The Security Vendor-Customer Gap

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Websense's Leadership in Content Filtering Solutions

Earlier this quarter, <a title="Websense" href="http://www.websense.com/">Websense</a> (NASDAQ:WBSN), a market-leading web security company, completed its acquisition of SurfControl (LSE:SRF), provider of on-demand Web and email security software solutions.  In addition to being a significant cross-border transaction at over $400 million in value, the acquisition is illustrative of the strategic shift among leading IT security providers to build comprehensive solution frameworks and critical mass recently noted by Don More in Updata's <a title="Tech M&A Talk" href="public/blog/125361">Tech M&A Talk</a> blog, <a href="public/item/188814">"The Security Vendor-Customer Gap."</a>  <a href="http://www.frost.com/">Frost & Sullivan</a> recognized Websense with the <a title="Websense Press Release" href="http://www.websense.com/global/en/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressReleaseDetail/?Release=0710301510">2007 Award for Market Leadership in Content Filtering Solutions</a> and anticipates the acquisition positions Websense for continuing success.  Terrence Brewton, research analyst at Frost & Sullivan said, "We believe that the Websense acquisitions will allow Websense to outpace larger security vendors Symantec and McAfee in content protection."<a title="SurfControl is Acquired by Websense" href="http://updataadvisors.com/transactions.asp?newsid=183" target="_blank">Updata Advisors</a> acted as strategic advisor to SurfControl PLC. 9 application/xml false content filtering cross-border M&A security SurfControl technology mergers and acquisitions Updata Advisors Websense The Security Vendor-Customer Gap Customers Buy Point Solutions; Vendors Build Strategic Frameworks http://blog.updata.com/public/item/188814 Updata Advisors IT Security M&A Transactions 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