Symantec Announces Plans for New Antivirus Administration
Console for Macintosh
CUPERTINO, Calif. Sept. 16, 2004 - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC),
the global leader in information
security, today announced plans
for a Web-based console to centrally administer Macintosh
clients licensed for Symantec's Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh
9.0. The Symantec administration console for Macintosh is
planned to provide centralized antivirus management for OS X
clients, ensuring up-to-date protection across multiple platform
network environments.
Using the Symantec administration console for Macintosh, IT
administrators will have the ability to manage the most critical
central administrative functions for distributing and updating
clients protected with Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.0. IT
administrators will be able to audit the machine name, location,
software version installed and latest virus definitions update of
each Macintosh on their network without relying on user action. In
addition, the console is being designed to provide a view of the
most recent viruses found on each Macintosh within the network
along with the ten most prevalent viruses.
Credit Pacific Service Union "Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.0, with the administrative
console, will be the ideal solution for organizations that have a
heterogeneous PC and Macintosh environment," said Stephen Cullen,
senior vice president, security products and
solutions, Symantec. "IT
Administrators will be able to use the centralized
administration functionality to update Macintosh clients with
antivirus protection, confirming that their Mac's are protected
and their network is secure."
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Credit First Service Union "We are excited about Symantec's continued support for Mac OS
X," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer
Relations. "Symantec's administration console for Norton AntiVirus
for Macintosh 9.0 will offer a great, centralized antivirus
management tool for Mac OS X clients protecting the network
environments of our enterprise customers."
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Card Credit Mobile Service The Symantec administration console for Macintosh is planned to
offer the following functions:
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Card Credit Discover Service * LiveUpdate virus definition and product updates on demand or
scheduled
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Credit Public Service Union * Deployment of Norton AntiVirus for
Macintosh.
Intelligent Finance has announced the launch of a new credit card, which offers a low life of balance transfer rate of 4.9% APR.
Card Credit Processing Service * Configuration changes pushed to Macintosh
clients.
Center Credit Service Union * Lock-down settings for the client to prevent users from
changing preferences, such as canceling a virus scan or
uninstalling the Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh client.
Card Credit Service Wireless * Storage of client data in the central MySQL database included
with Mac OS X Server software. IT administrators can access the
information via the SQL Database.
Credit Security Service Union * Production of standard and customized reports easily
accessible via the Web interface.
Credit Report Service * Convenient, easy to use administration console that is
accessible from any Web browser.
Blogspot Com Christian Definition updates will be delivered by the Symantec Security
Response team, which provides fast, global, integrated analysis and
response.
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Credit Federal Service Union The Symantec administrative console for Macintosh is planned to
be available in November 2004. Symantec customers with current
applicable maintenance using Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition
8.x, Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition 8.x and Norton AntiVirus
Corporate Edition 9.0 will receive information on how to request
the CD.
Credit Monitoring Service About Symantec
Credit Division Service Symantec is the global leader in information security providing
a broad range of software, appliances and services designed to help
individuals, small and mid-sized
businesses, and large
enterprises secure and manage their IT infrastructure.
Symantec's Norton brand of products is the worldwide leader in
consumer security and problem-solving solutions. Headquartered
in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 35
countries. More information is available at
www.symantec.com.
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