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McAfee, Verizon Business head into 'the cloud' (from Corporate Dealmaker)

McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE) and Verizon Business are teaming to develop products to secure information passing through the cloud. And what is the cloud? Well, for one, it's the "tech buzzword du jour," according to Olaf de Senerpont Domis, who attempts to demystify cloud computing in the current issue of The...

Posted on October 9, 2009 12:10 PM

McAfee, Symantec highlight Web security M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The economy is taking a break -- so to speak -- but hackers are not. That makes Web security companies a hot commodity, acquisitions in the sector are on record pace compared to last year.The latest: McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE) acquired Solidcore Systems Inc., an IT infrastructure protection firm backed by...

Posted on May 18, 2009 8:36 AM

Symantec acquires MessageLabs for $695M (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Cupertino, Calif.'s Symantec Corp. will spend $695 million in cash to expand in the software-as-a-service, or SaaS, segment, acquiring MessageLabs Ltd., a provider of online messaging and Web security services. The deal comes about two weeks after smaller rival McAfee Inc. bought network security provider Secure Computing Corp. for $465...

Posted on October 8, 2008 9:28 AM

Take-Two plays hard to get, EA dealmaker reacts (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Two weeks ago, video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. launched a $2 billion cash bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Since then, EA made the offer hostile and had to find a new CFO, and Take-Two enacted a poison pill and just moved its annual shareholder meeting back to April...

Posted on March 28, 2008 9:51 AM