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Article: United States: UKs Marshal, US rival 8e6 Technologies to merge.
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- TendersInfo
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- November 18, 2008
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Byline: sujit03
British privately owned e-mail security firm Marshal said on Wednesday it had agreed to merge with 8e6 Technologies, a Californian Internet security company, creating a new group with annual revenue of $50 million.
Ed Macnair, the chief executive of Basingstoke-based Marshal, said the groups had been talking for almost a year, and a tie-up had become more and more compelling as the security threat increased.
"The threats have changed," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "Today's ...