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Microsoft Finishes Swallowing Whale
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2006-07-26
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Microsoft announced that its acquisition of Whale Communications Ltd. is complete and will offer a discount immediately on incorporated Whale products. This includes Whale Intelligent Application Gateway, Connectivity Modules and Application Optimizers.
The promotion runs through December 31, 2006, which offers a 25 percent discount off the list price of these products and any add-on modules.
Word that Microsoft would acquire Whale has been circulating since May, as the company sought to strengthen its secure access platform. The company was especially interested in integrating Whale's secure sockets layer (SSL)-based access and application protection technologies with Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server.
Whale's Application Optimizers offers customized policy and content inspection for Microsoft applications and third-party customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and collaboration platforms. Microsoft says Whale distinguished itself in the marketplace by pioneering application-level security.
"This acquisition and Whale's products help us fulfill our promise to protect information and control access and move us closer to our vision of providing a comprehensive secure access platform," said Bob Kelly, general manager of Infrastructure Marketing at Microsoft.
"Microsoft is committed to the continued investment and support of Whale technology and its focus on optimizing Microsoft and third-party applications, as SSL-based access and application protection are integral parts of our secure access road map."
Integration of the platforms is thought to be a plus for companies looking strike a cost-effective balance between access and security requirements. Microsoft says its field sales staff will sell and support
Whale's products and will be releasing these products through its channel of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the near future.
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