Microsoft acquires Anti-rootkit specialist Komoku
Microsoft, the leader in software solutions and services adds one more acquisition to their database. This time it is Komoku, the anit-rootkit specialist. Komoku founded in 2004 was mainly involved in security with financial and government institutes. Komoku was started as Maryland university’s research project. Komoku means “taking defensive position” in chinese board games and “find and kill evil” by japanese myths. This time Komoku is on the defensive positon, getting acquired by the Software Giant.
Microsoft’s acquired Komoku having its enterprise security products in the mind. This acquisiton is 8th in 2008 and its recent acquisition before Komoku is Kidaro an Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation company for a ransom $100M. The cost of the Komoku deal is not yet revealed.
Pls find the list of acquisitions by Microsoft in 2008
Komoku employees will be joining Microsoft in the appropriate departments and the brand komoku will eventually disappear as the company winds down.
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