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Adds Web App Firewalls to Suite of Anti-Spam and Web Filtering Solutions

<p>Barracuda Networks a leading provider of anti-spam and web filtering appliances has added web application firewalls to its security offerings with the acquisition of NetContinuum.&nbsp;According to the <a title="Barracuda Acquires NetContinuum" href="http://updataadvisors.com/transactions.asp?newsid=185" target="_blank">announcement</a>, the acquisition will enable Barracuda to offer easy-to-use appliances that secure web sites and assist e-commerce merchants in complying with&nbsp;requirement 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).</p><p>Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks said, &ldquo;By combining Barracuda Networks&rsquo; strengths and sales channel reach with very mature and highly acclaimed NetContinuum products, we are confident that we will deliver industry-leading capabilities to a set of customers who had previously been unable to deploy Web site security solutions.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p><p>Updata Advisors initiated the transaction and acted as financial advisor for NetContinuum.</p> 9 application/xml false Barracuda Networks content filtering firewalls NetContinuum security Updata Advisors Barracuda Networks to Expand Application Delivery Controller Market Following Strategic Acquisition of Market-Leading Solution Provider http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/news_and_events/index.php?nid=209 Recent IT security mergers and acquisitions deals completed by Updata Advisors http://updataadvisors.com/transactions.asp?sector=13&level2id=53&level2name=Security&sectorname=ALL%20SECTORS Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 fbartolomey 208.82.213.22 false true false false true 125361 blog blogsite/UpdataAdvisors/web