Intel’s purchase of networking vendor, Shiva, has at last been completed. The deal will see Shiva rolled into the Intel Networks division to form a new company Intel Network Systems. Shiva shareholders will be offered $6.00 in cash for each outstanding share of common stock. Announced back in October, (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/877.html)the deal soon encountered opposition (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/1436.html) from Shiva shareholders who alleged Shiva and its directors had not acted with shareholders’ best interests in mind when negotiating with Intel. ®