Testing times as Keysight shells out $1.6 billion for Ixia

The testing and measurement industry is set to undergo further consolidation with Keysight adding Ixia to its M&A crusade for $1.6 billion in cash.
Keysight, which was spun out of Agilent in 2014, makes all kinds of electronics testing gear, while Ixia focuses specifically on the telecoms side of things (one of its past acquisitions having been the N2X product line from Agilent back in 2009). Among the usual talk of synergies and end-to-end solutions Keysight seems to be saying a stronger te