Η Microsoft will buy the Israeli company Adallom for $320.000.000. The startup Ádallom develops software security for cloud services.
Currently, the company has 90 employees (30 of them located in the US). When the acquisition is completed, it will act as an independent Microsoft division and will handle it as related to Microsoft Cloud Security.
Microsoft has so far not confirmed the information leaked by VB.
Israeli media outlets Calcalist and Globes reported on the deal over the weekend, followed by Reuters and The Wall Street Newspaper.
Microsoft with CEO Satya Nadella is clearly looking at building "an intelligent cloud platform." Of course, the security of the Cloud is of the utmost importance for the company, which seems to be investing a lot in the cloud in recent years. Internet-based applications such as Office 365 generate a lot of revenue, and surely the company wants to be sure that the data they are safe for her.
The Adallom service monitors the use of cloud applications of Amazon Web Services, Ariba, Box, Dropbox, Google Apps, Office 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Microsoft's Yammer.
It collects data from the typical use of applications, analyzes them and alerts administrators of any abnormalities that could pose security issues.
Adalom started 2012 and currently has offices in Palo Alto, Calif., And Tel Aviv.
