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==History== Smoothwall began life as Smoothwall GPL in 2000 as a freely redistributable piece of open source software. In 2001, they released a proprietary version that is currently the primary distribution of the software containing extra features. Smoothwall still maintains its open source version with Smoothwall Express (latest release V3.1 in 2014). Smoothwall's filtering and safeguarding products are typically sold into educational organizations and businesses. In 2017, Smoothwall announced a management buyout backed by private equity fund, Tenzing. The new management team was led by Georg Ell, previously Director of Western Europe at [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], who was appointed as Group CEO in May 2018. Georg was joined by existing Board members Gavin Logan, Douglas Hanley and Manprit Randhawan in the management of the Smoothwall business, along with Lisa Stone, who took the position as chairperson. On 5 August 2021, Tenzing announced<ref name="tenzingexit">{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2021 | title=Tenzing exits Smoothwall generating a 5.6x return |url=https://tenzing.pe/news/tenzing-exits-smoothwall-generating-a-56x-return/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806100539/https://tenzing.pe/news/tenzing-exits-smoothwall-generating-a-56x-return/ |archive-date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref> they had agreed to sell their investment in Smoothwall to Australian security firm [[Family Zone Cyber Safety]] for [[Pound sterling|Β£]]75.5 million ([[Australian dollar|A$]]142m cash consideration.)<ref name="familyzoneannounce">{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2021 | title=FAMILY ZONE ACQUIRES SMOOTHWALL, THE LEADING UK K-12 DIGITAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS PROVIDER & LAUNCHES A FULLY UNDERWRITTEN $146 MILLION CAPITAL RAISING |url=https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/416543/Smoothwall-Acquisition-and-$146M-Capital-Raising.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816192753/https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/416543/Smoothwall-Acquisition-and-$146M-Capital-Raising.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref> The deal was completed on 17 August 2021, with a Β£10.5m deferred balance of the sale price paid on 1 September 2021.<ref name="familyzonecomplete">{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2021 | title=Smoothwall Acquisition Update |url=https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/416543/Smoothwall-Acquisition-Update.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923224026/https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/416543/Smoothwall-Acquisition-Update.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref>
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