Updated: August 2, 2020 (August 1, 2005)
Analyst ReportFrontBridge to Be Acquired
Microsoft intends to acquire FrontBridge Technologies, an established provider of security, compliance, and availability services for corporate and hosted Internet mail and instant messaging (IM) systems. Although Microsoft plans to further address spam, viruses, regulatory compliance, and availability in upcoming releases of its Exchange e-mail server, it is acquiring FrontBridge so that it can also offer these functions as a hosted service to organizations that want to use Exchange or other e-mail systems internally, but that don’t have the expertise or manpower to deal with these challenges.
What Does FrontBridge Do?
FrontBridge (formerly named Big Fish Communications) operates eight data centers around the world that provide inbound and outbound messaging-related services to corporate customers and hosted e-mail providers. (For a diagram of the main components, see the illustration “FrontBridge Architecture“.) FrontBridge provides filters and data stores that perform the following services:
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