Network intrusion-prevention specialist Sourcefire will pay a total of $ 21 million, $ 17 million now and $ 4 million to be paid over the next 18 months upon achievement of product delivery milestones, for Immunet, a developer of cloud-based anti-malware technologies. The acquisition is expected to extend Sourcefire’s malware protection to the cloud, and provides the company’s first endpoint protection offering, according to company officials.
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