SurfControl secures MessageSoft
$14.7m anti-spam appliance play
Posted in Enterprise Security, 19th April 2004 13:49 GMT
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UK-based censorware outfit SurfControl today acquired anti-spam and filtering appliance vendor MessageSoft. The deal is valued at up to $14.7m, depending on sales, with an initial $9.69m in cash up front and the remainder by the end of the year.
SurfControl said the deal gave it access to MessageSoft's Linux-based appliance technology and access to an established sales and distribution operation in mainland China, where US-based MessageSoft has secured an important foothold.
SurfControl already markets anti-spam software. SurfControl chief exec Stephen Purdham told El Reg that the MessageSoft acquisition would allow the company to offer customers a choice. "We've no religious commitment to either hardware or software providing people are buying SurfControl," he said. ®
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