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Monday merger-mania in security

2008-07-28 21:54:32 by HASH0x8b696e4 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger activity has been picking up lately and the security industry has not been immune to it. Today saw two meaningful deals announced that could have an impact on the security landscape 1. Sophos buys Utimaco - Saw this one when I woke up today, as it is a European deal. UK based Sophos is buying German based Utimaco, makers of the...
 
Tags: wireless security play, play, sophos buys utimaco, sophos, deal, smart deal, wireless security, brocadefoundry deal, motorola
 
 
 
 
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Monday merger-mania in security

2008-07-28 22:54:31 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger activity has been picking up lately and the security industry has not been immune to it. Today saw two meaningful deals announced that could have an impact on the security landscape 1. Sophos buys Utimaco - Saw this one when I woke up today, as it is a European deal. UK based Sophos is buying German based Utimaco, makers of the...
 
Tags: wireless security play, play, sophos buys utimaco, sophos, deal, smart deal, wireless security, brocadefoundry deal, motorola
 
 
 
 
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Shimmy's theory of security company relativity, part 2

2008-04-11 19:57:08 by HASH0x8471f00 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger has to be accretive financially and complimentary from a technology point of view The idea here is that in a merger you can get some economies of scale, take some cost out of the equation, have technologies that just don't roll up into one product, but are still complimentary. What I mean by that last one is that if I already sell a...
 
Tags: growth, current revenue growth, companies, larger companies, company, security companies, rapid growth phase, hard, merger options
 
 
 
 
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Shimmy's theory of security company relativity, part 2

2008-04-11 20:57:07 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger has to be accretive financially and complimentary from a technology point of view The idea here is that in a merger you can get some economies of scale, take some cost out of the equation, have technologies that just don't roll up into one product, but are still complimentary. What I mean by that last one is that if I already sell a...
 
Tags: growth, current revenue growth, companies, larger companies, company, security companies, rapid growth phase, hard, merger options
 
 
 
 
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The ID Divide

2008-06-04 06:34:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...mergers and acquisitions and other important corporate transactions is conducted before a company makes a major investment. Proponents of, say, a merger (or in our case, a new identification program) can err on the side of optimism, concluding too readily that the merger (or new ID program) is clearly the way to go. Thorough due diligence...
 
Tags: identification technologies, identification, identification programs, identification systems, due diligence, due diligence insights, process, due diligence process, identification program
 
 
 
 
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Off the wire: Online advertising vs. personal privacy

2007-12-28 00:18:42 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Google cleared an important regulatory hurdle when the Federal Trade Commission last week approved its $3.1 billion merger with ad placement giant DoubleClick, but congressional hearings on privacy ar
 
Tags: placement giant doubleclick, federal trade commission, congressional hearings, billion merger, regulatory hurdle, privacy, google, week
 
 
 
 
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New Privacy Policy Wrinkles: Online Behavioral Advertising; and Potential new EU Data Protection Policy

2008-01-31 11:24:31 by Geoffrey Turner in Security & Risk Management
 
...merger of the leading Web search engine and leading behavioral advertising provider The discussion led the FTC to suggest last month that Web advertisers using behavioral targeting consider adopting several privacy principles, called " Governing Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising " (The Principles are excerpted below). The FTC has...
 
Tags: consumer, consumer protection, privacy policy, consumer choice, consumer data, constitutes sensitive data, sensitive data, protection, ftc staff
 
 
 
 
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How do you spell R-E-L-I-E-F?

2008-02-13 18:50:54 by HASH0x8bc3020 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger it is spelled "sell Tipping Point". As has been widely reported since this deal was announced, the fact that a Chinese company would own a substantial stake in an IPS/security vendor has caused significant heartburn within the Federal Government. This same issue kept Sourcefire from being acquired by Checkpoint (I bet that 200+ million...
 
Tags: buyer, potential buyer pool, questions, bain position, acceptable buyer, bain, based company decrease, substantial stake, mitigation proposals
 
 
 
 
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How do you spell R-E-L-I-E-F?

2008-02-13 17:38:27 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...merger it is spelled "sell Tipping Point". As has been widely reported since this deal was announced, the fact that a Chinese company would own a substantial stake in an IPS/security vendor has caused significant heartburn within the Federal Government. This same issue kept Sourcefire from being acquired by Checkpoint (I bet that 200+ million...
 
Tags: buyer, potential buyer pool, questions, bain position, acceptable buyer, bain, based company decrease, substantial stake, mitigation proposals
 
 
 
 
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3Com, Bain and Huawei still talking buyout