SSL Certificate Issuer Verisign Acquires Rival GeoTrust for $125 million

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SSL Certificate Issuer Verisign Acquires Rival GeoTrust for $125 million

05-20-2006, 01:01 PM,

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SSL Certificate Issuer Verisign Acquires Rival GeoTrust for $125 million

Quote:VeriSign has taken yet another security software vendor out of independence for the good of its own agenda.

The registrar and Internet software provider today agreed to purchase smaller rival GeoTrust for $125 million in cash.

The deal will render moot a running debate about who is the leading SSL market provider, even though NetCraft claims VeriSign has 45 percent of the market to GeoTrust's 26 percent...

full article: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/art...hp/3606861

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