From TechRepublic:
Microsoft’s idea to purchase Sybari Software came from a place where many of its ideas are born–its labs.
Late last year, the software giant wanted to build on an important technology–the RAV antivirus software that it acquired from Romania-based GeCad–to take it beyond a desktop virus scanner to a security product for businesses. Rather than develop the extra software needed, the company looked to partners. Sybari’s Antigen scanner for Microsoft Exchange e-mail and SharePoint collaboration servers seemed an obvious fit, because Microsoft’s customers were already using it.