Barracuda Networks

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Barracuda Networks
Type Private
Founded 2002
Headquarters Campbell, California, United States
Key people CEO: Dean Drako
CMO: Michael Perone
CTO: Zach Levow
Industry Telecommunication
Products Spam Firewalls,
Web filters,
IM firewalls,
Load balancers,
Email Archivers,
Web Site Firewalls
Employees 500-1000
Website www.barracudanetworks.com

Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a privately held company providing firewall products to block e-mail spam, viruses, spyware, load balancing and instant messaging software.

Barracuda Networks was established in 2002[1] and since June 2007 is based in Campbell, California, having previously operated in Mountain View, California[2] and Cupertino, California.

In January 2006, it closed its first outside investment of $40 million from Sequoia Capital and Francisco Partners. Sequoia Capital, which has provided financing to Cisco Systems, Google, Netscreen, and Yahoo!, is widely viewed as the world's preeminent venture capital firm. Francisco Partners, whose founders include technology investment banker pioneer Sandy Robertson, is a large private equity firm.[3]

On January 29, 2008, Barracuda Networks was sued by Trend Micro over their use of the open source anti-virus software Clam AntiVirus, which Trend Micro claims to be in violation of their patent on 'anti-virus detection on an SMTP or FTP gateway'.[4].


[edit] Products

  • Barracuda Spam Firewall[5], released October 2003[6]
  • Barracuda Web Filter[7], released April 2005 as Barracuda Spyware Firewall[8], renamed August 2006[9]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Company Overview. Barracuda Networks. Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  2. ^ Barracuda Networks Moves Headquarters To Mountain Viewl. Barracuda Networks (2005-07-18). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  3. ^ Barracuda announces outside investment. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
  4. ^ Barracuda defends open-source antivirus from patent attack
  5. ^ Spam Firewall Overview. Barracuda Networks. Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  6. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches Spam and Virus Firewall. Barracuda Networks (2003-10-13). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  7. ^ Web Filter Overview. Barracuda Networks. Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  8. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches First Integrated Anti-Spyware and Web Filtering Gateway Appliance. Barracuda Networks (2005-04-18). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  9. ^ Award-winning Barracuda Spyware Firewall Officially Becomes Barracuda Web Filter. Barracuda Networks (2006-08-15). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  10. ^ IM Firewall Overview. Barracuda Networks. Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  11. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches The Barracuda IM Firewall At The Demofall 2005 Conference. Barracuda Networks (2005-09-19). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  12. ^ Barracuda Load Balancer Overview. Barracuda Networks (2006-11-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  13. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda Load Balancer. Barracuda Networks (2006-11-07). Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  14. ^ Barracuda Message Archiver Overview. Barracuda Networks (2007-07-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  15. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches Comprehensive Barracuda Message Archiver. Barracuda Networks (2007-07-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  16. ^ Barracuda Web Site Firewall Overview. Barracuda Networks (2008-04-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  17. ^ Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda Web Site Firewall. Barracuda Networks (2008-04-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.

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