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KEYW Acquires Two Companies Involved In Cyber Security

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015

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KEYW Acquires Two Companies Involved In Cyber Security

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KEYW Corp. [KEYW] on Wednesday said it has acquired two-Maryland based companies involved in cyber security and other information technology capabilities and has created a new business sector aimed at inserting the company’s technologies into new markets.Terms of the deals for Ponte Technologies and Milestone Intelligence Group were not disclosed. PonteTech, which was founded in 2007, was acquired last week and Milestone, founded in 2010, in January.The new sector is called Emerging Technologies and Markets (ETM) and will be led…

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