Google to Acquire Postini 147
Dynamoo writes "Google has announced that it is to acquire Postini, company best known for its corporate spam filtering and security service, but also active in Instant Messaging and compliance area.
The deal is to purchase Postini for $625m in cash. The acquisition is slated to enhance Google's application portfolio, and Google will also acquire several very large Blue Chip customers that have previously eluded it."
Postini's been around a while (Score:3, Informative)
Re:OT but yikes (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Coming soon: Google Airlines (Score:2, Informative)
We use Postini and it is GOOD. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:OT but yikes (Score:3, Informative)
I had my previous firm using Postini (Score:3, Informative)
Then I got Postini and the world changed. Upkeep was mindless, the product was really cheap per mailbox and a huge portion of the spam was stopped at Postini's servers hugely reducing the load on our Spamwall and Exchange servers. In addition, it also gave us mail spooling for when we had to take the Exchange server down or if our Internet connection went out. Nothing was ever lost.
This is another case of Google finding an excellent product that fits in with their business direction and will enhance their products, not just a Microsoft-type acquisition intended to stifle competition.