According to a recent report from TechTarget's SearchSecurity, VMware has quietly acquired Determina, maker of host intrusion prevention products.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed, and this purchase evidently occurred back on August 6.

The article writes:

"VMware has acquired Determina to integrate a talented product development team with unique security technology into our efforts to make our virtualization platform the safest place to run applications. VMware does not have plans to enter the security content subscription business. VMware maintains its commitment to working with the security partner community to deliver a range of security solutions including vulnerability protection," Karthik Rau, vice president of product management at VMware, said in a statement.

In a research note analyzing the deal, Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald says he expects VMware to integrate Determina's Memory Firewall technology into its existing products, including the ESX hypervisor, and to stop selling the Determina products as standalones.

Read the entire article, here.