Barracuda Networks is an American network security company, which was established in 2003 by Dean Drako. The company is known for its hacker protection systems as well as web and spam filters.
Barracuda Networks, a provider of security, networking, and storage products based on network appliances and cloud services, was founded in 2002, in California, USA. Barracuda Networks released its first anti-spam hardware and software solution a few months later, in 2003.
Barracuda had a very fast and confident start. Thus, in 2006, the founders of the company managed to attract investments of $40 million from venture funds Francisco Partners and Sequoia Capital, which once financed such giants as Cisco Systems, Google, and Yahoo!
Since its inception, Barracuda Networks has been on a mission to protect customers, their data, and applications from digital threats of all kinds by providing the most comprehensive and easy-to-use IT security platform available.
Today, Barracuda Networks is a global leader in information security solutions: E-mail and Web security, load balancing, data protection, XDR, and network perimeter defense. The company’s security products include products to protect against e-mail, Web surfing, Web hackers, and instant messaging threats such as spam, spyware, Trojans, and viruses.
Barracuda Nerwork’s products cover three different market segments, including content protection, networking and application delivery, and data storage, protection, and post-attack recovery.
Barracuda Network has a worldwide staff of approximately 500 people. The company has offices in England, France, Germany, Japan, Australia and several other countries. Among the company’s 70,000 clients are such well-known names as Coca-Cola, FedEx, and IBM.
Barracuda Networks’ visual identity is laconic and elegant. The logo is composed of a fine wordmark with an emblem on its left.
Executed in a sans-serif typeface, the Barracuda nameplate features a unique silhouette of the letters “A”, which makes the inscription recognizable and shows the individuality of the company.
The brand’s emblem is composed of two soft genes and curves triangles of different sizes, executed in blue with the black thin outline. It is a reflection of the brand’s “marine” name and is an elegant accompaniment to the modest wordmark.
The left apart of the emblem is small and thin, while the right one is massive and bold, inclined to the right, like pointing into the future and showing the company’s progressive approach.
The blue and black color palette of the Barracuda logo is a reflection of the company’s professionalism and stability. It evokes a sense of security and authority, which are one of the most important qualities for any brand.