By Pat Sueltz President and CEO, LogLogic Inc. Today we announced that we have signed a definitive agreement, subject to customary closing conditions, to acquire all of the outstanding securities of Exaprotect. With this acquisition, we will unify previously disparate point solutions to create a powerful new security management suite for the benefit of enterprises. It’s a major milestone for LogLogic and for the industry as a whole. The “lowly log” is increasingly becoming the “luminous log” as it provides visibility and illuminates user and system activities, necessary to create transparency in enterprise operations. We’re now starting to build on top of the open log management platform by adding Exaprotect’s security event manager and change manager products in addition to our database security manager, which will be generally available in May. So what does this fusion of LogLogic and Exaprotect mean? Simply put, it’s a catalyst for innovation. First, it means that LogLogic will continue strengthening its open log management platform, which enables customers to collect, search and store 100 percent of IT log data for a comprehensive fingerprint of past and current activity across any organization. Second, we are adding Exaprotect’s correlation engine to the mix as we add the security event manager as one of our log-powered applications©. Third, Exaprotect’s award-winning ChangeManager will play a significant role as it provides a centralized, multi-vendor capability that provides an easy-to-use graphical interface to automatically create the end-to-end design and generation of network security policies for Firewalls, Routers, VPNs, and IPS’s. Finally, with the combination of Exaprotect Security EventManager, ChangeManager and LogLogic’s entire suite of offerings, LogLogic will provide a powerful security suite that enables a mid-sized company or enterprise to easily capture, analyze and report on all information derived from all the logs of a company’s networks, systems, databases, and applications. We have all the log data, which comprises 33% of a company’s information. And, we turn the data into understandable information – for the analyst to the C-level executive. When acquisitions happen, typically a great deal is said about product synergies and too little about the people. In my experience, it is all about the people. Over the course of building our partnership and working through the acquisition, I have gotten to know the principals of the Exaprotect team. I know that we share core values such as integrity, work ethic, teamwork and, above all, an extraordinary passion for customer success. Our proven ability to execute in the market, incorporated with the outstanding ability of Exaprotect to create highly differentiated and innovative solutions, will be a powerful combination. Check back here for more information as we continue to integrate our technologies and grow.