Symantec – raising the profile of instant messaging protection

When, at the beginning of this year, Symantec acquired IMlogic – a leading player in the instant messaging protection and management sector – even the company’s main IM rivals, Akonix and Facetime, appeared to be somewhat enthusiastically welcoming of the deal. The Akonix CEO went as far as to suggest that the IMlogic acquisition would signal the start of a period of demand for IM security that would dwarf the growth rates of other key security sectors including email protection and firewall security.

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