SonicWALL News

Thoma Bravo is bucking prevailing private-equity industry trends by raising a bigger investment fund this year, but it's not abandoning its steady strategy of buying middle-market companies in its niche industries.

Dell on Wednesday reported a drop in profits for the first quarter, weighed down by a revenue decrease and slower sales of consumer products.

May 15, 2012 -- Thoma Bravo, LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan , through their private investor department Teachers' Private Capital, have sold SonicWALL, Inc., a developer of network security and data protection solutions designed to detect and control applications and protect networks from intrusions and malware attacks, to Dell, Inc.

Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, announced today it has completed the sale of portfolio company SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of IT security and data backup and recovery solutions, to Dell Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO & CHICAGO -- -- Thoma Bravo, LLC , a leading private equity investment firm, announced today it has completed the sale of portfolio company SonicWALL, Inc ., a leading provider of IT security and data backup and recovery solutions, to Dell Inc.

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- -- Dell Inc. today announced it has finalized its acquisition of SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security, secure remote access, email security, backup and recovery, and management and reporting.

Fortinet ranked at the top of Gartner's leaders/visionaries quadrant in a recent Magic Quadrant report.