America's Growth Capital is pleased to announce that its client, Ounce Labs, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise source code security testing software, has been sold to IBM Corporation (NYSE:IBM), the world leader in information technology products and services. IBM will integrate Ounce Labs into its Rational software business. Ounce technology will be offered as part of the IBM Rational AppScan family of Web application security analysis capabilities across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from coding to production. Financial terms were not disclosed. With a team led by Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's acted as sole financial advisor to Ounce Labs.
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