Boldon James is a UK-based software company incorporated in February 1985, and specialising in secure messaging solutions aimed primarily at the defence/aerospace and government marketplaces. Since October 2007, Boldon James has been part of Qinetiq

QinetiQ

Qinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...

, formerly part of Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

DERA

DERA may refer as an abbreviation or acronym to:*Defence Evaluation and Research Agency*Downtown Eastside Residents Association – in Vancouver, British Columbia*Direct Epitope Recognition Assay*Disaster preparedness and Emergency Response Association...

, the UK MoD's Science and Technology research organisation, who took over the company from previous owners, ISIS Equity Partnershttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/25/qinetiq_buys_boldon_james_mi5_secure_messaging/http://www.isisep.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2007/ISISsellsBoldonJamesina%A320mdeal/.

Boldon James Holdings Ltd is registered in London, whilst Boldon James itself operates a head office in Crewe

Crewe

Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...

. The company is small - 70 employees, 80% of which are technical staffhttp://www.boldonjames.com/Fast-Facts-15, but with clients including the UK and German Ministries of Defence, and defence/aerospace contractors such as Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....

, amongst others.

The company are a Microsoft Gold Partnerhttps://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/SDK/Partners/PartnerDetailsView.aspx?partnerid=2dd3e1edfc4349c495457ad532b7aecb, as well as being partnered with organisations such as EDS and Fujitsu. Boldon James produce a range of messaging products, principally integrating with Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...

 and Outlook

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...

, including addons for Outlook Web Access, X.400 gateways, and products designed to integrate Exchange with large third party LDAP Directories. The company also provide a range of professional services.