Proofpoint Acquires Fortiva:
Overview and Frequently Asked Questions
Overview
Proofpoint Buys Fortiva: Extends Proofpoint’s Leadership in Email Security and Management by Adding On Demand Offering for Email Archiving
On June 24, 2008, Proofpoint announced it has completed the acquisition of Fortiva, a leading provider of innovative on demand email archiving solutions. The acquisition strengthens Proofpoint’s position as a leading vendor of SaaS (software-as-a-service) solutions for email security, data loss prevention and email management.
Fortiva is an on-demand email archiving solution that addresses three key challenges – email storage management, legal discovery and regulatory compliance – without the headaches of managing an archive in-house. Fortiva’s archiving solution becomes the latest addition to Proofpoint’s growing family of SaaS solutions, Proofpoint’s flagship SaaS solution, Proofpoint on Demand™, delivers Proofpoint’s industry-leading messaging security features—including anti-spam, anti-virus, email policy enforcement, data loss prevention and policy-based encryption capabilities—as a cost-effective, easy-to-adopt and easy-to-manage on-demand service.
Fortiva’s management and employees will form a dedicated global business unit within Proofpoint focused on delivering world class on demand archiving solutions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the rationale for this acquisition?
Our customers look to Proofpoint to help them manage, protect and enable their corporate email. Secure, easy-to-use email archiving is one of the most frequently-requested features from our global customer base. Additionally, the demand for email archiving is growing rapidly, driven by stricter legal discovery requirements, regulatory requirements, and the growing dependence of email as the defacto corporate communication method. At the same time, enterprise messaging teams are looking to simplify their email infrastructures, by relying on a smaller number of email security solutions, and moving some of their infrastructure to Software–as-a-Service solutions.
These drivers have moved many Proofpoint customers to turn to us, as a trusted email infrastructure provider, for their email archiving needs. We believe that there is great opportunity for Proofpoint to lead the industry in providing a unified set of applications that allow enterprise messaging teams to better manage the compliance and security aspects of their email infrastructure.
Why did Proofpoint select Fortiva to extend into email archiving?
Fortiva has developed innovative technology for email archiving and delivered it as an on-demand solution that fits extremely well with Proofpoint’s existing products. There is a great deal of synergy between the two companies that includes compatible business models, customer-centric cultures and focus on technology innovation.
Fortiva’s email archiving solution is the most advanced, secure, easy-to-deploy and cost-effective solution in the rapidly growing market for on-demand email archiving. Proofpoint believes that on demand offerings will continue to be a growing segment of email management infrastructure, and this investment allows us to provide this broader set of solutions to our global customer base.
Fortiva provides a cutting edge approach to on demand email archiving, including:
- DoubleBlind Encryption™ provides the highest level of security. No one can access your email but you – not even us.
- Guaranteed search speeds across a global archive, backed up by state-of-the-art search and storage infrastructure
- The Fortiva Archiving Suite™ can be up and running in days, with minimal upfront capital costs and planning, compared to expensive and time-consuming on-premises deployments
What products does Fortiva currently develop and support?
The Fortiva Archiving Suite™ is an on-demand email archiving solution that addresses three key challenges – email storage management, legal discovery and regulatory compliance – without the headaches of managing an archive in-house.
How is this acquisition expected to impact current Fortiva services?
There will be no impact to the service received by Fortiva customers. The existing product and datacenter infrastructure will remain without changes – other than ongoing expansion efforts and branding changes described below.
What will the Fortiva products be called?
The Fortiva Archiving Suite will be re-branded as Proofpoint Email Archiving™. This transition will be completed over the coming weeks.
How is the transaction between Proofpoint and Fortiva expected to benefit Fortiva customers?
Fortiva customers are expected to benefit from this transaction in a number of ways:
- Increased R&D investment in Fortiva products
- Investment extensions and enhancements as Fortiva and Proofpoint implement plans to provide enhanced integration of their complementary solutions
- Access to Proofpoint’s global support, services, and training organizations
How will Proofpoint continue to support and broaden relationships with Fortiva partners?
We expect business to continue as usual for Fortiva partners. Partners are essential to Proofpoint's growth strategy, and as such partners are expected to benefit from Proofpoint’s global world-class partner program, which provides access to a broader portfolio of solutions.
How will this impact Proofpoint partners and resellers?
Proofpoint partners and resellers now have a new product line to sell, creating new business opportunities. For more information please email partners@proofpoint.com.
Should Fortiva customers continue to call Fortiva customer support?
Yes, Fortiva customers should continue to use their existing Fortiva contacts for support, professional services and sales for both immediate and ongoing needs. Our top priority will be to ensure that Fortiva’s outstanding support levels only improve, and as such we will add capacity by leveraging Proofpoint’s global support infrastructure.
When will Fortiva’s archiving solution be available for Proofpoint customers?
The service is available immediately. Contact your Proofpoint reseller or sales representative for more details about Proofpoint Email Archiving.
Will the Fortiva leadership and employees be retained?
Key Fortiva management and employees are being retained and will form a dedicated global business unit within Proofpoint, focused on delivering best-in-class, on demand archiving solutions. All technical aspects of the organization – including Engineering, R&D, QA, Professional Services, Operations, Service Center – will remain intact.
What is the acquisition integration timeline?
Proofpoint’s purchase of Fortiva is now complete and integration efforts are underway.
Where can I find out more information about Proofpoint and Fortiva solutions?
For more information on Proofpoint Email Archiving, please visit http://www.proofpoint.com/archiving.