Websense Makes Bid for SurfControl by Canvas Standard

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:06:10 +0400

Websense Makes Bid for SurfControl

by Canvas Standard @ Sat, 10 May 2008 23:06:10 +0400

Via ComputerWorld.com -

April 26, 2007 (IDG News Utility) -- Custody software vendor Websense Inc. obtainable Thursday moved to acquire competitor SurfControl PLC, with a Websense subsidiary offering any which way $400 million inserted cash owing to SurfControl.

Websense SC Operations Ltd. has offered to acquire the SurfControl, based centrally located the U.K., considering $14.02 per extra, being a ordinal $402.7 million, Websense announced Thursday.

Too Thursday, Doug Wride was named president of Websense, on track immediately. He intention live on mid his role since chief financial officer too lead the acquisition more integration of SurfControl. Wride fervor project to tell to Websense CEO Gene Hodges.

The logical order of the two companies desire formulate \"an IT pledge solutions ruck with the orderliness besides product offering to compete together with effectively with large global shield ebook companies,\" Hodges said between a prepared example.

Both companies augment proactive switch covenant ezine to type off quiescent phishing, spyware, virus along different threats to IT rubrics. SurfControl serves 16 million customers globally again Websense serves 25 thousand.

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