8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     September 1, 2004
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                               AVOCENT CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       DELAWARE                      000-30575                  91-2032368
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)


4991 CORPORATE DRIVE                                        HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (256) 430-4000
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                                       n/a
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On September 1, 2004, Avocent Corporation publicly disseminated a press
release announcing its acquisition of Sonic Mobility Inc., a privately held
company located in Calgary, Canada. The information contained in the press
release is incorporated herein by reference and filed as Exhibit 99.7 hereto.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

         Exhibit Number             Description of Exhibit
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         99.7                       Press release issued September 1, 2004





                                   SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                AVOCENT CORPORATION

Date: September 1, 2004
                                By: /s/ Samuel F. Saracino
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                                    Samuel F. Saracino
                                    Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate
                                    Affairs, General Counsel, and Secretary




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Exhibit                    Description
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99.7                       Press Release dated September 1, 2004

EX-99.7

                                                                    Exhibit 99.7

                   Avocent Acquires Sonic Mobility;
Acquisition Adds Wireless Network Administration from and of PDAs and
                             Smartphones

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004--Avocent
Corporation (Nasdaq:AVCT) today announced that it acquired Sonic
Mobility Inc., a privately-held company located in Calgary, Canada.
The agreement provides for a total cash purchase price of $8 million
plus the assumption of liabilities and payment of certain transaction
costs.
    "The Sonic Mobility acquisition adds a suite of software products
for secure wireless systems administration and mobile device
management on multiple platforms, including BlackBerry, Pocket PC, and
Palm platforms," stated John R. Cooper, president and chief executive
officer of Avocent Corporation. "Avocent currently provides management
and access solutions for fixed IT assets and believes the addition of
Sonic Mobility's proprietary products will expand our markets to
include solutions for the fast-growing market for mobile IT assets."
    Sonic Mobility's products include sonicadmin, software for mobile
devices that allows management of network and data center
infrastructure, sonicsecureweb, security software for intranet and
extranet resource access from mobile handheld devices, and
sonicsentry, a software solution for managing mobile devices centrally
by IT administrators.
    The sonicadmin software uses a real-time secure proxy model to
perform many routine server administrative functions from a mobile
device. For example, the administrator can reboot a server,
unlock/change passwords, restart services not functioning properly,
view event logs, move files and send messages to logged-in users.
Microsoft has licensed sonicadmin to be the software that drives the
Windows 2003 Mobile Admin Pack.
    Sonic Mobility recently introduced sonicsentry, a software product
for the remote control and administration of PDAs and smart phones
that connect to a computer network. The new product adds a new level
of network security for mobile devices. IT administrators can monitor
all mobile devices for current status, apply passwords to unprotected
devices and manage mobile user groups, as well as a number of other
functions. For mobile devices that are lost or stolen, sonicsentry
allows the IT administrator to centrally control and wipe out
sensitive data. The product is ideally suited for networks that
utilize cellular PDAs and smartphones to support staff in the field.
Planned enhancements include over-the-air provisioning and
configuration of devices, ideal applications for carriers that support
a large number of mobile devices.
    Sonic Mobility has strategic relationships with Palm, Microsoft,
RIM, NetIQ, and RSA. Sonic Mobility has over 300 customers in 14
countries, including Lockheed Martin, FedEx, Principal Financial, the
U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Justice.
    Sonic Mobility CEO, Derek Ball, will join Avocent and will become
Avocent's Director of Business Development for Mobile Solutions. He
will be joined by Dayton Foster, Sonic Mobility's VP of Engineering,
and the software development team. In connection with the acquisition,
ten individuals who became non-executive officer employees of Avocent
following the acquisition will be awarded a total of 40,000 employment
inducement stock option grants by Avocent. These grants will have an
exercise price equal to the closing share price today, September 1,
2004, and will vest over a period of four years under terms that are
substantially similar to the 2003 Avocent Corporation Stock Option
Plan that was approved by Avocent's shareholders in 2003.
    "We have already begun to integrate Sonic Mobility's mobile device
solutions into future Avocent products," continued Mr. Cooper. "The
combination of sonicadmin with our DSView and DSAdmin products will
extend our management solutions to mobile devices. We are also excited
about the potential of the continued development of sonicsentry and
the large market opportunities for remote wireless management of
mobile devices. We believe this is a very attractive market for
Avocent and look forward to developing it with Derek Ball, Dayton
Foster and the Sonic Mobility team."
    The acquisition is not expected to have a material effect on
Avocent's third quarter results, except for a to-be-determined charge
for acquired in-process research and development.

    About Avocent Corporation

    Avocent Corporation is the leading supplier of connectivity
solutions for enterprise data centers, service providers and financial
institutions worldwide. Branded products include switching, extension,
intelligent platform management interface (IPMI), remote access and
video display solutions. Additional information is available at:
www.avocent.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains statements that are forward-looking
statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These include statements regarding the development,
introduction, features, benefits, and future enhancements of new
products and technologies (including software for secure wireless
systems administration and mobile device management), the size,
growth, and leadership of the potential markets for these products and
technologies in the future, the revenue and earnings from these new
products and technologies in the future, engineering and design
activities, and the integration and operation of Sonic Mobility. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements
made, including the risks associated with the acquisition and
subsequent integration of businesses and technologies, risks
associated with general economic conditions, risks attributable to
future product demand, sales, and expenses, risks associated with
reliance on a limited number of customers, component suppliers, and
single source components, risks associated with product design efforts
and the introduction of new products and technologies, and risks
associated with obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights.
Other factors that could cause operating and financial results to
differ are described in Avocent's annual report on Form 10-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2004. Other
risks may be detailed from time to time in reports to be filed with
the SEC. Avocent does not undertake any obligation to publicly update
its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after
the date hereof.

    CONTACT: Avocent Corporation
             Dusty Pritchett, 256-217-1300
             www.avocent.com