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IBM To Acquire BigFix
July 2010 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
IBM today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. The move aims to accelerate IBM’s efforts to help organizations more intelligently secure the enterprise by managing and automating security and compliance updates on thousands of computers globally. Financial details were not disclosed.
BigFix software provides a single IT management platform that gives organizations visibility, control and automation across their computing endpoints—laptops, desktops and servers—to manage critical applications for systems lifecycle, vulnerability assessment, energy-efficient computing, and configuration and security compliance.
BigFix has more than 700 customers in industries such as federal, retail, entertainment, healthcare, education and financial services that use BigFix for an automated approach to managing and securing the IT infrastructure.
Founded in 1997, BigFix has more than 200 employees and 120 resellers. IBM’s acquisition of BigFix will 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 regulatory approval and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
