Security software company Symantec Corp. said Tuesday that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy IMLogic, a maker of security software for instant messaging applications, based in Waltham, Mass. [link]

This is something I thought would happen in 2006 but I was surprised by how early in the year it is! Symantec and IMlogic have been partners for a while with their virus scanning engine being a plugin to the IM Manager product allowing for the scanning of file transfers and they’ve also been collaborating on marketing efforts through joint webinars.

As someone who is involved in solutions that are often built on IMlogic software I’m very interested to see what the effect is on their partner program. IMlogic in the EMEA region has not had a heavy direct services offering but I have no idea about Symantec’s presence in the UK corporate market.

Congratulations to all in the IMlogic team on the news, I’ve never met an unhelpful person at the company yet and I’m sure you’ve all recieved some “compensation” from the move!