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Sophos

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17 articles decelerating

Sophos has appeared in 17 articles since 2015-06. Coverage peaked in 2024Q4 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet, Secureworks, Thoma Bravo.

Articles
17
mentions
Velocity
-66.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-2.667
velocity change
Sources
9
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-10-22
The Record 9 related

UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79% of Secureworks

Joe Warminsky / The Record :

2024-10-21
The Record 8 related

UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79% of Secureworks

Prominent cybersecurity company Sophos is acquiring another well-known firm in the industry, Secureworks, for about $859 million, the two companies announced Monday.

2023-01-19
TechCrunch 7 related

Cybersecurity firm Sophos lays off 10% of its global workforce and sources say ~450 employees were let go; Thoma Bravo acquired Sophos for $3.9B in March 2020

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch :

2020-03-03
TechCrunch 5 related

US private equity group Thoma Bravo has closed the acquisition of UK-based cybersecurity company Sophos for $3.9B; the deal was first announced in Oct. 2019

Ron Miller / TechCrunch :

2019-10-14
Financial Times 8 related

US private equity group Thoma Bravo agrees to buy British cybersecurity company Sophos for £3.1B

US private equity group Thoma Bravo has agreed a $3.9bn deal to buy the cyber security company Sophos, removing another British technology stalwart from the public markets.

2017-02-09
ZDNet 11 related

Sophos acquires Invincea, a security firm that uses ML tech to combat digital threats, for $100M in cash and a $20M earn-out option dependent on performance

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 16 Techmeme articles mentioning Sophos, dating back to June 2015. The biggest stories include Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, Sophos,... and Sophos details how scammers are abusing Apple's TestFlight and the Web Clips feature to.... Frequently covered alongside Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet, Secureworks, and Thoma Bravo. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise themes and away from consumer, research.

Key Moments

2024Q4enterprise +33pts; consumer -100pts; research -100pts
2026Q2enterprise +67pts; competition -33pts

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