Purewire buys Opinity

On-demand web security startup Purewire has acquired online reputation management vendor Opinity. The purchase will add to Purewire's reputation technology by protecting enterprises from malicious content in Web 2.0 sites such as blogs and wikis, according to the company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. -- AM

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