BlackSpider Technologies Limited

BlackSpider Technologies Limited was a British software company founded in 2002 and subsequently acquired by SurfControl in July 2006.

The Company provided cloud computing services for filtering email spam and other malware.

History

BlackSpider was a start-up company founded in 2002 by John Cheney[1] in Reading, Berkshire, UK.

In January 2004 Casenove Private Equity invested £4.6m ($6.6m) in the business,[2] allowing the organisation to grow into the French and German markets.

In July 2006 SurfControl, a UK listed PLC, acquired BlackSpider for £19.5m in cash.[3]

At the point of acquisition BlackSpider had £4m in revenues, an operating loss of £3.1m and over 1,200 customers.[4]

In October 2007 Websense acquired SurfControl for approximately £204m.[5]

Following the acquisition of SurfControl by Websense, the original BlackSpider Management Team, including John Cheney, left to found Workbooks.com, a provider of web-based CRM software for small businesses.[6]

Products

MailControl was the brand name for BlackSpider Technologies email filtering services. These products are now sold by Forcepoint under the brand name Hosted Email Security.[7]

Notes

  1. "Bloomberg Business Week". Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  2. Ruth Bojer (7 January 2004). "BlackSpider secures €6.6 million investment". Tornado Insider. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. John Leyden (23 July 2006). "SurfControl Snaps Up Blackspider". The Register. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  4. Will Sturgeon (13 July 2006). "SurfControl Catches Blackspider". Silicon.com. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  5. "Websense Completes Acquisition of SurfControl". Websense. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  6. "Workbooks.com Management Team". Workbooks.com. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  7. "Hosted Email Security". Websense. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

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