Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in
carrier-grade messaging security, today announced it has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Bizanga, Ltd., the global company behind the
most scalable and full-featured message processing platform. The acquisition
will benefit operators by delivering a unified solution that increases the
performance, reliability and security of their messaging infrastructure and
decreases their system integration and management costs. Aelios Finance was the
advisor for this transaction.
Today’s
messaging infrastructures are tasked with operating against a deluge of spam,
accounting for more than 90 percent of the mail volume that operators receive.
To combat messaging threats at their earliest outbreaks, carriers are
continually looking for innovative solutions to stop spam as quickly and as
early as possible at the network's edge. Through the combination of
technologies, Cloudmark plans to move more intelligence from the backend
service to the edge of the operator network, enabling higher filtering rates
and thereby closing the gap on spammers.
The Bizanga
messaging platform uniquely complements Cloudmark solutions, together
delivering a holistic messaging security solution that combines messaging
management and complete, end-to-end filtering solutions to protect against all
forms of current and emerging messaging threats. The acquisition will enable a
powerful, single solution that delivers the most robust and highest performing
messaging protection against current and emerging threats.
Under the
terms of the agreement, intellectual property pertaining to message store
technology, previously the BizangaStore product, will be owned by a separate
and independently operated entity, led by Jerome Lecat, former chief executive
officer of Bizanga. The new entity will focus solely on developing and
delivering scalable storage software solutions for the email market.
“Cloudmark
has led the fight against messaging abuse through innovative product
development, providing customers with unparalleled protection, cost savings and
choice. By combining forces, I am both confident and excited about the prospect
of delivering a single-source messaging security solution that dramatically
simplifies and protects against messaging abuse,” said Olivier “Mario” Lemarié,
former chief technical officer of Bizanga, who will be joining Cloudmark as
vice president of Gateway Technology as part of the acquisition. “I am
delighted to be joining the Cloudmark team and will work with Cloudmark’s
world-class customer support and partner development teams to ensure a seamless
transition.”
“The
acquisition of Bizanga is part of our ongoing commitment to provide operators
with the most advanced messaging solutions to address infrastructure and
security demands,” said Hugh McCartney, chief executive officer of Cloudmark.
“By integrating the industry’s best messaging security solution with the
leading messaging platform, we can offer carriers a single-source messaging
security solution for the entire infrastructure and continue to broaden our
product offering with further innovations.”
Currently
deployed by some of the largest operators in the world, Bizanga’s Intelligent
Message Processor® (IMP) platform and Cloudmark’s award winning messaging
security software are already integrated as a result of an existing OEM
partnership. Bizanga’s scalable and full-featured email message processing and
security platform can be deployed to protect the email infrastructure from
blended threats, including spam, viruses, denial-of-service and harvesting
attacks. Cloudmark’s carrier-grade software solution delivers the industry’s
fastest and most accurate spam, phishing and virus protection. Due to a unique
combination of Advanced Message FingerprintingTM technology along
with real-time corroborated feedback from Cloudmark’s Global Threat NetworkTM
system combined with automated, anonymous traffic analysis and dedicated
security analysts, Cloudmark detects messaging abuse with up to 99 percent
accuracy and near-zero false positives.
About Cloudmark
Cloudmark, Inc. is a global leader in carrier-grade messaging infrastructure and security solutions, delivering the industry’s fastest, most accurate and most scalable messaging platform for fixed, mobile and social networks. The Cloudmark suite of carrier-grade solutions simplifies and advances the management of messaging abuse, increasing network utilization and reducing infrastructure costs. Cloudmark’s patented solutions combine Advanced Message Fingerprinting™ technology based on innovative, highly efficient algorithms, a Global Threat Network™ consisting of trusted reporters across the globe, real-time, automated analysis of traffic and content patterns, along with security research expertise, to provide real-time security intelligence and filtering across carrier networks. Cloudmark solutions protect more than one billion subscribers for the world’s largest networks, including AT&T, Comcast, MySpace, NTT, Swisscom and Time Warner Cable. Cloudmark is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://www.cloudmark.com.
