Google plans to begin offering policy management and message recovery services for business customers using Gmail as part of their Google Apps Premier Edition subscriptions.

Having completed its acquisition of e-mail service provider Postini last month, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is ready to enhance its enterprise software service, Google Apps Premier Edition, with Postini's technology.

Google on Wednesday plans to begin offering policy management and message recovery services for business customers using Gmail as part of their Google Apps Premier Edition subscriptions.

Full article: informationweek.com 

Labels: apps, business, Gmail, postini

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide. Postini's services -- which include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement -- can be used to protect a company's email, instant messaging, and other web-based communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will acquire Postini for $625 million in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments, and Postini will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of the third quarter 2007.

Read more: postini.com 

Labels: Communications, encryption, postini, security