Dear Customer,
Barracuda Networks and phion are joining forces.

Barracuda Networks recently acquired more than 75% of phion's shares in a public takeover bid.

The teaming up was strongly supported by the phion founders as well as the entire management team. Together, Barracuda and phion will be a stronger and more global provider of security solutions and technology.

We will be able to provide you with better products and stronger support and better threat research. You have been working with phion and its products and we want to encourage you to continue doing that. Barracuda Networks shares phion's enterprise focus, its channel commitment, and its commitment to world class support for its customers and partners.

Barracuda Networks wants to underline its commitment to phion's technology and products. We therefore confirm that the current product roadmap of phion will be executed. Together, we will extend the product's strengths using technologies of both companies.

The software products as well as the hardware appliances will be developed further and there is absolutely no intent to cancel or stop development on any product lines.

We thank you very much for your continuous loyalty and support and we promise to serve you even better in the future.