F5 takes over NGINX to move to multi-cloud
F5 has announced that it has taken over NGINX. NGINX is the commercial company behind the popular open source web server. The company pays $670 million, says TechCrunch.
With the acquisition, F5 is taking steps to deal with multi-cloud architectures. "The acquisition of NGINX strengthens our growth ... Read more
Thales and Gemalto get antitrust exemption in US
Thales and Gemalto have been granted an antitrust exemption in the United States. Earlier this month, the two companies were granted permission by the Ministry of Justice to take over Gemalto by Thales. Today, a judge also approves the antitrust exemption and the completion of the takeover is one st... Read more
Dutch government wants to be able to prohibit takeovers in the telecom sector
State Secretary Mona Keijzer of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK) has submitted a bill that enables the Dutch government to block or reverse a takeover in the telecom sector. This should be possible if such a takeover is likely to pose a risk to national security or public order.
The bill on undesi... Read more
Juniper Networks acquires cloud-based wireless network specialist Mist
Network specialist Juniper Networks acquires the provider of cloud-based wireless networks based on artificial intelligence Mist. In this way, the network specialist aims to further strengthen its position in the fast-growing market segment of cloud-based wireless networks.
In concrete terms, the ne... Read more
Thales finds in Entrust Datacard a suitable buyer for nCipher Security
Recently, Thales announced that it would dispose of its General Purpose Hardware Security Module (GP HSM) activities. Since January 2019, these activities within Thales have been transferred to the separate independent company nCipher Security. In order to complete the acquisition of Gemalto, Thales... Read more
Ericsson expands network portfolio with acquisition of Kathrein
Ericsson takes over the German Kathrein, in order to be able to expand his Radio System portfolio considerably. Not only will Ericsson have a range of new products at its disposal, it will also acquire important input that it will use for the further development of its advanced radio network product... Read more
Google acquires cloud migration platform Alooma
Google has announced that it will take over Alooma, reports TechCrunch. Alooma is a company that enables enterprises to combine all their data sources in services such as BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake and Azure. The company takes care of the management of the data pipelines. The company also helps w... Read more
Palo Alto Networks acquires security platform Demisto
Palo Alto Networks acquires Demisto, a startup that uses chatbots and machine learning to help cybersecurity teams work more efficiently. Palo Alto Networks has received 560 million dollars (493.7 million euros) for the acquisition. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of April.
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Symantec takes over Luminate for an unknown amount
Symantec acquires Luminate Security, an Israeli company with extensive knowledge of Software Defined Perimeter technology. Once the acquisition has been completed, Luminate's technology should serve as an extension of Symantec's Integrated Cyber Defense Platform. This technology will soon be availab... Read more
Qualys acquires Adya for management and security SaaS apps
Qualys, which offers products around cybersecurity software, has taken over the software from cloud provider Adya. That company offers software to help companies manage and secure their software-as-a-service apps. In addition, the software helps with compliance with important laws and regulations.
A... Read more