CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer
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Computer Associates has acquired PestPatrol, a company that markets antispyware software, for an undisclosed sum and plans to incorporate PestPatrol's products into its eTrust Threat Management software suite.
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Cisco Systems will pay $74 million for Perfigo, a developer of packaged network access control products. Perfigo&#39;s product, CleanMachines, will bolster up Cisco&#39;s network security offerings for the small and mid-size business market.
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Hewlett-PackardÂ has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics, just two weeks afterÂ IBM announced plans to buy SPI's rival Watchfire.
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CA is seeking beta testers for the 2008 version of its Internet Security Suite Plus, its all-in-one application for protecting against viruses, phishing attacks, spyware, spam and other Web borne threats. The software bundles together CA's other products, including eTrust Personal Firewall and the popular PestPatrol.
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Computer Associates plans to buy security software firm Netegrity, in a deal valued at $430 million (Â£241m). The acquisition will strengthen the firm&#39;s position in the IT security market and builds on last
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Symantec, the leading maker of computer security software, will buy Veritas for about $13.5 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest software company.
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Goes mad for certifying Security firm McAfee has bought ScanAlert - the company behind the "HACKER SAFE" kitemark used to certify ecommerce websites.â¦
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Cisco has reached an agreement to buy P-Cube, a developer of IP control software, in a deal valued at about $200 million. P-Cube&#39;s software is used by broadband service providers to monitor, control and bill for IP services.
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Keeps financial terms under wraps Microsoft says it is to acquire software developer DesktopStandard for an undisclosed sum.â¦
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With the ink barely dry on Microsoft's acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought.
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Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software of New York, which makes software to detect a common form of malicious software programs known as &quot;spyware,&quot; the software giant says.
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(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-PackardÂ has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics, just two weeks afterÂ IBM announced plans to buy SPI's rival Watchfire. SPI, like Watchfire, develops software for finding vulnerabilities in Web applications, and for auditing their compliance with regulations on corporate governance such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. HP plans to integrate the Atlanta-based company's business and its 140 staff into the software unit at its Technology Solutions Group, the business unit also responsible for servers, storage and consulting services. SPI has been a partner and supplier to HP for some time, as Watchfire was to IBM. The acquisitions leave one other player in the application security field adrift: Cenzic of Santa Clara, California, is a long-term partner of both IBM and Mercury Interactive, now a subsidiary of HP. Cenzic hopes to profit from the uncertainty in the market to gain share: it will offer up to six months free service for customers that trade in their Watchfire Appscan license for a subscription to its Hailstorm Enterprise ARC service, it said Monday. HP expects to close the deal in the third quarter, subject to regulatory approval. The companies did not disclose financial details of the deal. Â
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SAN FRANCISCO -- McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.
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Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses.
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Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) announced Wednesday that it plans to buy identity and access management software maker Netegrity Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts, for $430 million in cash.
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Only in America CA has put its money where its mouth is by offering to cover US users of its new range of anti-virus products for as much as $1,500 worth of clean-up costs if they still get infected by malware.â¦
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Anti-spyware company had granted another company rights to its software.