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Acquisitions

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Acquisitions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013
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Note 6: Acquisitions
During the first nine months of 2013, we completed nine acquisitions qualifying as business combinations in exchange for aggregate net cash consideration of $882 million, substantially all of which was allocated to goodwill and acquisition-related developed technology intangible assets. Included in these acquisitions is our acquisition of Stonesoft Corporation to expand our network security solutions, specifically addressing next generation firewall products. We acquired Stonesoft in the third quarter of 2013 for net cash consideration of $381 million, substantially all of which was allocated to goodwill and acquisition-related developed technology intangible assets. Stonesoft's operating results are included in our software and services operating segments. For information on the assignment of goodwill by operating segment related to these acquisitions, see “Note 7: Goodwill,” and for information on the classification of intangible assets, see "Note 8: Identified Intangible Assets." The completed acquisitions in the first nine months of 2013, both individually and in the aggregate, were not significant to our results of operations.