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1Nine Security Acquisitions We Would Love to See
Sophos thus far has not made any real move into SAAS (software as a service), bucking a trend of moves by McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro. The strategy has paid off for Sophos, as the company’s on-premises business is going well. Still, as SAAS adoption continues to increase, the lack of a SAAS business could come back to haunt the company.
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As analyst Eric Ogren of The Ogren Group put it: “Google hosts so many Websites and blogs, storefronts, and download centers that a leading security scanning service makes too much sense. It would be a huge public service for Google to ensure that hosted sites are regularly scanned for security issues.”
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Oracle and Passlogix have had an OEM agreement for several years now, with Oracle rebranding and selling Passlogix’s single-sign-on product. Passlogix had a similar agreement with IBM, which last year acquired Passlogix rival Encentuate. Acquiring Passlogix could be a good response for Oracle.