Barracuda looks more like a flatfish in face of renewal period volatility

Renewal period volatility is giving Barracuda a headache as the cloud-focussed protection and security outfit follows its customers away from box sales towards annual subscriptions. Growth has been, well, moderate. It made $89.3m in revenues in its final fiscal 2017 quarter, 6.7 per cent up on the year before but just an 0.6 …

[Daedalus]

Bottom feeder

You have to feel concerned about a company that touts its e-mail security cred but only has the most rudimentary web interface, no apparent signature collection ability, and lets through glaringly obvious phishing e-mails. I get "Hey we quarantined some Viagra spam" notifications every few days, while dealing with unwanted stuff from less obvious sources. For this we gave up a company that offered whitelisting, blacklisting and everything we could want in between.

[K]

Re: Bottom feeder

Couldn't have said it better..

Once they have a "product" don't expect new features to be added, the only thing your subscription pays for is the occasional fix - As a customer you are simply a cash-cow. Worst products on the market.

A couple of years ago, I ripped and replaced everything Baracuda for a Fortinet stack (Firewalls, WAF and Email).. best thing I ever did. They're a bit more expensive, but they're very well integrated and you constantly get the new features which improve security and useability.