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EMC Buys RSA Security for $2.1B

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lots-of-encrypted-money dept.

jam244 writes to mention the news of RSA's purchase by EMC. The deal is expected to go through in late third or early fourth quarter of 2006. Once folded into the company, RSA will act as the company's information security division. From the article: "Stice said the proposed price for RSA was 'somewhat expensive,' but added that the deal has the potential to improve EMC's business mix, broaden its product portfolio and further penetrate the consumer security storage market."

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  1. Rivest and Stein by GrEp · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So what is Rivest and Stein's piece of the pie?

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  2. Complete list of acquisitions... by gasmonso · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Here's a complete list of mergers and acquisitions: http://www.emc.com/ir/mergers/index.jsp

    Looks like they've been busy :)

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  3. all going to crap by Schmots · · Score: 1, Interesting

    We have a 60TB EMC SAN with the NAS frontend application as well. It has been nothing but headaches and problems since we got it and we regreat the purchase every single day. We also use RSA, most notably for our vpn token links. I would hate to see something reliable and workable like RSA solutions go to crap because of EMC

  4. Re:Same guys that bought VMWARE by tgd · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Centralize servers onto big iron using virtualization.

    Centralize storage onto big iron.

    Citrix will be next. Centralize desktops onto big iron.