12 Recent Networking And Infrastructure Deals To Keep An Eye On

EMC-Silver Tail

Money Involved: Undisclosed

Why It Matters: EMC is the industry's ranking storage behemoth, but since its 2006 acquisition of RSA, it's slowly but surely built a security stronghold through additional acquisitions such as Network Intelligence, Archer Technologies and NetWitness. Silver Tail Systems makes Web fraud detection software, and it's the latest in a string of intriguing EMC security moves that have included rumors of a security acquisition on a grander scale, as well as making investments in hotshot cloud security startups like Zscaler.