Top mergers and aquisitions activity in 2013

December 2, 2013

A look at the top mergers and acquisitions in the information security industry this year.

Company	Purchased	Gains	Terms
Blue Coat Systems	Solera Networks	Addition of security analytics and forensic functions to future products.	Undisclosed
CA Technologies	Layer 7 Technologies	CA will integrate tools to manage APIs into its own IAM suite.	Undisclosed
Cisco	Sourcefire	Expands the company's IT security portfolio and threat-research offerings.	$2.7b
EMC	Aveksa	Extends mobile device portfolio with cloud and on-premises provisioning and SSO technology.	Undisclosed
IBM	Trusteer	Extends Big Blue's data security capabilities into the cloud, mobile and endpoint security space.	$1b
IBM	SoftLayer	IBM builds out its public cloud offerings.	Undisclosed
McAfee (Intel)	Stonesoft	Adds next-generation firewalls and intrusion detection.	$389m
Microsoft	Nokia	Microsoft acquires a global mobile device business.	$7.2b
Yahoo	Tumblr	Yahoo will take over operations of the social media blogging site.	$1.1b
Verizon	Vodaphone	Will enhance its ability to offer customers "seamless and integrated services."	$130b
Vista Equity	Websense	Private equity firm aquires the internet security firm. Goes private with little expected to change.	$1b

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