Kerio Technologies
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Kerio Technologies, Inc. is a former technology company specializing in collaboration software and unified threat management for small and medium organizations. Founded in 1997, Kerio is headquartered in San Jose, California.[1] In January 2017, GFI Software acquired Kerio.[2] GFI Software is owned by Aurea SMB Solutions, which in turn is owned by ESW Capital Group.[3]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Information technology Software Network security |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Fate | Acquired by GFI Software |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California |
Key people | Mirek Kren (CEO) |
| Products | Kerio Connect, Kerio Control, Kerio Operator, Samepage |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | kerio |
History
Kerio Technologies incorporated in 2001, but its first product WinRoute Pro entered the Internet security market in 1997,[4] as it was owned and maintained by Tiny Software until February 1, 2002.[5] Tiny Software then transferred sales and development of its software to Kerio, where the developers continued to work on it under the Kerio brand.[6]
Kerio's main products (in the early 2000s) were Kerio Personal Firewall[7] and Kerio WinRoute Firewall[8] and the company focused on collaboration software with Kerio MailServer.[9] Kerio discontinued its Personal Firewall in late 2005, which was then acquired by Sunbelt Software.[10]
Starting in 2010, Kerio MailServer was renamed to Kerio Connect[11] and Kerio WinRoute to Kerio Control.[12] Kerio introduced Kerio Operator, an IP PBX system, in 2011[13] and Samepage, a file sharing and collaboration software, in 2013.[14]
In January 2017, Kerio was bought by GFI Software. Kerio Connect, Kerio Control, Kerio Operator and Kerio Cloud became GFI assets but Samepage was not part of the acquisition.[2]
Products and services
Kerio provides IT products and services mainly in security solutions[15] which are physical devices and virtual appliance that could run on virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere.
Kerio Control
Kerio Control is a network security solution that manages security services and perform as Unified Threat Management such as intrusion detection and prevention (IPS), gateway antivirus, VPN, web content, application filtering and endpoint security software.[16][17]
Kerio Connect
Kerio Connect provides email service for small and mid-sized businesses. Some of its features include security features such as SSL encryption, S/MIME and antispam. Supporting for Microsoft Outlook, and mail services IMAP and POP.[18]
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