Anti-virus alliance struck up

NEWS Troubled ISP and ASP iomart has struck an alliance with Japanese anti-virus giant Trend Micro to boost its move into the European business market. The Glasgow-based company is to use Trend's InterScan Virus Wall to provide secure messaging for its 200,000 European ThinkMail managed email service users as it moves away from its consumer ISP business. Dharm Bain, Trend UK sales director, said: "This is a significant deal - for both of us. Email is the true backbone of ecommerce and we have seen enormous growth in the services provider market. We can both contribute and learn as this grows." Trend Micro is a $208m-a-year, Tokyo-based company which claims to have the major slice of the US corporate anti-virus market.