Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies

HostReview.com
Thursday, July 21, 2005; 04:24 PM

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will acquire FrontBridge Technologies Inc., a leading provider of managed services that address corporate e-mail security, compliance and availability requirements. With this acquisition, Microsoft will deliver a service for enforcing compliance through archiving, minimizing spam and viruses, and ensuring e-mail availability in the case of a disaster.

“Our commitment to listening and responding to customers really drove the union with FrontBridge, because both companies are focused on solving the same difficult messaging challenge — ensuring customers’ e-mail is compliant, better protected from spam and virus threats, and always available, even in the case of unforeseeable disaster,” said Dave Thompson, corporate vice president of the Exchange Server Group at Microsoft.

Microsoft will continue to work closely with FrontBridge’s partners to provide these services to customers. In addition, Microsoft’s existing partners, including Hosted Exchange partners, now will be able to offer these services to meet growing customer needs.

“We developed our technology to provide all customers with managed services that simplify how corporations address complicated e-mail-related risk,” said Steve Jillings, president and chief executive officer of FrontBridge Technologies.