Symantec announced has launched “Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection” a new cloud-based offering for small and medium sized organizations. With cloud based security solution Customers will be able to protect their Windows-based laptops, desktops, and file servers from the proliferation and growing sophistication of threats with the simplicity and convenience of a cloud-based service.
Key Features and Benefits of Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection
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Comprehensive Protection for Customer Systems: Advanced technologies for antivirus, antispyware, firewall and host intrusion prevention.
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Always-on Protection for Endpoints: Automated updates occur transparently over an Internet connection to keep employee systems current and consistent with client policies when employees are in the office or on the road – even when they’re not logged into their corporate VPN.
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Web-based Management Console: Administrators can access the administration portal over a supported Web-browser and corporate VPN access is not required to monitor and manage each computer. Administrators receive real-time alerts via SMS or email and can easily perform functions such as initiate a LiveUpdate to refresh system protection levels, view history on systems and change local policy settings.
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Ease of Management: Adds and manages new computers without requiring on-site management servers. Updates occur automatically and new features are introduced as they become available during the subscription period for no additional fee.
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Scalable: Flexibility provided through a hosted model allows the solution to scale to incorporate new endpoints quickly and efficiently without requiring additional hardware or management software.
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Fast to Deploy: Can be quickly deployed to users via standard download, an email invitation or silently pushed to the customer’s network.
Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection is available now to customers in North America. It delivers antivirus, antispyware, firewall and host intrusion prevention for desktops and laptops and antivirus and antispyware for file servers. The service can be purchased on its own or in combination with other Symantec Hosted Services across email, web and IM.
To sign up for a free trial, visit www.messagelabs.com/trials/hep.
