thus far in 2004 there have been six public to security m&a deals announced most recently ca s pending purchase of access management vendor netegrity 2003 were four active segments terms trans actions ytd identity 8 managed consulting services 7 anti spam wireless mobile 5 application 4 and endpoint 3 the acquirers so this year are symantec cisco betrusted 2 juniper constituted 85 deal volume through november only 21 exceeded values 50 million 17 venture market updata records 10 private equity investments it q4 nov 15 81 table on page compared 101 for jan period total investment is 899 versus 836 same time last an increase recent popular funding areas 157 intrusion detection prevention 83 75 biometrics 57
