Wednesday, July 7, 2010

BrightCloud Acquired By Webroot

San Diego-based BrightCloud, a developer of Web content classification and security services, has been acquired by Internet security software firm Webroot. According to Webroot, it will add BrightCloud's engineering team in San Diego to its Cloud Engineering team. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Webroot also said it will integrate BrightCloud's technology into its own malware and security tools. BrightCloud was led by Quinn Curtis.

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