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 del Rey-based e-mail filtering Email filtering is the processing of e-mail to organize it according to specified criteria. Most often this refers to the automatic processing of incoming messages, but the term also applies to the intervention of human intelligence in addition to artificial intelligence, and to  company Front-Bridge Technologies Inc.

FrontBridge's software offers anti-spam, anti-virus, e-mail archiving Retaining e-mail messages for historical purposes or to be in compliance with many industry regulations. The file structure of e-mail is different than other data formats, and message archiving software is specialized for e-mail retention and searching.  and encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys.  service on a subscription basis to more than 3,000 business customers worldwide. Its hosted servers filter e-mail before it hits the client's server.

Microsoft has been trying to close security holes that leave users of its Windows platform vulnerable to unwanted e-mails and hackers who send viruses through the Internet.

FrontBridge has 110 employees at its headquarters, and another 50 or so sprinkled through offices in Paris, London and Winnipeg, Canada.

Neither company has said how many employees would be moving to Redmond, Wash., where Microsoft is located.

FrontBridge raised $28 million in venture capital funding over the past four years.
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Title Annotation:Microsoft Corp. acquires Front-Bridge Technologies Inc
Author:Potkewitz, Hilary
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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