IBM to Buy Database Security Co Guardium for $225 Million

IBM is about to acquire Guardium for $225 Million, according to Haaretz. Guardium provides software solutions for database activity monitoring, security, and auditing. This is the largest high-tech Israeli exit in 2009 and a great achievement for Guardium’s investors, who will be getting 10x returns on their bets.

CopperGate Sells to Sigma Designs, Some Say Prematurely

CopperGate, the Fabless Semiconductor start up founded in 2000, was sold to Sigma Designs for $160 million in stock and cash. While this is one of the largest exits in Israel in recent months, critics say that it is yet another example of why high-tech companies can’t become large in Israel.

Oversi Solves The Video Traffic Jam

Israeli startup Oversi officially presented OverCache MSP, a platform aimed to help Internet service providers manage and monetize over-the-top (OTT) video, ultimately improving the speed in which end users consume video.
According to a recent study presented by the Pew Internet project, 48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the [...]

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