M&A Deal Summary

Aladdin Knowledge Systems Acquires Secure Computing - Secure SafeWord Business

On September 4, 2008, Aladdin Knowledge Systems acquired software company Secure Computing - Secure SafeWord Business from Secure Computing for 65M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aladdin Knowledge Systems’ 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Aladdin Knowledge Systems’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Aladdin Knowledge Systems’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Aladdin Knowledge Systems’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-09-04
Target Secure Computing - Secure SafeWord Business
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Sellers(s) Secure Computing
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 65M USD

Target

Secure Computing - Secure SafeWord Business

San Jose, California, United States
Secure Computing - Secure SafeWord Business is a provider of gateway security company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Tel Aviv, Israel

website

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Information Technology
Employees464
DESCRIPTION

Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. is a provider in software digital rights management (DRM), multi-form factor authentication, and secure web gateways.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Software) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-03-03 Micro Macro Technologies

Israel

Micro Macro Technologies Ltd. is a software protection company.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-15 Eutronsec

Treviolo, Italy

Eutronsec S.p.A. is a provider of software protection and authentication products. Eutronsec solutions include software protection, token authentication, OTP technology, SIM and smartcard readers, desktop and laptop protection, USB flash memory, and PDF document protection.

Buy €10M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Secure Computing

San Jose, California, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Secure Computing offers firewall/VPN appliances, identity and access management, as well as content management and filtering solutions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
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