"We don't want there to be any service disruption so in the short-term, we'll keep the Kelkea name. But in the next 30 to 90 days, we'll re-brand all of our service offerings and sell them as Trend Micro," he said.
Over the next three to nine months, however, the supplier also intends to introduce additional Kelkea-based offerings to tackle phishing and pharming.
As to whether Trend Micro will remain on the acquisition trail, Rynne was guarded. "For those following us, this move comes as a big change. We grew organically for 15 years, apart from buying a minor vendor selling firewalls in 2003 that we integrated into our desktop products," he said.
In May, however, the organisation purchased anti-spyware company InterMute, followed by Kelkea a month later, which "comes as a big change".
"Does that mean we're on a buying trail? Only where it makes sense will you probably see Trend Micro acquiring in areas that it's keen to master technology rapidly. We see botnets, phishing and pharming as important areas and unless you can leapfrog those threats, you're always trailing behind," Rynne said.
