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IBM acquires security testing company Ounce Labs


By David Rubinstein
July 28, 2009 — 
IBM this morning announced it has acquired Ounce Labs, a privately held maker of source code analysis software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition is the second in the software security space for IBM; in 2007, the company acquired Watchfire—makers of the AppScan security and compliance testing software—to bolster its Governance and Risk Management offerings. Ounce Labs’ technology will be rolled into the IBM Rational AppScan tools.

Ounce Labs’ solution scans source code to find potential security vulnerabilities and areas of non-compliance during development, when the costs of correcting these issues are lower. “Secure applications are vital to information integrity and continuity in government and business,” said Daniel Sabbah, general manager of IBM Rational software, in a written statement announcing the acquisition.

“The acquisition of Ounce Labs allows IBM to provide customers an end-to-end application security testing solution for managing security and compliance across all stages of the software delivery process.”

IBM also announced today that it will acquire SPSS, a company that makes predictive analysis software for forecasting trends and anticipating change. With this deal, IBM is announcing Smart Analytics System, designed to help companies use hard data to make more intelligent business decisions more quickly. IBM said it’s the 27th acquisition it has made to support its Information on Demand strategy.


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