- Untangle
Infobox_Company | company_name = Untangle, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =2003
key_people = CEO:Bob Walters
location =San Mateo, CA
num_employees = 25-50
industry =Security software ,Security appliance s,Internet security ,Network security | products =URL Filtering ,Anti-Spam ,Anti-Virus ,Anti-Phishing ,Anti-Spyware ,Intrusion Prevention ,Firewall ,VPN ,SSL VPN
homepage = [http://www.untangle.com www.untangle.com]Untangle is a privately held company that provides an
open source network gateway for small businesses. Untangle provides many gateway applications, such as blocking spam, blocking malware, web filtering, phishing protection, intrusion prevention, and more [cite web | title = Untangle Applications | url=http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=179] on the Untangle Gateway Platform.Untangle was founded in 2003 as Metavize, Inc. by John Irwin and Dirk Morris. [cite news | title = Metavize Inc | url=http://www.tectrends.com/cgi/showan?an=02769606] Metavize officially launched in 2005 at Demo@15! [cite news | title = Metavize Launches EdgeGuard Gateway Security Platform | url = http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=546] . In 2006, Metavize raised a $10.5M series-A venture round from CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners, named Bob Walters as CEO, and renamed to Untangle, Inc. [cite news | title = Metavize Changes Name And Raises $10.5 Million In Series A Financing | url = http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/news.php?newsid=2097] In 2007, Untangle released the Untangle Gateway Platform as open source under the GPLv2 license [ cite news | title = Security start-up Untangle goes open-source | url = http://www.news.com/Security-start-up-Untangle-goes-open-source/2100-7344_3-6193225.html]
In 2007, Untangle also experienced significant growth and surpassed 100,000 users in 2,000 organizations. [ cite news | title = Untangle Surpasses 100K Users | url = http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=141239]
Untangle Open Source Applications
*Spam Blocker
*Spyware Blocker
*Web Filter
*Virus Blocker
*Firewall
*OpenVPN
*Phish Blocker
*Protocol Control
*Intrusion Prevention
*Attack Blocker
*Router
*Untangle ReportsReferences
External links
* [http://www.untangle.com Official company website]
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