Untangle

Untangle, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Security software, security appliances, Internet security, network security
Founded 2003
Headquarters Sunnyvale, CA
Key people CEO: Bob Walters
Founder: John Irwin
Founder: Dirk Morris
Products Web content filtering, anti-spam, antivirus, anti-phishing, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, firewall, OpenVPN, bandwidth management, web cache
Employees 17
Website untangle.com

Untangle is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California. The company provides an open source network gateway for small businesses, schools, and non-profit organizations. Untangle provides multiple gateway applications installed at the edge of a network.

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History

Untangle was founded in 2003 as Metavize, Inc. by John Irwin and Dirk Morris.[1] In 2006, Metavize raised a $10.5M series-A venture funding round from CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners, named Bob Walters as CEO, and renamed to Untangle, Inc.[2] In 2007, Untangle released the Untangle Gateway Platform as open source under the GPLv2 license.[3]

In October 2009, Untangle released Untangle 7.0 which included improvements to its reporting capabilities.[4] In December 2009, Untangle released Untangle 7.1 which included improvements to its web filtering and policy management applications.[5] In March 2010, Untangle released Untangle 7.2 which included its Captive Portal application.[6]

Untangle released a free bookmark utility called SaveFace in May 2010, in response to continued loosening of default privacy settings in Facebook user accounts.[7][8] In June 2010 Untangle released Untangle 7.3, enabling the company's software to be used by OEM hardware manufacturers to produce their own branded multi-function firewalls and UTM appliances.[9] In August 2010 Untangle released Untangle 7.4, wherein it simplified its packages to Lite, Standard and Premium.[10]

In November 2010 Untangle released Untangle 8.0, which included Bandwidth Control.[11] In February 2011 Untangle released Untangle 8.1, which included Web Cache.[12]

Awards and recognition

In August 2008, Untangle was named a winner in InfoWorld鈥檚 Best of Open Source Software awards.[13]

Products

Untangle provides software in three different packages: Lite, Standard and Premium.

Untangle offers its Lite Package for free, whilst selling its Standard Package or Premium Package on subscription.[14] Each comprises a collection of Untangle network software applications.

Untangle applications include anti-spam, content filtering, antivirus, anti-phishing, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, firewall, OpenVPN, router, and web cache software on the Untangle Gateway Platform.[15]

The company also offers a range of hardware, or appliances, with Untangle Gateway Platform pre-installed.

References

  1. ^ "Metavize Inc". http://www.tectrends.com/cgi/showan?an=02769606. 
  2. ^ "Metavize Changes Name And Raises $10.5 Million In Series A Financing". http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=2097. 
  3. ^ "Security start-up Untangle goes open-source". http://www.news.com/Security-start-up-Untangle-goes-open-source/2100-7344_3-6193225.html. 
  4. ^ "Untangle announces availability of Untangle 7.0". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-announces-availability-of-Untangle-7. 
  5. ^ "Untangle announces availability of Untangle 7.1". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-announces-availability-of-Untangle-7-1. 
  6. ^ "Untangle launches Captive Portal with release of Untangle 7.2". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-launches-Captive-Portal-with-release-of-Untangle-7-2. 
  7. ^ "Quick Fix Promises To Ensure Facebook Privacy". http://cbs5.com/technology/facebook.privacy.settings.2.1699404.html. 
  8. ^ "4 tools to help reclaim Facebook privacy". CNN. http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/4-tools-to-help-reclaim-facebook-privacy/. 
  9. ^ "Untangle announces release of Untangle 7.3". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-announces-release-of-Untangle-73. 
  10. ^ "Untangle announces release of Untangle 7.4". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-announces-release-of-Untangle-74. 
  11. ^ "Untangle 8.0 adds Bandwidth Control for Network Administrators". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-8-adds-Bandwidth-Control-for-Network-Administrators. 
  12. ^ "Untangle 8.1 adds Web Cache". http://www.untangle.com/About-Us/Untangle-81-adds-Web-Cache-capability. 
  13. ^ Best of Open Source Software Awards 2008.
  14. ^ Geier, Eric. "How to Protect an Entire Network with Untangle", eSecurity Planet, February 24, 2011. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2011.
  15. ^ "Untangle Applications". http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=179. 

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