<p>US technology giant IBM announced that it has purchased Israeli data security company Trusteer, Globes economic daily reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the report, the deal is estimated to be valued at $630 million in addition to millions of dollars' salary payment to Trusteer's employees, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />IBM will also set up an Israeli software lab where 200 engineers will conduct research and development on mobile device security apps and cloud-delivered security solutions.<br /><br />"Trusteer's experience and superior technology in endpoint defence and advanced malware prevention will help our clients across all industries address the constantly evolving threats they are facing," IBM said in a statement Thursday.<br /><br />"Together with IBM's capabilities in advanced threat detection, analysis and remediation, we will now be able to offer our clients several additional layers of defence against sophisticated attackers," it added.<br /></p>
<p>US technology giant IBM announced that it has purchased Israeli data security company Trusteer, Globes economic daily reported.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the report, the deal is estimated to be valued at $630 million in addition to millions of dollars' salary payment to Trusteer's employees, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />IBM will also set up an Israeli software lab where 200 engineers will conduct research and development on mobile device security apps and cloud-delivered security solutions.<br /><br />"Trusteer's experience and superior technology in endpoint defence and advanced malware prevention will help our clients across all industries address the constantly evolving threats they are facing," IBM said in a statement Thursday.<br /><br />"Together with IBM's capabilities in advanced threat detection, analysis and remediation, we will now be able to offer our clients several additional layers of defence against sophisticated attackers," it added.<br /></p>