By Nancy Gohring, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 12--WHAT: MessageGate, based in Bellevue
WHO: David Weld, president and chief executive officer
WHAT IT DOES: MessageGate helps large companies manage e-mail by allowing them to enforce corporate e-mail policy and maintain compliance with government regulations.
FOR EXAMPLE: Companies that provide financial services can use MessageGate's software to comply with laws set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that forbid them from sharing information between certain