Orchestria acquired by CA

Congrats to the team at Orchestria on being acquired by CA.  I haven't heard terms or amount, but hope it was somewhat positive for the investors and team. 

I both worked for and competed against Orchestria and made some good friends and had some great experiences along the way.  I think about my time there as a perfect example of going through the process of finding product/market fit. 

When I started there in 2002 we had a really cool product that could do many things around messaging and desktop control.  The process of taking it to market and finding a fit around compliance, broker/dealers, and supervision was really exciting (and a bit painful).  After my departure, they made a turn into the data loss prevention market and that appears to be the story being told about this acquisition.

Also, the Ferris Research blog has a bit of commentary including speculation on deal terms.

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