IBM to buy Watchfire security software firm
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IBM , the world's largest  technology services company, said on Wednesday it will buy  privately held security and compliance testing software company  Watchfire Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
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(InfoWorld) - IBM is looking to better meet the needs of wireless service providers with its planned purchase of network performance monitoring and service management software vendor Vallent. IBM announced Tuesday its intention to purchase privately held Vallent for an undisclosed sum. The vendor hopes to close the deal, subject to regulatory approval, in the first quarter of calendar 2007. At that point, IBM will fold Vallent into its Tivoli Software systems management business unit. Vallent's 200-plus customers includes Bharti Airtel in India, Brasil Telecom, China Mobile CommunicationsÂ and Cingular Wireless as well as mobile equipment providers like Alcatel, Lucent Technologies, and Motorola. The company with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, employs over 400 staff. IBM plans to add Vallent's software to the Netcool products it gained through the $865 millionÂ acquisition of network management software vendor Micromuse, which closed in February. Bringing the offerings together will better position IBM to provide software to help mobile service providers manage their increasingly complex networks as they converge fixed-line and mobile infrastructure. IBM said there's minimal product overlap between Vallent's products and its existing Tivoli software. The vendor is particularly interested in Vallent's abilities to manage wireless radio access networks, which it expects to mesh well with Netcool's management of wireless infrastructure and Internet Protocol-based services. Â
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its infrastructure business.
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The networking gear maker buys privately held network security software developer Perfigo.
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IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Consul Risk Management, a compliance and security software company with the bulk of its developers in Herndon -- the third local software firm bought in IBM's recent buying binge.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) is the first personal computer maker to install National Semiconductor's (NYSE: NSM) SafeKeeper Trusted technology, which protects security data using specially designed chips, on selected models of its PCs.
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IBM  and Lehman Brothers  have agreed to buy a small slice of software company Kingdee , kicking off an alliance intended to help the U.S. firm expand its footprint in a $10 billion domestic market and further the Chinese company's global ambitions.
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Symantec Corp., the top global security software maker, on Thursday said it will buy data management software company Veritas Software Corp.
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International Business Machines Corp.   said on Tuesday that it agreed to buy privately held  software maker Vallent Corp. to boost its line of software  offerings.
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EMC announced it will buy Network Intelligence, which produces security event management hardware and software.
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Crosses swords with IBM's Watchfire Two weeks ago, Hewlett-Packard stared jealously across the street as IBM pulled into the driveway with a brand new web application security specialist company. Not to be outclassed by a neighbor, HP has bought one too.â¦
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McAfee will acquire ScanAlert, a Web application security vendor, for $51 million, the companies announced Tuesday.
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IBM (Quote, Chart) announced Tuesday that it will acquire Venetica to manage access to its DB2 Information Integrator for Content software.
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WASHINGTON - IBM Corp. on Wednesday said it was selected by defense firm Raytheon Co. to assist in designing an upgraded software system for at least one U.S. Navy Zumwalt destroyer.
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(InfoWorld) - Check Point Software Technologies is making its second acquisition in as many months, scooping up NFR SecurityÂ for about $20 million. Check Point plans to incorporate NFR's intrusion detection and prevention technologies into its own security portfolio of firewall, VPN (virtual private network) and security management products. The resulting product will offer a high level of intelligence, adaptability and manageability, Check Point said. In addition to that bundled offering, Check Point will also sell a stand-alone intrusion detection and prevention product that will combine NFR's product line with Check Point's InterSpect internal security gateway products. Check Point specializes in pre-emptive security, offering a unified security architecture that provides protection across an entire network. NFR offers intrusion detection and prevention technologies, protecting against malicious code, backdoors, intrusion attacks, and other issues. NFR, of Rockville, Maryland and has 22 employees. U.S. regulatory authorities have already approved the acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of this year. Last month, Check PointÂ announced it would buy Pointsec Mobile TechnologiesÂ for $586 million in order to extend its offering to laptops and other remote access devices. That deal followed a proposed acquisition of Sourcefire earlier this year, whichÂ Check Point had to withdrawÂ after some U.S. government agencies, which are Sourcefire customers, protested in apparent concern about the acquisition's national security implications. Check Point is an Israeli company.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has contributed a new social computing software called 'Many Eyes' for use during the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies, this week in Istanbul.
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Plans by International Business   Machines Corp. IBM.N, the world's largest technology services   company, to acquire MRO Software Inc. MROI.O for $740 million   have received U.S. antitrust approval, U.S. officials said on   Wednesday.