TippingPoint

TippingPoint is the company in the USA. Since 2015 was a part of Trend Micro.

2016: Trend Micro closed the deal on TippingPoint acquisition

On March 10, 2016 the Trend Micro International company announced completion of the transaction on TippingPoint acquisition. The solutions Trend Micro TippingPoint are available to customers to providing up-to-date information about threats and protection against the attacks on vulnerabilities of "zero day".

We are glad to end of this transaction which shows our aspiration to ensuring corporate security. Using TippingPoint Trend Micro will give to clients an unsurpassed opportunity to respond to the known and not known threats, exploits and vulnerabilities during all lifecycle of the attack. Today Trend Micro can propose to the clients the unique integrated and multilevel solution for network security answering to calls which the large companies worldwide face today. EVA Chen, CEO Trend Micro

Trend Micro TippingPoint includes information on threats from laboratory on the digital vaccines Digital Vaccine Labs (DVLabs) and powerful opportunities of the Initiative of zero day (Zero Day Initiative), the industry-leading program which sponsors for community of independent researchers, which purpose – to detect earlier unknown vulnerabilities. In combination with Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, the company offers front lines for the industry of the solution for protection of all corporate network of the enterprise, data processing centers, clouds and end devices.

Terms of agreement for the amount of $300 million are originally announced acquisition of TippingPoint in October, 2015. The transaction includes transfer of competences and examination, advanced technologies of security, intellectual property in addition to big, loyal base of corporate customers.

2015: Trend Micro agreed about TippingPoint purchase

On October 22, 2015 the Trend Micro International company announced agreement signature about HP TippingPoint acquisition.

The agreement for the amount about $300 million includes technologies of information security, the intellectual property, industry expertize and base of corporate customers. With this purchase Trend Micro takes a position of the significant solution provider of protection against dynamic threats ensuring safety of the terminal equipment, networks, data processing centers and clouds. It is stated that Trend Micro will integrate the available and purchased technologies for creation of the division of network security servicing more than 3500 corporate customers.

Completion of the transaction is planned by the end 4 quarters 2015.

1999-2005

• In 2005 the company was purchased by 3Com of Corporation for $442 million and from 2005 to 2010 TippingPoint worked as the independent company in the field of development of means of information security and data protection.
• In 2002 the company departed from business on development of devices for the Internet and switched to creation of the network hardware systems of protection.
• In January, 1999 the company is organized under the name Shbang! in Texas. In May, 1999 the company replaced the name with Netpliance. The company created inexpensive devices for the Internet, in the 90th years known as Internet computers, networked PCs or even "thinner clients".