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Websense Inc.

(WBSN) is in the Business Services Industry

Market Cap:$748.0M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$295.8M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) is the global leader in integrated Web, data and email security, providing Essential Information Protection for more than 42 million employees at more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Websense distributes its solutions through a global network of channel partners. Websense software and hosted security solutions help organizations block malicious code, prevent the loss of confidential information, and enforce Internet use and security policies. Websense has its roots in Web filtering and continues to develop its core strength in discovering and classifying content across all its product offerings. Websense provides unprecedented visibility into the internal and external movement of information in the Web 2.0 world, with extensive management of who is authorized to access Web sites, content, or applications, as well as what data must be protected from leaks, where users and data can go online, and how data and online resources can be communicated and used.

Number of Employees 1,303

Contact Information

10240 Sorrento Valley Rd

San Diego, California 92121

websense.com

(858) 320-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499

Company News

Recent Events

Macquarie Research Upgrades Websense WBSN to Outperform; Valuation Call

11/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Websense upgrade for Hilal Computers

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Websense Q3 Loss Narrows; Guides FY09 Revenues - Update

10/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
FBR Research Downgrades Websense WBSN to Market Perform; Lowers 2010 Estimates

9/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Websense Names New CFO, Sales VP

7/28/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
At Websense, Layoffs and Executive Shakeup

8/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 31

7/31/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story
Pathway Genomics Brings Together Renowned Team of Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Physicians, and a...

7/15/09 - New Investment - View Story
Websense renewals fall short of analyst forecasts

7/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

leader and websense inc. - All News and Analysis

Websense Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Content Monitoring and Filtering and Data Loss Prevention by Leading Analyst Firm

- 2008-06-19

Websense®, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in integrated Web, messaging and data protection technology, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Websense in the Leaders Quadrant of its recently released "Magic Quadrant for Content Monitoring and Filtering and Data Loss Prevention."(1)

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Websense Named a Leader in Data Leak Prevention Market by Independent Research Firm

- 2008-06-09

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in integrated Web, messaging and data protection technology, today announced that it has been named a leader in the data leak prevention DLP market by Forrester Research (Forrester WaveTM: Data Leak Prevention, Q2 2008).(1)

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Websense Named the Global Leader in Web Security

- 2008-01-09

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that IDC, the leading provider of technology analysis, recently named Websense the global leader of the Web security market with 21 percent share of the $1.2 billion dollar market -- providing Web security protection and addressing emerging security challenges including Web 2.0 technologies and...

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Frost & Sullivan Selects Websense as 2004 Market Leader in Global Web Filtering Market

- 2005-03-08

SAN DIEGO -- Websense Recognized for Strong Revenue Growth Rates, Profitability as Well as Market and Technology Innovation

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Websense Inc. wins Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award; Frost & Sullivan names Websense the worldwide market leader in web filtering; Websense holds largest share of web filtering market and largest customer base of nearly 20,000 organisation

- 2003-08-27

M2 PRESSWIRE-27 August 2003-FROST & SULLIVAN: Websense Inc. wins Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award; Frost & Sullivan names Websense the worldwide market leader in web filtering; Websense holds largest share of web filtering market and largest customer base of nearly 20,000 organisationsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...

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