Sunnyvale (ip-192.com): Symantec has updated its Protection Suite aimed at Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). The new Advanced Business Edition bridges the gap between endpoint security and backup- and recovery and hooks into Symantec's cloud-based Global Intelligence Network to provide early threat warnings and automatic backups. It will provide SMBs with endpoint and messaging security as well as desktop, laptop and server backup and recovery to ensure business continuity. In case of an outbreak or system failure, the backup and recovery capabilities will help to recover individual files and folders or complete Windows systems, even to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments.
"Many SMBs wrongly assume antivirus is all they need, when they actually face complex threats ranging from hackers trying to steal credit card data, employees who may accidentally lose intellectual property to a natural disaster that can take down servers that house their customer information," says Lyle Epstein, president and CEO of Kortek Solutions. "A multilayer approach to security is essential and Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition will help solutions providers and our SMB customers completely protect the information that drives their businesses."
Symantec has lowered the price of the Protection Suite Small Business Edition by 40 percent, effective immediately. The company will also offer hosted services for email and web security. The new Protection Suite is aimed at SMB that lack dedicated IT departments and simplifies administration and lower total cost of ownership by enabling users to manage backup, recovery and security for the entire organization in a single suite.
"We are sometimes surprised to find that many small and medium businesses don’t deploy antivirus, spyware and network protection software to prevent potential disruptions to their day-to-day business operations," says Evelyn Laeschke, a software engineer with Gemini, a Symantec partner. "If their networks are compromised by malware or a hacker and they don't have an up-to-date backup, they are really in trouble."
The Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition is expected to hit the market during summer 2010.
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