The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.
BorderWare was founded in 1994 and has 90 employees. The company said no immediate changes will be made to its product offerings, customer support and channel programs.
Joe Wang, CEO, WatchGuard Technologies said the acquisition complements the company will extend its security solution offerings.
"By acquiring BorderWare's best in class messaging, content security and innovative 'in-the-cloud' security offerings, customers will now have a single source for comprehensive and complete security."
Jeff Wilson, principal analyst of Network Security at Infonetics Research said the threat landscape is changing dramatically and customers are demanding easy to use security solutions with advanced firewall, VPN, web, and messaging security.
"WatchGuard has a history of technology and market leadership in the multifunction security appliance space, and BorderWare offers innovative e-mail, messaging, content and web security solutions," he said.
Future products from WatchGuard or BorderWare will be announced upon their availability.
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