Tech company upgrades N.C. presence.

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Network Appliance, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based data-storage-system maker, is expanding in North Carolina. The company employs about 150 at a research-and-development and sales operation in Durham. It is buying three buildings in Research Triangle Park from San Jose, Calif.-based router maker Cisco Systems. Terms weren't disclosed, but Network Appliance plans to invest $59 million in the buildings and hire 361 workers, beginning later this year. It...