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Barracuda Networks Acquires Netcontinuum

Barracuda Networks to Expand Application Delivery Controller Market Following Strategic Acquisition of Market-Leading Solution Provider

Campbell, Calif., Sept. 17, 2007 – Barracuda Networks, Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, today announced it has completed the acquisition of NetContinuum, the leading provider of Web Application Firewalls. The addition of NetContinuum’s award-winning products to Barracuda Networks’ product portfolio puts the company in a strong position to expand customer adoption of Application Delivery Controllers (ADC). NetContinuum, whose customer roster includes many Fortune 100 companies, develops solutions that combine Web application security, traffic management and SSL acceleration making it an easy to use solution for protecting Web sites of all sizes.
“NetContinuum is a recognized leader in the ADC market and this acquisition will enable Barracuda Networks to offer easy-to-use appliances that secure Web sites,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. “By combining Barracuda Networks’ strengths and sales channel reach with very mature and highly acclaimed NetContinuum products, we are confident that we will deliver industry-leading capabilities to a set of customers who had previously been unable to deploy Web site security solutions.”
With more than 50,000 customers worldwide, Barracuda Networks is the global volume leader in integrated network solutions for comprehensive email, Internet, Web and IM protection as well as application server load balancing. Utilizing its established worldwide sales channel, spanning 80 countries, Barracuda Networks will introduce the NetContinuum product line to a broader market.

Barracuda Networks continues to impress us with great strides forward. When we partnered with them in early 2006, we really weren't sure whether it would be an advantageous partnership (although we were pretty sure, we usually are). Because of the ridiculous amount of spam that hit the street earlier this year, we've sold a LOT of Barracuda devices to a lot of organizations that needed to get it under control.

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