If you are in the security space and haven’t heard about this…hold on. IBM, big blue, has bought up Internet Security Systems. This is something that I should have, in retrospect, seen coming. But, this one managed to catch me off guard when I read it this morning.
I had a couple of conversations with folks at ISS and IBM and they are all extremely excited about this purchase. In all likelihood this will go forward. I have a hard time believing that this will suffer the fate of the Checkpoint/Sourcefire screw job. This is bigger than RSA being scooped by EMC or @tstake by Symantec. This will be a spring board that will allow IBM to take a serious run at taking a huge chunk of the MSSP market.
Great choice IBM!
Tags: IBM Acquisition, ISS Purchased, RSA, Checkpoint
