Acquisition expected to deliver new software security capabilities across universal types of software releases in a unified DevOps platform.
DevOps platform maker JFrog, the first company to develop a binary code management repository for developers, said June 29 that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based Vdoo in a cash- and stock-based deal valued at about $300 million. Vdoo makes an integrated security platform for connected, IoT, and embedded devices. JFrog founder and CEO Shlomi Ben Haim told ZDNet that adding Vdoo’s intellectual property was important to his company’s efforts to develop a next-generation security offering to support DevOps users as they respond to a disruption in the market for continuous software delivery. Both companies focus on protecting binary code in enterprise IT systems, a central target for hackers, Ben Haim said. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based JFrog is expanding its end-to-end DevOps platform offering, which provides holistic security ranging from the development environment all the way to edge systems, IoT, and other devices. DevOps is a set of best practices that combines software development and IT operations, with its purpose to shorten a system’s development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality.
