Kerio Technologies
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, U.S. |
| Products | Kerio Connect, Kerio Control |
| Website | http://www.kerio.com/ |
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[1], which was owned and maintained by Tiny Software until Feb. 1, 2002.[2]
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.[3]
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[edit] 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[4]
- Kerio Operator, VoIP phone system
[edit] Discontinued products
- Kerio Personal Firewall, a personal firewall - acquired by Sunbelt Software on December 21, 2005
- Kerio ServerFirewall, a server firewall - discontinued on September 30, 2005 [5]
- Kerio WebSTAR, a Web server - discontinued on June 30, 2008 [6]
[edit] Kerio Personal Firewall
On February 8, 2002 Kerio Technologies released Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1 beta 3.[7] This was the first release since development moved from Tiny Software.
On March 10, 2002 Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.0 was released.[7]
Kerio Personal Firewall v4 was released on November 11, 2003.[8]
On December 1, 2005 Kerio announced that Kerio Personal Firewall (v4) was to be acquired by Sunbelt Software,[9] the acquisition was completed December 21, 2005[10] and soon after the product was renamed to Sunbelt Personal Firewall.[11]
Kerio no longer supports the personal firewall and has since released its WinRoute v6 product as Kerio WinRoute Firewall v6.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
- ^ Kerio Media Factsheet
- ^ ServerWatch: WinRoute Pro -- A proxy server with built-in router, firewall, and mail services as of September 14, 2000
- ^ Kerio/Tiny name change
- ^ Jones, Simon (26 May 2011). "Kerio Workspace review". PC Pro. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/367639/kerio-workspace. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Goodbye Kerio ServerFirewall and Personal Firewall
- ^ Discontinued Products
- ^ a b Kerio Personal Firewall FAQ
- ^ All-New Kerio Personal Firewall 4
- ^ Sunbelt Software to acquire Kerio Personal Firewall
- ^ Sunbelt Software completes acquisition of Kerio Personal Firewall and Kerio ServerFirewall
- ^ Sunbelt Personal Firewall
