Acquired by Microsoft
Industries InternetSecuritySoftwareWeb AppsHeadquarters Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Founded Date 1998 Founders Daniel Steiner, Elad Baron, Eyal Weinstein Operating Status Active Last Funding Type Debt Financing Also Known As Whale Communications Inc.
Company Type For Profit
Whale Communications Ltd. provides business-driven secure access products. It provides secure access products, including secure sockets layer virtual private networks, and Web application firewalls, as well as application security, and endpoint security offerings. Whale's solutions provide remote access, content inspection, and granular access
control. It enables businesses to protect corporate applications and data when accessed remotely by mobile workers, partners, and customers. Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway products enable various employees, business partners, and customer users to securely and easily access their critical business applications and resources. The Intelligent Application Gateway Express Edition provides secure remote access through the browser to widely used enterprise applications for a small number of users. It offers organizations out-of-the-box functionality and straightforward integration with existing enterprise directories, authentication schema, and Web Single Sign On. Whale's flagship Intelligent Application Gateway Enterprise Edition, is an application access and security appliance, designed to support an unlimited number of users in various configurations with independent policy sets. It offers professional services and training. The company serves Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, as well as government and public sector organizations. Whale Communications Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with additional offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Israel, and representation in France.
Transaction Name Whale Communications acquired by MicrosoftAcquired by MicrosoftAnnounced Date May 18, 2006 Price $75M