Hewlett-Packard Co. has purchased Eon Systems Inc., a privately...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. has purchased Eon Systems Inc., a privately held maker of managment systems for local area networks, for an undisclosed amount of cash.

Hewlett-Packard said it planned to keep the Cupertino-based company's 13 employees. Eon makes a system called LanProbe that monitors and prevents problems in data communication systems.