Symantec Buys Brightmail

KingFishKingFish
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Utility software vendor Symantec has announced it is acquiring antispam vendor Brightmail in a deal worth about $370 million in cash.
In an announcement made Wednesday after the financial markets closed, Cupertino, California-based Symantec said it is buying San Francisco-based Brightmail. Symantec says the deal will complement its existing gateway security products in the fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Source: PCWorld

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  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    It will indeed complement what Symantec offers. Brightmail now has very good dynamicly teachable antispam and can hook to Symantec's AV also. Comcast uses that email software for filtering and control of email pathings and it is hooked to AV.
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