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Portland, Ore., April 21, 2008 - Smarsh Inc., a leading managed-service provider of innovative, secure and reliable email-archiving solutions for message compliance and records retention, legal e-discovery and mail server data management, announced today that it has completed the acquisitions of CentraScan LLC, and Financial Visions, Inc.
CentraScan, a privately held Connecticut company, provides centralized email management and customized, mission-critical hosting services to hedge funds and other financial institutions. Financial Visions, based in Lafayette, Calif., is a pioneer in the turnkey website market and has been a leading provider of site building, email, and hosting solutions to the financial services industry since 1998.
“These acquisitions were a logical next step in the consistent and dynamic growth of Smarsh,” said Stephen Marsh, Smarsh founder and CEO. “Integrating the services of CentraScan and Financial Visions into Smarsh’s full-service suite of financial technology solutions is consistent with our mission of adding value to our client relationships. CentraScan and Financial Visions clients will immediately benefit from Smarsh archiving and compliance technology, knowledge and experience, our progressive product development environment and our secure and redundant infrastructure.”
Financial Visions’ client base currently includes 2,000 advisors in the investment and insurance fields, and the company maintains relationships with many of the leading broker/dealers, carriers and professional associations.
“We received significant feedback from our client base, seeking a turnkey website solution that meets regulatory compliance standards,” added Marsh. “Leveraging our archiving and compliance technology, Smarsh intends to make a significant investment in the website product development. This acquisition will ultimately reinforce and augment our position as a compliance technology leader for the financial industry.”
About Smarsh
Smarsh® is a leading managed service provider of innovative, secure and reliable email-archiving solutions for message compliance and records retention, legal e-discovery and mail server data management. Founded in 2001, the privately held company offers a full-service suite of technology solutions that also address message security, website and email hosting and file storage, management and recovery.
Over 5,000 financial firms, including investment advisors, broker/dealers, banks and hedge funds, rely on Smarsh Financial Technology Solutions. Smarsh serves as an industry-recognized Third Party Download Provider for mission-critical communication tools, satisfying rules SEC 17a-4 and 204-2 and FINRA 3010 and 3110. For more information on Smarsh, call 1.866.SMARSH1 or visit www.smarsh.com.
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