(Reuters) - Keysight Technologies Inc , a provider of software and equipment to the electronics and wireless communications industries, is in talks to acquire U.S. data technology company Ixia , according to people familiar with the matter.<div><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?a=cieX3ktBvvk:hdoj_89FmLU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?a=cieX3ktBvvk:hdoj_89FmLU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?i=cieX3ktBvvk:hdoj_89FmLU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?a=cieX3ktBvvk:hdoj_89FmLU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/technologyNews?i=cieX3ktBvvk:hdoj_89FmLU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~4/cieX3ktBvvk" height="1" width="1" alt="" />