Astaro, which sells a unified threat management appliance, has just added an email archiving option. The archiving is cloud-based; access is via an Outlook plug-in or Web browser. Cloud-based material is encrypted.
Comments:
- Astaro deserves more visibility.
- The main services of the appliance are:
- Network security/firewall
- Email security--AV, AS
- Web security--content filtering, anti-malware, Skype, peer to peer, etc.
- Revenues around $50M annually, and the company is profitable.
- Astaro sells mainly to SMEs via resellers.
... David Ferris