Google’s Acquisition Of Postini Okayed By The FTC

Google is getting bigger, yet again. This time their acquisition of Postini for $625 million was okayed by the Federal Trade Commission, despite initial anti-trust concerns.

The addition of Postini technology indeed enhances Google Apps, launched as Web applications and now offering desktop functions. But, of course, it’s online that security issues are most significant, and Postini says its industrial strength antispam technology is used on 10 million systems by 35,000 businesses worldwide (including, as full disclosure, PC World).

Google’s online apps are already operating where Microsoft has been moving with its Office family and increased focus on software as (hosted) services. As my colleague Melissa Perenson points out in her initial report on Google’s Postini bid, this will bring those security tools to small businesses–some of whom are running Google Apps, or may be more likely to now.

It only took the FTC one month to review and approve the deal.

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