Dell, Cisco, IBM Among Top Buyers of Security Companies in 2011

eweek.com (Dec 30 2011) IT Buzz

1. There have been a number of major acquisitions in the security space in the past two years, including Hewlett-Packard purchasing ArcSight for $1.6 billion, Symantec acquiring Verisign for $1.3 billion, Apax Partners buying Sophos for $580 million in 2010, and chip giant Intel stepping into the security business by scooping up McAfee for $7.8 billion. The Intel-McAfee deal, announced in 2010 but completed in February this year, was just a hint of how traditionally nonsecurity-focused companies would snap up security companies in 2011. Sometimes a technology buy and other times a way to sign on renowned ... (Read Full Article)

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