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IBM to acquire Internet Security Systems
Robert Lemos, 2006-08-23
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IBM to acquire Internet Security Systems 2006-08-24
Anonymous (1 replies)
How is IBM thinking to earn their investment back?

The ROI on ISS (based on last two quarters) is very high.

They make a profit of +/- 25 million a year.

With current profit it will take over 50 years to make up for this investment.

Besides this IBM has high qualified and respected securit...

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Re: IBM to acquire Internet Security Systems 2006-08-30
Ruchir Sharma
There should be other concerns which go behind taking this step. Possible reasons should be the integration of ISS soultions with IBM products, filling of specific gaps that exist within the security soultions available from IBM, and a firm step towards strengthing the Security Products Offerings fr...

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IBM to acquire Internet Security Systems 2006-08-24
Anonymous
Well the trend has been set.

Microsoft buying Winternals, checkpoint (trying) to buy Sourcefire...

And now IBM !!

Looks like the future of IT security is going to be in the hands of big players. Small firms will find it difficult....

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