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Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a company providing security, networking and storage products based on network appliances and cloud services. The company’s security products include products for protection against email, web surfing, web hackers and instant messaging threats such as spam, spyware, trojans, and viruses. The company's networking and storage products include web filtering, load balancing, application delivery controllers, message archiving, NG firewalls, backup services and data protection.〔(Company Product Page ) Barracuda Networks. Retrieved 2010-02-10.〕 ==History== Barracuda Networks was founded in 2003 by Dean Drako (founding CEO), Michael Perone, and Zach Levow; the company introduced the Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall in the same year.〔Channel Web (CEO and founder Dean Drako departs Barracuda )〕〔Ernst & Young (Northern California's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) Award Winners Announced )〕〔VentureBeat (Barracuda swallows Purewire as it becomes a bigger fish in web-based security services )〕 In 2007 the company moved its headquarters to Campbell, California,〔The Campbell Reporter (Barracuda Networks sinks its teeth into site on Winchester Boulevard )〕 and opened an office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.〔Crain's Detroit Business (Silicon Valley firm picks Ann Arbor for office )〕 In January 2006, it closed its first outside investment of $40 million from Sequoia Capital and Francisco Partners.〔NetworkWorld (Barracuda attracts $40 million in venture investment )〕 On January 29, 2008, Barracuda Networks was sued by Trend Micro over their use of the open source anti-virus software Clam AntiVirus, which Trend Micro claimed to be in violation of their patent on 'anti-virus detection on an SMTP or FTP gateway'.〔Ars Technica (Barracuda defends open-source antivirus from patent attack )〕 In addition to providing samples of prior art in an effort to render Trend Micro's patent invalid, in July 2008 Barracuda launched a countersuit against Trend Micro claiming Trend Micro violated several antivirus patents Barracuda Networks had acquired from IBM.〔Ars Technica (Barracuda bites back at Trend Micro in ClamAV patent lawsuit )〕 In December 2008, the company launched the BRBL (Barracuda Reputation Block List), its proprietary and dynamic list of known spam servers, for free and public use in blocking spam at the gateway.〔Linux.com (Barracuda offers a new alternative to Spamhaus )〕 Soon after opening BRBL many IP addresses got blacklisted without apparent reason and without any technical explanation. As of October 2009, Barracuda had over 85,000 customers.〔San Jose Business Journal (Barracuda Networks buys Purewire )〕 As of November, 2011, Barracuda had more than 130,000 customers.〔eChannel News ( Barracuda Expands to Over 130,000 Customers Worldwide )〕 As of January, 2014, Barracuda has more than 150,000 customers worldwide.〔(Barracuda news release )〕 In 2012, the company became a co-sponsor of the Garmin-Barracuda UCI ProTour cycling team 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Garmin-Cervélo becomes Garmin-Barracuda )〕 and entitlement sponsor of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 champion Bryan Herta Autosport in the IZOD IndyCar Series, with the #98 Lotus driven by Alex Tagliani, who will defend the team's championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bryan Herta Autosport Names Barracuda Networks as Primary Sponsor )〕 Barracuda Networks expanded its research and development facility in Ann Arbor to a 12,500 square foot office building on Depot Street in 2008. By 2012, the Michigan-based research division had grown to about 180 employees, again outgrowing its space. In June, 2012, Barracuda signed a lease to occupy the 45,000 square foot office complex previously used as the Borders headquarters on Maynard St in downtown Ann Arbor. In July 2012, Dean Drako, Barracuda Networks’s co-founder, president and CEO since it was founded in 2003, resigned his operating position, remaining on the company’s board of directors.〔AnnArbor ( Barracuda Networks CEO resigns to pursue other avenues )〕 At the time of Drako’s departure, the company stated it had achieved profitability,〔ChannelNomics (Barracuda Networks CEO resigns )〕 a nearly ongoing 30 annual percent growth rate since inception, 150,000 customers worldwide, nearly 1,000 employees, 10 offices, and did business in 80 countries.〔CRN (Barracuda Networks CEO resigns )〕 The company created the office of the CEO as it started a CEO search.〔Channel Register (Exit the Dragon: Barracuda Network CEO stands down )〕 In November 2012, long-time EMC executive William "BJ" Jenkins joined the company as President and CEO.〔 * http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240009269/longtime-emc-exec-leaves-to-head-barracuda-networks.htm * http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2012/11/barracuda-names-emc-veteran-bj-jenkins.html 〕 Jenkins worked at EMC since 1998 and most recently served as president of EMC's Backup and Recovery Systems (BRS) Division. In November 2013, Barracuda Networks went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CUDA.〔SJ Mercury News (Biz Break: Barracuda Networks IPO primes pump for Twitter )〕 In March 2015, Barracuda Networks expanded its business to North Asia and was distributed by TriTech Distribution Limited in Hong Kong. In November 2015, Barracuda added new Next Generation Firewall to it firewall family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barracuda Networks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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