Talk of the SaaS web world today is a freshly announced merger between Webroot Software and Email Systems. The perhaps not so memorably named Email Systems offers SaaS services for protecting, storing and filtering email. Webroot specializes in Internet security products and services. The obvious result of the merger is that the new corporate entity could be a force to be reckoned with as far as offering SaaS-based email security products.
That was exactly what Email Systems' CEO hopes. In the press release, CEO Neil Hammerton said, "By joining forces, we are poised to provide one of the most unique and powerful security solutions in the industry. SaaS is a disruptive technology that we’ve seen grow to dominate business applications and expect to see the same with security."
Few bloggers have yet commented on the deal's ramifications, but The Register pointed out that analyst firm IDC predicts annual spending on hosted messaging security services will reach $1.4 billion by 2011.
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