Looking Back: Top 10 Security Stories of 2009
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Barracuda expands SaaS with PureWire
Barracuda should be set to tangle with Websense and Blue Coat in a big way in 2010, as the company sees the fruits of its labors from the October pick-up of PureWire. With considerable momentum behind it after just an 18-month existence, cloud-based PureWire offers Barracuda a technological boost in URL filtering, malicious-code detection and application controls for Web-based applications. Known best for its less-channel-friendly appliance-based security model, Barracuda will be able to leverage PureWire's SaaS to give channel partners more ways to deliver content security.
“This will not just leverage a particular menu of appliances or cloud, but a hybrid model, which we'll make available in a matter of months,” Stephen Pao, vice president of product management at Barracuda, said in October.
Additionally, the acquisition brings Mike Van Bruinisse, a long-time security pro and former founder of PureWire to Barracuda to help lead the company's enterprise sales strategy.