Trend Micro, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with its U.S. corporate offices in Irving, Texas, was founded in 1988 as an anti-virus company. For the last full year reported (FY 2014), the publicly traded company listed their annual revenues at over $1 billion (USD) In October of 2015, Trend Micro announced it would be acquiring HP’s TippingPoint product line for $300 million – which includes HP’s popular next generation intrusion detection system. The acquisition is a literal tipping point for Trend Micro.”]