlike the McAfee deal, however, the Infineon buy does not have analysts scratching their heads. [More...]