VMware Acquires Carbon Black
October 8, 2019
VMware completed its acquisition of Carbon Black in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.1 billion (at $26 per share). Carbon Black will form the nucleus of a new VMware Security Business Unit to expand VMware’s cloud-native security and endpoint protection capabilities.
- Buyers
- VMware, Inc.
- Targets
- Carbon Black, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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