Reuters, MSN to Announce Connectivity Deal

Reuters PLC and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday are expected formally to announce a deal that will use new instant-messaging management technology from IMLogic Inc. to connect the Reuters IM and MSN Messenger IM services securely.

Reuters is licensing IMLogic’s IM Manager platform and will deploy the software at its data centers to manage connectivity between its IM service and MSN Messenger. Reuters is expected to offer this connectivity to other IM services, such as AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger as well.

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