Acquisitions and Partnerships
From September 2003 to February 2006, Sophos served as the parent company of ActiveState, a developer of programming tools for dynamic programming languages. In February 2006, ActiveState became an independent company when it was sold to Vancouver-based venture capitalist firm Pender Financial.
In 2007, Sophos acquired ENDFORCE, a company based in Ohio, USA which develops and sells security policy compliance and Network Access Control (NAC) software.
In July 2008, Sophos announced its intention to acquire Utimaco Safeware AG.
In July 2009, Sophos completed integration of Utimaco Safeware AG.
In May 2010, Sophos reached a definitive agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to Apax Partners, a global private equity group.
In November 2010, Sophos announced job cuts of around seven percent of their workforce in response to poorer than expected growth in the first half of 2010.
In May 2011, Sophos announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire Astaro, a privately held provider of network security solutions, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA and Karlsruhe, Germany.
In April 2012, Sophos acquired DIALOGS, a privately held provider of mobile management solutions, headquartered in Germany.
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