WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard has been building award-winning unified threat management (UTM) solutions that combine firewall, VPN and security services to protect networks and the businesses they power. Our newest appliances represent the next generation of network security: extensible threat management (XTM). All of our solutions feature reliable, all-in-one security, scaled and priced to meet the security needs of every sized enterprise. Our products are backed by 15,000 partners representing WatchGuard in 120 countries and more than a half million signature red WatchGuard security appliances have already been deployed worldwide in industries including healthcare, education, and retail. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
On August 4th, WatchGuard Technologies announced that it is acquiring privately-held BorderWare Technologies of Toronto, Canada. BorderWare Technologies is a leading e-mail and Web security content and threat management platform provider for mid-sized enterprises, government and service providers.
"This acquisition is extremely complementary and will allow WatchGuard to accelerate and further deliver on its vision of extending security solutions to protect corporate data, networks and applications," said Joe Wang, CEO, WatchGuard Technologies. "By acquiring BorderWare's best in class messaging, content security and innovative ‘in-the-cloud’ security offerings, customers will now have a single source for comprehensive and complete security.""WatchGuard has a history of technology and market leadership in the multifunction security appliance space, and BorderWare offers innovative e-mail, messaging, content and web security solutions. The threat landscape is changing dramatically and customers are demanding easy to use security solutions with advanced firewall, VPN, web, and messaging security," said Jeff Wilson, Principal Analyst, Network Security at Infonetics Research. "The combined company will be well positioned to meet rigorous customer requirements."
BorderWare – A Reputation Built on Security
BorderWare Technologies is the leading email and Web secure content and threat management platform provider for mid-sized enterprises, government and service providers alike, protecting these organizations from inbound threats and outbound data leakage. Our flagship product, the BorderWare Security Platform, provides correlated and consolidated email and Web threat prevention, data loss prevention and administration in an easy-to-use, high-performance and single appliance.
Founded in 1994, BorderWare has been focused on providing best-in-class security products with its roots in the firewall marketplace. From our firewall beginnings to today's BorderWare SteelGate next generation firewall, the BorderWare Security Platform and the BorderWare ReputationAuthority, the technical and product directive has centered on enabling easy to use, affordable and reliable security products that address business needs of the day. Since its inception, BorderWare has pioneered many new technologies that were the direct result of listening to our valued partners and customers, resulting in a strong understanding of the market and our commitment to increasing value for customers and shareholders alike.
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