Now part of Axway, Tumbleweed’s industry-leading products include managed file transfer, email security and identity validation that provide enterprise-class solutions to organizations of all sizes. Tumbleweed’s innovative products enable organizations to effectively manage and protect business-critical Internet communications, with capabilities that span secure file transfer, encryption, data loss prevention, and email security. Our award-winning products build on 15 years of R&D and 31 security patents in the U.S. alone – many of which are licensed by other security vendors. More information can be found at www.tumbleweed.com

In the Beginning

Recognizing that online communication was going to become a major tool for business communications, Jeffrey Smith and Jean Christophe Bandini used Jeff's home as a base of operations and set out to create technology that would allow for secure, seamless communication.

Envoy, their first solution, was a tool for electronically distributing pictures of documents, regardless of the application used to create the original source material. Shortly after they shipped it in 1993, WordPerfect purchased the solution for its WordPerfect Suite in 1994.

In 1994, Tumbleweed recognized that email was quickly becoming a medium for both communication and abuse, and they set out to create an email firewall solution to extend standard email and enable secure communications with customers, suppliers, and business partners.

Since then Tumbleweed has continued to expand their offerings as secure Internet communications, expanding their leadership with award-winning Managed File Transfer products and data loss prevention capabilities. Collectively, Tumbleweed’s products are an integral part of enterprise operations.

Staying Ahead of the Curve

In 1994, Tumbleweed recognized that email was quickly becoming a medium for both communication and abuse, and they set out to create an email firewall solution to extend standard email and enable secure communications with customers, suppliers, and business partners.

Since then Tumbleweed has continued to expand their offerings as secure Internet communications became a more integral part of an organizations operations.

A Vision for the Future

On September 5, 2008, Axway Inc. and Tumbleweed Communications merged to become the leading global provider of multi-enterprise collaboration, secure content delivery, and application integration solutions. Together, our award-winning products, solutions and services are used by over 11,000 companies around the world.

This merger brings significant benefits to current customers and partners of both Tumbleweed and Axway. Our joint vision is to be the leader in collaborative business solutions, and as such we will continue to provide our partners with market-leading technology. Our combined solution offerings are very complementary, as is our technical leadership and geographic representation. Tumbleweed is a well-known leader in content security for email, identity validation and managed file transfer, and Axway is an acknowledged leader in B2B collaboration, managed file transfer, and integration.

In the coming months, we’ll have exciting news on how our respective products will be leveraged, and in some cases integrated, to provide you with the broadest possible range of solutions to your business problems.

Tumbleweed Today

Tumbleweed – now part of Axway - has approximately 3,500 customers worldwide, including blue-chip companies across an array of industries such as Technology, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Telecom, Energy, and the U.S. Government. The world’s most security conscious organizations rely upon Tumbleweed technology including Bank of America Securities, JP Morgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Defense.