'New channel' will be created by Carbonite and Webroot merger

Marian McHugh
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Data protection vendor shells out $618.5m for end-point security specialist

Carbonite's planned acquisition of Webroot will create a new channel for the combined company's offerings, CEO Mohamad Ali claimed. It is paying $618.5m (£477.1m) in cash for the end-point secur...

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