FireEye Computer Security Firm Acquires Mandiant

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/technology/fireeye-computer-security-firm-acquires-mandiant.html

By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER
New York Times
January 2, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a deal that may have broad repercussions for companies 
and governments fending off sophisticated hackers and state-sponsored 
digital attacks, FireEye, a provider of security software, has acquired 
Mandiant, a company known for emergency responses to computer network 
breaches.

The deal, in both cash and stock, is worth more than $1 billion, based on 
the current value of shares in FireEye.

The acquisition, which closed on Monday but was not publicly announced 
until after the markets closed on Thursday, was one of the biggest 
security deals of 2013. It merges two darlings in the $67 billion global 
computer security market that together could form a formidable competitor 
to antivirus giants like Symantec and Intel’s McAfee.

David G. DeWalt, FireEye’s chairman and chief executive, ran McAfee before 
it was sold to Intel in 2010. Mr. DeWalt was rumored to be a contender for 
the top job at Intel, but surprised company insiders when he left to join 
FireEye in 2012.

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