The US-based IT giant IBM will increase with a takeover offer for its
computer security. With the owners of Q1 Labs security specialists from
the U.S. state of Massachusetts was a sales contract was concluded, said
IBM. The consent of the competent authorities is still pending.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The former CEO of Q1 Labs, Brendan Hannigan, should lead the new
division at IBM for security systems. The company is responding to
self-knowledge gained, among other things, as she has it written down in
a recent security report, and targets a market with an estimated volume
of 94 billion U.S. dollars.
Q1 Labs has specialized in examining data from the networks of its
corporate customers to any suspicious activity and thereby help to
prevent data breaches or misuse. The company was founded ten years ago
and is currently owned financial investors including Polaris Venture
Partners and BDC Venture Capital. The company has more than 1,800
customers, including utilities, governments or the healthcare industry.
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