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Symantec Goes Virtual with Messaging Defence
New Virtual Edition of Symantec Mail Security 8300 Appliance Allows Users to Instantly Add or Remove Antispam and
Antivirus Capacity
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today introduced Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series Virtual Edition, a complete virtual
appliance version of the award-winning messaging security appliance. Operating in VMware Server and ESX environments,
Virtual Edition helps reduce costs and save time by giving users the ability to instantly adjust spam and virus
filtering capacity without having to add or configure the physical infrastructure.
“Spam volumes fluctuate day-to-day, but overall they’re on the rise. Symantec’s January 2008 State of Spam report showed
that spam surged to new heights as 2007 ended, accounting for 75 percent of all email sent,” said Art Gilliland, Vice
President of Product Management for Symantec. “Symantec Mail Security 8300 Virtual Edition gives users the power to
instantly boost messaging security capacity whenever they need to.”
The Virtual Edition’s centralised control console allows users to instantly increase or decrease messaging scanning
capacity across existing servers and appliances. Users can also automatically synchronise configurations and reporting
across systems, allowing them to better and more easily measure system efficacy and meet industry compliance standards
and regulatory mandates. The Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series Virtual Edition improves the efficiency of the messaging
infrastructure by scanning and removing unsolicited messages from network and mailbox servers. The Symantec Mail
Security 8300 engine delivers greater than 97 percent effectiveness, and is the only solution in the industry that
combines email and instant messaging scanning and filtering capabilities in a single product.
“Symantec Mail Security Virtual Edition takes aim at many companies’ biggest messaging security challenge, which is how
to keep up with growing messaging and spam volumes while keeping costs down,” said Chris Christiansen, Program Vice
President for IDC’s Security Products and Services group. “Symantec’s virtual appliance option gives customers the
choice of quickly and incrementally scaling their messaging security infrastructure while taking advantage of the
resource utilisation benefits of virtualisation.”
Symantec Mail Security Virtual Edition also enables faster setup and installation, making it easier than ever to test
and evaluate the solution before deploying in a production email environment. In just minutes, a complete version of
Virtual Edition can be downloaded, unlocked with a licensing key and deployed in a virtualisation environment.
Award-winning Technology Backed by Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network
Symantec Mail Security 8300 was recently named to InfoWorld magazine’s annual list of “Top Technology Products for 2008”
in the security category. The magazine noted the product’s “superior anti-spam and anti-malware capabilities, strong
enterprise-class features, excellent management and reporting tools, and a very polished, easy-to-use administrative
interface.” They also noted its easy set up and low price compared to other products tested.
All Symantec Mail Security 8300 solutions are backed and supported by Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network, which
updates the solutions to track for the latest spam and security threats. This world leading consists of more than 150
million antivirus sensors, 2 million decoy email addresses, 40,000 intrusion and firewall sensors and 4,300 monitored
and managed security systems worldwide.
Licensing and Availability
Symantec Mail Security Virtual Edition is available and can be purchased on an annual or multi-year licensing schedule.
Pricing is based on number of email users. For more information on the product and pricing, visit www.symantec.com.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a
connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering
software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in
Cupertino, California, Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
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