Microsoft will buy the Israeli company Adallom for 320.000.000 dollars. Adalom launches security software 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 the CEO Satya Nadella it is clear that it is looking at building "a smart 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 its data is safe.
The Adallom service tracks the usage of cloud applications of Amazon Web Services, Ariba, Box, dropbox, Google Apps, Office 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, και της Yammer της Microsoft.
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.
