Report: IBM in talks to buy Fortinet

Doug Woodburn
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Big Blue may have been in talks with network security vendor for at least six weeks, according to Bloomberg story

Sam Palmisano has indicated that IBM could spend $20bn on acquisitions over five years Network security vendor Fortinet has received a takeover approach from IBM, according to a Bloomberg report ...

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