Said the CEO of Webroot, Mike Potts:
I have exciting news to share with our Community. Webroot has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Carbonite, a leader in cloud-based data protection for businesses. We expect the deal to close within the first calendar quarter of 2019.
https://community.webroot.com/news-announcements-3/carbonite-to-acquire-webroot-337178
Webroot is best known as a provider of antivirus software popular with businesses that relies heavily on cloud processing. Carbonite is best known for its cloud backup services.
See, also, the announcement from Carbonite, the Webroot blog, as well as the Webroot press release.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday February 10 2019, @09:07AM
Carbonite is for preserving Harrison Ford.
I guess one can try to protect a business in the same way, but certainly not in the cloud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford