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Mergers in the security business

Despite the shaky economy, there are still some companies out there with money to burn. The pace of acquisition is likely to slow down, but they are still trickling on, most recently, with McAfee's "a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10047380-83.html" target="new">deal to acquire Secure Computing for $465 million.

| News | Channel | 09/24/08 at 12:14 pm |


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McAfee to buy Secure Computing

Security software vendor McAfee has agreed to buy network security specialist Secure Computing in a deal worth around US$465 million, it said Monday.

| News | Security | 09/22/08 at 10:44 am |


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McAfee, Symantec ready VM security products

With VMware's user conference beginning this week in Las Vegas, security vendors Symantec and McAfee are readying new products designed to lock down the software running in virtual machine environments.

| News | Security | Virtualization | 09/15/08 at 10:35 am |


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McAfee to buy data protection vendor Reconnex

Looking to expand its range of data protection products, McAfee said Thursday that it will acquire Reconnex, a maker of data protection appliances and software.

| News | Security | 07/31/08 at 8:20 pm |


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