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NEW - Symantec™ Endpoint Protection v12.1
Available from 5th July 2011
Symantec is announcing Symantec™ Endpoint Protection 12.1. This new version will replace Symantec™ Endpoint Protection 11.0. Powered by Insight, Symantec Endpoint Protection is fast, powerful security for endpoints. It offers advanced defence against all types of attacks for both physical and virtual systems. Seamlessly integrating the essential security tools you need into a single, high performance agent with a single management console, Symantec Endpoint Protection provides unrivaled security and blazing performance.
With this release Symantec is introducing discounted 3-year versions of STD LIC, COMP UPG and RENEWAL SKUs. Each of these SKUs delivers a 36-month maintenance term and includes a discount vs. buying a 36-month term using multiple 1-year SKUs.
What's New:
- Significantly improved performance powered by Insight
- New real-time behavioural analysis for advanced detection of new and of highly targeted threats
- Built for Virtual Environments for powerful protection of your virtual infrastructure
- Symantec Insight - Insight separates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection.
- Real Time SONAR - Replacing Symantec’s TruScan technology, this version of SONAR examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behaviour even of new and previously unknown threats.
- Browser Intrusion Prevention - Scans for attacks directed at browser vulnerabilities.
- Antivirus for Mac and Linux
- Faster central console - Optimized database to increase responsiveness.
- Smart Scheduler - Stays out of your way by performing non-critical security tasks when your computer is idle.
- Enhanced client deployment - Improved wizards and more deployment options will allow new installs and upgrades to be faster and easier than ever before.
- Built for Virtual Environments - Enhanced to help protect your virtual infrastructure. Symantec Endpoint Protection can white list baseline images, maintain a local virtual Insight cache, scan offline images, randomize scans and updates, and automatically identify and manage virtual clients.
- SEP Manager Integration with Symantec Workflow - Optimizes efficiency, enforces processes and policies, and automates redundant tasks by integrating the SEP Manager with Symantec Workflow.
- Faster central console - Optimized database to increase responsiveness.
Key Features:
- State-of-the-art protection from the world leader in security
- Integrates antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and intrusion prevention as well as network access, device and application control
- Requires only a single agent
- Powerful central management of security for physical and virtual Windows and Mac endpoints
- Enables instant NAC upgrade without additional software deployment
- Antivirus and antispyware for Windows, Mac and Linux clients
- Seamless migration from previous versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Built to secure your virtual infrastructure
Upgrade Information:
Free of Charge Upgrade: Customers of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x, as well as customers of suite products that include Endpoint Protection 11.x, who have active support agreements will be entitled to a no-charge upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.
Upgrade: Version Upgrade SKUs can be used by customers to reinstate lapsed maintenance.
Crossgrade: Crossgrade SKUs can be used to move from point-products to suites or to upgrade to a fuller-featured suite. Please see below the crossgrade options available from Symantec Endpoint Protection:
- Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition (involves a downgrade from SEP to SEP SBE)
- Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition
- Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition
Marketing Description:
Symantec™ Endpoint Protection offers comprehensive defense against all types of attacks for both physical and virtual systems. It seamlessly integrates 9 essential security technologies in a single, high performance agent with a single management console. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides leading protection without slowing you down.
Symantec Endpoint Protection provides control over your endpoint security with built in network access control, device management and application management. Supporting Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems, the product integrates with the Symantec Protection Center for easy management of endpoint, server, email and gateway security solutions.
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