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CA Gets Tiny: Page 2 of 3

Now, CA must unify all these wares. A plan for doing this was laid out earlier this year by CA’s executive VP, Russell Artzt, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco (see CA's Artzt on Regulatory Landscape).

A big step toward CA's endpoint strategy will be taken this fall, when, Curry says, CA plans to launch what execs say is a major new software agent, combining its anti-virus and anti-spyware products. Later, this will also include personal firewall and intrusion prevention technologies -- presumably incorporating software from Tiny.

That integration isn't imminent. For the time being, CA will continue to sell Tiny's products as standalone offerings.

CA's not the only big company gobbling a security startup. today announced the purchase of NetSift for $33 million (see Cisco Nets NetSift for $30M).

— James Rogers, Site Editor, Next-gen Data Center Forum