Comments on: Guardium Head Count Could Grow Under IBM Ownership, Big Blue Exec Says http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/30/guardium-head-count-could-grow-under-ibm-ownership-big-blue-exec-says/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John Ottman http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/30/guardium-head-count-could-grow-under-ibm-ownership-big-blue-exec-says/comment-page-1/#comment-95528 John Ottman Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:29 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=52632#comment-95528 By acquiring Guardium at such a significant multiple, IBM has validated the database security, risk and compliance marketplace. However, this acquisition adds yet another point solution to their already disparate database tools portfolio, and such an "rfp check box" architecture approach will not satisfy the integrated platform requirements of serious customers seeking enterprise wide data governance. -John Ottman, President & CEO, Application Security, Inc. By acquiring Guardium at such a significant multiple, IBM has validated the database security, risk and compliance marketplace. However, this acquisition adds yet another point solution to their already disparate database tools portfolio, and such an “rfp check box” architecture approach will not satisfy the integrated platform requirements of serious customers seeking enterprise wide data governance.

-John Ottman, President & CEO, Application Security, Inc.

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