It’s All About Communication

Sophos’ Scott Barlow said he’s still fielding questions two years after Thoma Bravo acquired Sophos for nearly $4 billion.

“And I think when we went through our acquisition, it’s all about communication, right?” he said. “So I know we can we always say communicate, communicate, communicate, and we did that right. But I fielded a lot of questions. In fact, I just got off a call right before this meeting where they still want to know, ‘… what are we going to see change here in the near future?’ And you just need to be open and honest with your partners to communicate with them. All partners want the same thing. They want protection. And as long as you maintain that in your programs, you should be good.”