M&A: What with IBM swallowing a trio of SOA-related companies this summer, webMethods is not far behind at all as it marks its second acquisition, this time plunking down $38 million for Infravio, just a few short weeks after buying Cerebra. With Infravio, webMethods gains SOA governance expertise and intends to integrate Infravio’s offerings into its SOA Fabric. Best of the blogs: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson are not the only ones to find inspiration in Northeastern forests. No, Jon Udell set out on a hike in search of answers for himself, in his case concerning editing audio on the move. I’ll give just one hint to what he found: two MUVO’s work better than one. “I’m sure it looked pretty weird. But it was effective, and it was a great change of pace from sitting and typing,” Udell explains. Security: Five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government gets an ‘F’ for failing to protect its networks from terrorists or hackers — a grade given to them by Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute. “I mean, if you can’t secure the boxes that you have, that would have to be an F,” Paller explains. Read the full Q&A here. Technology Industry