SeekingAlpha: Will Snort Bring in the Dough? Reading Between the Lines on Sourcefire’s IPO

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2007

“Network intrusion detection company Sourcefire faces a number
of challenges but one of its biggest may be making a buck from an
open source security project dubbed Snort.

“Sourcefire is expected to launch an initial public offering
this week with shares priced between $12 and $14. The IPO will give
a good indicator of demand for security companies. Sourcefire is
the first pure play security company to go public since 2002. The
company, which makes a family of network security products designed
to discover threats in real-time, is offering nearly 5.8 million
shares…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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