Hot off the wire. ISS now joins Scientific Atlanta, Moxie Interactive, and a host of other Atlanta companies that have been gobbled up this year:

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Atlanta — Information technology giant IBM has agreed to acquire Internet Security Systems (ISS), an Atlanta-based provider of information security technology, for $1.3 billion in cash. ISS software, appliances and services are designed to monitor and manage network vulnerabilities and exploits and respond in advance of potential threats. ISS has more than 11,000 customers worldwide including 17 of the world’s largest banks, 15 of the largest governments, 11 of the top public insurance companies and 13 of the world’s top IT organizations. IBM’s said that the acquisition bolsters its position in the growing market for managed security services.

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Cheers.

Right before I went to bed last night (er… early this morning, around 1:30am), I had a thought. Earlier in the day, I had conceived of another potential revenue stream for our new startup. However, I had yet to make a note of it in our business plan. As I was walking down the hall, I thought to myself “I have to remember to put that in the business plan tomorrow.”

When I awoke this morning, I literally sat up, put my feet on the floor, and immediately thought “I need to put that new revenue stream in the business plan this morning.”

Sleep just gets in my way. But you have to love the consistency and continuity of the entrepreneur’s thinking patterns! This is a great example of how the idea can quite literally consume you.

Cheers.