Google Acquired Security Firm Postini
Acquisition, Security July 9th, 2007 - By Haochi
Comparing the number of new blogs Google’s been creating, I knew there would be another acquisition coming. Sure enough, Google today announced that they have acquired Postini, “a company that offers security and corporate compliance solutions for email, IM, and other web-based communications”, in Google’s word.
The acquisition will cost Google $625 million in cash, according to this FAQ Google provides. Postini will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google after the acquisition, but Google would probably use their technology to improve Google Apps’ security.
Postini already serves more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users and was one of [Google's] first Google Enterprise Partners for Google Apps.
More details about the acquisition can be found on the Official Google Blog, Google Enterprise Blog, this FAQ, and their press release on this acquisition.
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