Kerio Technologies
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Kerio Technologies, Inc. (or simply Kerio) is a software company in San Jose, CA that offers security, messaging, voice and collaboration products for small and medium businesses. The company has offices in in the Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Australia and the UK.
Kerio distributes its products globally using the Internet and a network of more than 5,000 resellers who help provide support to thousands of customers in 160 countries. Kerio's products are primarily intended for small and medium sized organizations with 5-500 employees. It opened its first office in Pilsen, CZ in 1998 and was incorporated as Kerio Technologies on and on September 11, 2001.
Kerio first entered the Internet security market in 1997 with the WinRoute Pro product, which was owned and maintained by Tiny Software
until Feb. 1, 2002.
In February, 2002, Tiny Software
transferred sales and development of its leading software to Kerio, where the developers would continue to work on the software under the Kerio brand.
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On March 10, 2002 Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.0 was released.
Kerio Personal Firewall v4 was released on November 11, 2003.
On December 1, 2005 Kerio announced that Kerio Personal Firewall (v4) was to be acquired by Sunbelt Software
, the acquisition was completed December 21, 2005 and soon after the product was renamed to Sunbelt Personal Firewall.
Kerio no longer supports the personal firewall and has since released its WinRoute v6 product as Kerio WinRoute Firewall v6.
Kerio distributes its products globally using the Internet and a network of more than 5,000 resellers who help provide support to thousands of customers in 160 countries. Kerio's products are primarily intended for small and medium sized organizations with 5-500 employees. It opened its first office in Pilsen, CZ in 1998 and was incorporated as Kerio Technologies on and on September 11, 2001.
Kerio first entered the Internet security market in 1997 with the WinRoute Pro product, which was owned and maintained by Tiny Software
Tiny Software
Tiny Software, a Silicon Valley-based software company, founded in 1997, was acquired by Computer Associates in 2005. The company developed and marketed Tiny WinRoute, a popular personal firewall, later followed by Tiny Personal Firewall, which was based on it....
until Feb. 1, 2002.
In February, 2002, Tiny Software
Tiny Software
Tiny Software, a Silicon Valley-based software company, founded in 1997, was acquired by Computer Associates in 2005. The company developed and marketed Tiny WinRoute, a popular personal firewall, later followed by Tiny Personal Firewall, which was based on it....
transferred sales and development of its leading software to Kerio, where the developers would continue to work on the software under the Kerio brand.
Products
- Kerio Connect, formerly known as Kerio MailServer, a secure mail server for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
- Kerio Control, formerly known as Kerio WinRoute Firewall, a network firewall for Windows and Linux
- Kerio Workspace, a document collaboration and project management tool
- Kerio Operator, VoIP phone system
Discontinued products
- Kerio Personal Firewall, a personal firewallPersonal firewallA personal firewall is an application which controls network traffic to and from a computer, permitting or denying communications based on a security policy. Typically it works as an application layer firewall....
- acquired by Sunbelt SoftwareSunbelt SoftwareSunbelt Software was a computer security software company based in Clearwater, Florida. On July 13, 2010, its CEO, Alex Eckelberry, announced in a that GFI Software acquired it in full.Among its products are*Sunbelt Personal Firewall*Counterspy...
on December 21, 2005 - Kerio ServerFirewall, a server firewall - discontinued on September 30, 2005
- Kerio WebSTARKerio WebSTARKerio WebSTAR is an HTTP web server for Mac OS X with older versions running on classic Mac OS....
, a Web serverWeb serverWeb server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
- discontinued on June 30, 2008
Kerio Personal Firewall
On February 8, 2002 Kerio Technologies released Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1 beta 3. This was the first release since development moved from Tiny SoftwareTiny Software
Tiny Software, a Silicon Valley-based software company, founded in 1997, was acquired by Computer Associates in 2005. The company developed and marketed Tiny WinRoute, a popular personal firewall, later followed by Tiny Personal Firewall, which was based on it....
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On March 10, 2002 Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.0 was released.
Kerio Personal Firewall v4 was released on November 11, 2003.
On December 1, 2005 Kerio announced that Kerio Personal Firewall (v4) was to be acquired by Sunbelt Software
Sunbelt Software
Sunbelt Software was a computer security software company based in Clearwater, Florida. On July 13, 2010, its CEO, Alex Eckelberry, announced in a that GFI Software acquired it in full.Among its products are*Sunbelt Personal Firewall*Counterspy...
, the acquisition was completed December 21, 2005 and soon after the product was renamed to Sunbelt Personal Firewall.
Kerio no longer supports the personal firewall and has since released its WinRoute v6 product as Kerio WinRoute Firewall v6.