IBM has closed the acquisition of BigFix, an Emeryville, Calif., developer of software for management of security, compliance and energy consumption across enterprise IT infrastructure. The sale agreement (for an undisclosed amount) between the two firms was first announced less than three weeks ago.

One of the main value propositions of the solution BigFix provides is the capability to automate security and compliance updates across thousands of computers around the world. According to IBM, the company