HP Completes Acquisition of Fortify Software, Accelerating Security Across the Application Life Cycle


PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22, 2010 - HP today announced it has completed its
acquisition of Fortify Software.

The combination bridges static and dynamic security analysis across the application
life cycle to help clients proactively reduce business risk against malicious attacks.
With Fortify Software's expertise and offerings, HP will offer a best-in-class solution
that allows clients to properly address application security from development
through operations, and scale to a Center of Excellence program.

The acquisition of Fortify enhances HP's application life cycle strategy and enriches
the HP Secure Advantage portfolio by adding a complete application security
offering. With this addition, HP will deliver one of the most comprehensive security
capabilities for securing mission-critical applications in heterogeneous
environments.

Further details about the product integration will be announced at a later date.

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