That six-times-revenue buyout is higher even than other recent acquisitions of firms similar to Fortify that aim to build security into softwaredevelopment.
Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) is a secure softwaredevelopment lifecycle model that grew out of scientific observations around softwaresecurity practices at nine companies ranging from Adobe to Google, and Wells Fargo back in 2009.
You are going to have companies that are not used to dealing with mobile technology, softwaredevelopment, application development, regulatory issues, security, and control, trying to scale an M2M platform on a global basis.