Security provider Sourcefire recently purchased anti-virus vendor Immunet for $21 million in cash.

"Immunet develops cloud-based anti-malware capabilities for consumers," writes Datamation's Sean Michael Kerner. "The two companies have been partners for several years with the joint ClamAV for Windows Desktop solution that debuted in March of 2010."

"The deal will bring Immunet's cloud-based anti-malware capabilities under Sourcefire's leadership with the promise of new enterprise security technologies to come soon," Kerner writes.

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