[BBLISA] Postini and Proofpoint

[Tom Metro]

Kendall Libby wrote:
> Current employer uses postini, which seems to work well enough...

According to Proofpoint, Google Message Security (Postini) is being
discontinued:

http://www.proofpoint.com/products/postini-switch/index.php

  Google announced recently that after November 1st 2012 there will be
  no contract renewals of Postini services. To clarify, this is not a
  rebranding of Postini; this is an announcement of the end-of-life of
  the Postini infrastructure and services. All Postini customers MUST
  migrate off of Postini systems.

So they bought the tech just so they could absorb it into Gmail/Google
Apps? I guess that makes some degree of sense...when you have more money
than time, it was a quick fix.


> Proofpoint++. Ran a cluster at Tufts for ~5 years and it did very
> well; their support is usually very good, too.

I see there is no apparent pricing information on their site. I gather
this is sold like an old-school enterprise product with lots of sales
interaction, quotes, and high prices.

 -Tom

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