[HN Gopher] Google Cloud to acquire Mandiant for $5.4B
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       Google Cloud to acquire Mandiant for $5.4B
        
       Author : dola
       Score  : 100 points
       Date   : 2022-03-08 11:48 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.googlecloudpresscorner.com)
        
       | formvoltron wrote:
       | Huh. And I thought that cyber security was pretty much a fake
       | threat and fake technology.
        
         | Tenemo wrote:
         | Am I missing some Google-joke here?
        
           | dcow wrote:
           | Considering this is HN, you likely simply got a good night's
           | sleep and aren't overly cynical and angsty about the
           | technology landscape today. Cheers to a good day!
        
       | tut-urut-utut wrote:
       | Glad I never used it. Now it's the time to start migrating away,
       | Google will make it:
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       | - more expensive
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       | - more bloated
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       | all while making it:
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       | - less useful
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       | - dumbed down
       | 
       | and in the end
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       | - retire it with a short notice.
        
       | tentacleuno wrote:
       | Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30598841
        
       | phendrenad2 wrote:
       | Off-topic, but Kevin Mandia is one of those guys I could listen
       | to all day.
        
       | coopreme wrote:
       | What a steal. I hope this doesn't change any of their threat
       | sharing culture or reports.
        
         | melony wrote:
         | The valuation is surprisingly low given the brand, FireEye
         | bought it for 4.5B back in the day. I would expect a higher
         | sales price.
        
           | avrionov wrote:
           | FireEye bought it for about $1B. The deal is great because
           | they had to restructure and sell former FireEye business.
           | 
           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandiant
        
       | slt2021 wrote:
       | how they plan to monetize it?
        
       | bushbaba wrote:
       | Yet they laid off nearly 100 us based support reps.
       | 
       | 5.4B is more than a 100 years worth of wages for those laid off.
        
         | namdnay wrote:
         | I don't see the connection between the two?
        
       | tims33 wrote:
       | With 600 consultants that is $9M per consultant. I realize they
       | analysts and other staff, but compared to other consulting
       | acquisitions which are often <$500k per consultant. Consultants
       | are notoriously difficult to retain and often clash with new
       | cultures. This time is obviously incredibly specialized which
       | makes them different and I'm sure Google made sure there are
       | strong retention bonuses, but it is a pretty incredible price.
        
         | la64710 wrote:
         | Just curious - did the consultants working there made anything
         | out of this deal?
        
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