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IBM to Buy ISS for $1.3 Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the here-comes-the-licensing-shift dept.

gerald626 writes "IBM announced today that they have formed an agreement to purchase ISS for 1.3 billion dollars." From the article: " The all-cash transaction of about $28 per share is meant to bolster IBM's ability to deliver security services to corporations, the company said. ISS builds network protection products and services, including intrusion detection and monitoring tools. IBM said it intends to use ISS's expertise and software to provide more robust security-related services to its corporate customers."

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  1. Has anyone else read as by 16384 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    IBM buys the International Space Station? (followed by a brief period of shock :-) )

  2. Re:Why would IBM... by DMoylan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    we could bundle all our ms cds, manuals and other crap into a big pile and drop it from orbit on redmond.

    it's the only way to be sure! :-)

  3. Re:Why would IBM... by b4stard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not a space station, it's too big to be a space station.

  4. Re:Why would IBM... by supremebob · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nah, they're just trying to open up their talent pool for future outsourcing venues! I should probably start learning Vulcan now...

  5. I didn't know. . . by kimvette · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I didn't know the International Space Station was for sale? ;)

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  6. Re:Let Me Be... by Phreakiture · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, Space Station buys you!

    It is but a mir space station....

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  7. Easy To Misread by psbrogna · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Right, so NOT the International Space Station then ... that would have been weird.

  8. That's not Internet Security Systems.... by Orlando · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...that's a space station!

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