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IBM to acquire BigFix to advance smarter data centers |
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IBM has said that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. The acquisition, the Big Blue said, is aimed at accelerating its efforts to help organizations more intelligently secure the enterprise by managing and automating security and compliance updates on thousands of computers globally. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.  According to IBM, larger businesses today need to manage thousands of computers to keep them available, secure and operating at proper configurations according to policies and requirements. As this task becomes increasingly complex, organizations face higher costs and more risk to protect themselves against security threats, often with limited warning. Though numerous vendors broadcast security patches and updates indiscriminately, BigFix software has built-in intelligence that can identify the devices that are not in compliance with corporate IT policies and recommend security fixes and timely software updates to 500,000 machines in a matter of minutes. In its statement, IBM cited the example of SunTrust Bank, which installed BigFix software on over 50,000 PCs, servers and mobile computers to gain real-time visibility into its IT infrastructure in a single view across nearly 1,800 branch banks. As a result, the organization can be proactive with its security and compliance initiatives, decreasing its patch cycle times from three weeks to three days and having a 98.5 percent compliance rate throughout its enterprise, IBM said. BigFix has over 700 customers in industries such as federal, retail, entertainment, healthcare, education and financial services that use BigFix for a simplified and automated approach to managing and securing the IT infrastructure. Founded in 1997, BigFix has over 200 employees and 120 resellers. IBM's acquisition of BigFix, IBM said, would build upon an existing relationship between the two companies. Since 2009, IBM Global Technology Services and BigFix have been working together to incorporate BigFix solutions into IBM's services portfolio. BigFix will be integrated into IBM Software Group, which has made approximately 60 acquisitions since 2003. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions. |
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