HP says its planned $1.5 billion buyout of ArcSight announced Monday is intended to propel HP into the heart of enterprise security — a move that both surprised and impressed industry watchers.

The technology giant said that ArcSight's "superior technology" is complementary to HP's own existing security portfolio of hardware, software, and services. ArcSight's products allow customers to ...

With tender offer to buy ArcSight for $1.5 billion in cash complete, HP expects to merge the company with one of its subsidiaries in the next few days. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

But for me the real value for HP is in gaining a comprehensive platform and portfolio via ArcSight for total systems log management. Being able to manage and exploit the reams of ongoing log data ...

HP's acquisition of security and compliance management company ArcSight has security channel partners hopeful about increased financial backing and extended reach but they say the deal wasn't a ...

The Palo Alto, California-based HP said it was offering 43.50 US dollars per share for the Cupertino, California-based ArcSight, a maker of software designed to help businesses and government ...

Showing no signs of slowing its recent spending spree, Hewlett-Packard may be close to announcing a deal to buy the security software-maker ArcSight for $1.5 billion. HP has been negotiating with ...

Based on ArcSight's 34.6 million shares outstanding at Sept. 1, that would value the company at $43.34 per share - a 23 percent premium to the stock's closing price Friday. Calls to HP and ...

Hewlett-Packard is waving its M&A checkbook around again. This time, HP says it will acquire ArcSight, a vendor of security information and event management software. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ...

The company had been a rumored acquisition target for the past few weeks, with Oracle, HP, and IBM all named as possible suitors. ArcSight could not immediately be reached for comment. An HP ...

The ArcSight deal follows HP’s recent move to purchase Fortify, which gave it capabilities for strengthening security before applications are compiled, he said. In addition, security customers ...