Microsoft's plans to increase the security of its Internet-related products and to fight back effectively the spam and other threats coming via the e-mail are continuously expanding.
Since it has made its first investment in antivirus programs, over one year ago, when it acquired RAV Antivirus from GeCAD Romania, Microsoft has kept purchasing security products.
After RAV Antivirus, Microsoft purchased last year Giant Software, which allowed
it to launch the Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, one of the few products offering real-time antispyware protection.
The next in line has been Sybari Software, a company that was also involved in the development of antivirus solutions, and yesterday Microsoft has announced that it will acquire FrontBridge, specialized in e-mail security and filtering. The FrontBridge products will be used for increasing the security of the Microsoft Exchange servers, but Microsoft has announced that it will also continue selling them separately.
While the RAV Antivirus and Sybari Software products will be the basis for Windows OneCare, it looks like the security technologies purchased from FrontBridge will play a very important part in providing the drive for the adoption of Windows Mobile 5.0. The new mobile operating system from Microsoft offers e-mail clients, as Outlook, which can help mobile users to communicate from wherever location they might be in, security being the most important reason of concern for the companies adopting such solutions.
An increased level of mobile e-mail security offered by Microsoft could turn the tide in the company's struggle against the BlackBerry.
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