• June 18, 2008

Protus, a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) communications tools, has acquired GOT Corp., the provider of Campaigner and Campaigner Pro. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Montreal-based GOT is an email marketing services firm whose Campaigner and Campaigner Pro SaaS products are used by businesses including Nokia, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Nielsen Media Research, AT&T and West49. The subscription-based Campaigner solutions enable organizations to personalize and target one-to-one email communications.

The acquisition aligns with Protus' strategic focus to deliver on a subscription-based business model as an SaaS provider. Campaigner complements Protus' suite of productivity tools for small businesses that also includes MyFax, the fastest growing Internet fax service, and my1voice, the recently-introduced, feature-rich virtual PBX phone service.

--Tanya Irwin