Microsoft announced the availability of its Forefront Endpoint Protection client security software release candidate. The product is slated to launch end of 2010. – The release candidate build of Microsofts Forefront Endpoint Protection client software is now available for download, the software giant said on Nov. 8.
Microsoft said the new client security product is on track to be released to manufacturing before the end of the year. Originally slated for the …
Aimed at cost-conscious businesses, Hosted Endpoint Protection helps companies protect against Web threats. – Security specialist Symantec announced the release of Hosted
Endpoint Protection, designed to allow small and midsize businesses to protect their Windows-based laptops, desktops and file
servers from the proliferation and growing sophistication of threats
with the simplicity of a cloud-based serv…
Symantec announced a new SAAS targeting small and midsize businesses. This offering deepens its competition with other security vendors such as McAfee, Websense and Trend Micro pushing SAAS as a delivery model.
– Symantec
launched a new cloud-based offering aimed at the small and midsize
business market.
The
service – dubbed Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection – is designed to be
managed from a Web-based console and is focused on protecting Windows-based
laptops, desktops, and file servers. Leveraging …
The start of 2010 has tripped up Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, as updates issued since 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31, 2009, have been labeled as out-of-date.
– The new decade has brought a slight hiccup
to users of Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.
According
to the company, the product is incorrectly labeling updates issued in 2010
as out-of-date. The issue impacts the Endpoint Protection v11.x and Endpoint Protection
Small Business Edition v12.x …
Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9 is a solid contender in the enterprise endpoint security market. Deployment and management are strong points in this version of the suite, with a streamlined and straightforward management GUI.
– More and more corporate endpoint devices need to be protected
against an increasing number of threats. Many of the suites designed to
offer protection began life simply as antivirus or firewall
applications. New functionality–such as application, data and device
control–has been added to addre…
Security solutions have had to bulk up to meet increasing threats against endpoints. Some have done it efficiently, while others have turned into a hodgepodge of services. Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9 is squarely in the former category, providing a sleek and easy-to-manage system for protecting enterprise endpoints.
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The Panda MOP SAAS server and workstation anti-malware solution allows systems to be managed and protected from a central location, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the company network. This saves on the upfront cost of buying and installing a central management server and the ongoing cost of maintaining that server. Panda MOP also leverages true cloud-based functionality for analysis of suspicious files. In tests, malware detection worked well, at least when it came to viruses and Trojans.
– If you take security seriously, then you already know that every
endpoint on (or off) your network needs to be running some kind of
protection. Endpoint protection typically consists of at least
anti-malware, (HIPS) host-based intrusion prevention and a software
firewall–all managed and deploye…
The Panda MOP (Managed Office Protection) SAAS server and workstation anti-malware solution allows systems to be managed and protected from a central location, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the company network.
By Matthew D. Sarrel
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Endpoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay said Palm’s decision to update the Pre smartphone’s OS to reconnect to Apple’s iTunes music player could prompt a legal escalation and hurt the end user.
– What appears destined to become a digital cat-and-mouse game between Palms
touch-screen Pre smartphone and Apples iTunes digital media player took
another turn this week when Palm updated the operating system for
the Pre. Palm webOS 1.1, which the company hopes will make the Palm Pre
smartphone …
