And So It Begins ...

Timing is everything. Just a day after I posted a blog about the convergence of the data protection and security worlds, the New York Times reported a deal between RSA, a leading security provider, and EMC or another big-name vendor was imminent. One day later (last Friday), the deal between RSA and EMC was made public: EMC is to acquire RSA to the tune of $2+ billion. (Btw, that other vendor was Symantec.)

Okay, not to toot my own horn (okay, well, maybe a little), but if this deal doesn't prove my point (i.e., that the converging of the security and data protection markets is inevitable), nothing will. My guess is that a lot more folks talking about data protection and security in the same breath going forward (even more than I expected when I first posted the blog). Good or bad, when EMC talks, the industry listen.