Symantec will pay $695 million for MessageLabs, a security vendor that offers a hosted spam and Web traffic filtering service. MessageLabs offers its software-as-a-service (SaaS) as a monthly subscription. The filtering is performed within the company's 14 data centers located around the world. It also can route a company's Web traffic through its filters to block potentially harmful Web sites as well as scan instant messages.
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