Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire network security and data-protection vendor SonicWALL. The company says that SonicWALL’s Next-Generation Firewalls and Unified Threat Management (UTM) Firewalls complement its security solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings. Dell also hinted at follow-on acquisitions in the security space in addition to organic growth opportunities within its existing security ecosystem.

This post was primarily written by Andrew Hay with input from 451 Research’s M&A Research Director Brenon Daly.