Symantec Expands SMB Portfolio

Symantec Corp. has announced new enhancements to its Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) Protection Portfolio, providing SMB customers with greater choice and flexibility for protecting the information that drives their businesses.

The new Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition, available in summer 2010, will provide SMBs with complete protection including endpoint and messaging security as well as desktop, laptop and server backup and recovery to ensure business continuity. Symantec is giving SMB customers more choices for protecting their growing businesses with hosted options for email and web security and new lower pricing for the edition. For the most cost-conscious small businesses, Symantec is lowering the price of Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition, by 40 percent.

“SMBs today are handling valuable information and having the right information at the right time can mean the difference between success and going out of business. Cybercriminals are going after SMBs, and those who are only using antivirus as a security solution are not protected completely, putting their businesses at risk. Today’s SMBs need complete protection that can be easily deployed and managed while providing the highest level of protection,” says Francis DeSouza, Senior Vice Resident, Enterprise Security Group, Symantec.

Symantec Protection Suite Advanced Business Edition will give customers the flexibility to deploy on-site and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies with add-on options for hosted email and Web security from Symantec Hosted Services. In addition, Symantec recently launched Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection, a new SaaS offering for SMBs who wish to deploy comprehensive security for their computer systems without the need for additional hardware or management software.