- TurnTide
TurnTide Inc. was an anti-spam technology company founded in 2004 and based in
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania . The firm was created as a spin-off corporation from privacy and anti-spam technology firmePrivacy Group to bring to market the world's first anti-spamrouter . The technology, linking anti-spam detection algorithms with network-level flow controls, was originally marketed by ePrivacy Group under the name "SpamSquelcher". TurnTide was acquired bySymantec just six months after its creation for $28 million. In 2006, the TurnTide technology was described as "magic" by John Katsaros at the Internet Research Group. [http://www.internetacceleration.com/newsletters/email-9-29-06.htm]External links
* [http://news.com.com/Symantec+snaps+up+antispam+firm/2100-7355_3-5266548.html News.com Article: Symantec snaps up antispam firm]
* [http://www.internetacceleration.com/newsletters/email-9-29-06.htm Don't Try to Understand It - It's Just Magic!]
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