Microsoft to buy company that filters, secures e-mail
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft added to its recent string of acquisitions yesterday with an agreement to buy a 160-person California company that filters, archives and secures e-mail for thousands of businesses in centralized data centers.
The proposed acquisition of FrontBridge Technologies Inc. would extend Microsoft's corporate e-mail business into the field commonly known as managed services. Microsoft says the FrontBridge services complement its Exchange Server e-mail and messaging business.
"It was very important to us to acquire a leader in this market," said Microsoft's Dave Thompson, Exchange Server Group corporate vice president.