Dell's announcement this week that it plans to buy SecureWorks was not big news in the world markets. After all, the 10-year-old Atlanta online security specialist is just a niche player to Wall Street and its international counterparts.
But that niche includes 2,900 clients worldwide, including more than 1,500 credit unions and community banks across the United States.
From the macro view, the SecureWorks purchase-for an undisclosed price-looks like just another move by the Texas computer giant to diversify from hardware into the brave new world of cloud computing, and pales in comparison with its recent $820 million purchase of storage-specialist Compellent Technologies.
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