Dec. 1 am Beijing time, according to foreign media reported yesterday, IBM said it has acquired the Israeli database security company Guardium, designed to help its business customers to protect their own databases from hackers and fraud.
IBM did not disclose the specific amount of the transaction, but according to the Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker previously reported, the transaction value of 2.25 billion.IBM said the company will Guardium integrated business information management software portfolio to go.
Founded in 2002, Guardium, the database of their products in real-time protection, and compliance audit process automation company.Guardium announced in a recent statement, the five largest banks in the world are equipped with Guardium's security platform, in addition to Cisco is its strategic investors.