{"id":656207,"date":"2013-05-06T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=228392"},"modified":"2013-05-06T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T13:50:03","slug":"mcafee-set-to-acquire-firewall-provider-stonesoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/656207","title":{"rendered":"McAfee Set To Acquire Firewall Provider Stonesoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel’s antivirus software company, McAfee, is acquiring Stonesoft. The company announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to initiate a conditional tender offer to do so. <\/p>\n

Stonewall, if you’re unfamiliar, creates firewall products. <\/p>\n

The deal is worth $389 million. <\/p>\n

McAfee President Michael DeCesare said, \u201cWith the pending addition of Stonesoft\u2019s products and services, McAfee is making a significant investment in next-generation firewall technology. These solutions anticipate emerging customer needs in a continually evolving threat landscape. Stonesoft is a leading innovator in this important market segment. We plan to integrate Stonesoft\u2019s offerings with other McAfee products to realize the power of McAfee\u2019s Security Connected strategy. Stonesoft products will benefit from the collective expertise of more than 7,200 McAfee employees. Leveraging McAfee\u2019s cloud-based Global Threat Intelligence service will provide our combined customers with unparalleled security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stonesoft CEO Ilkka Hiidenheimo added, \u201cThe combination of the two companies allows Stonesoft to benefit from McAfee\u2019s global presence and sales organization of over 2,200 employees, best-in-class threat research and technology synergies. Combined, we believe we can offer our customers a world-class product portfolio with world-class support \u2013 all backed by Intel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rationale for the acquisition, McAfee says, is based on network security being a vital component of a comprehensive security solution, and next-generation firewalls are one of the fastest growing segments of this. Stonesoft is considered a leader in the space, and McAfee expects to grow its network security business with a more complete offering. <\/p>\n

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Intel’s antivirus software company, McAfee, is acquiring Stonesoft. The company announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to initiate a conditional tender offer to do so. Stonewall, if you’re unfamiliar, creates firewall products. The deal is worth $389 million. McAfee President Michael DeCesare said, \u201cWith the pending addition of Stonesoft\u2019s products and services, McAfee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}