Sophos has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Dialogs Software, a mobile device management vendor based in Germany.

This is not the first partnership between the companies; Dortmund-based Dialogs' smartMan mobile device management technology is already powering Sophos' Mobile Control product.

The management of mobile devices, particularly those owned by employees and used in corporate environments, was a key topic for discussion at this year's RSA security conference in San Francisco.

Sophos plans to merge Dialogs' smartMan technology, which supports all types of mobile devices and operating systems including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian, into a Unified Threat Management suite which will also include its own mobile security and encryption products.