'Non-acquisitive' Mimecast CEO on the vendor's double acquisition

Marian McHugh
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CEO Peter Bauer tells CRN why the security vendor went against its own philosophy with two big takeovers

Mimecast's acquisition of cybersecurity firms Solebit and Ataata earlier this year was an unusual change of path for the vendor, according to its CEO Peter Bauer. The email and data security fir...

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