With Purchase, Google Targets Large Businesses - washingtonpost.com

With Purchase, Google Targets Large Businesses - washingtonpost.com

With Purchase, Google Targets Large Businesses

By Kendra Marr
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Page D01

Google delved deeper into the business software market yesterday with its announcement it would acquire Postini for $625 million in cash.

Postini, a closely held company with about 300 employees, sells software that protects e-mail, instant messaging and other Web-based communications from viruses and spam. The company said it hopes the acquisition would attract larger business clients seeking to comply with complex security regulations.