Huawei in talks to buy Israeli cyber company HexaTier

Branching out: Huawei will use HexaTier to set up a R&D centre in Israel for databases in the cloud.

TEL AVIV: Chinese smartphone maker Huawei is negotiating the acquisition of Israeli start-up HexaTier, whose technology secures databases in the cloud, industry sources in the two countries said on Tuesday. 

The sources, who asked not to be identified, said the deal was expected to go through soon.