Microsoft polishes image with security suite
Microsoft polishes image with security suite - Technology - International Herald Tribune: "Microsoft unveiled on Thursday a suite of corporate products that will move it more fully into competition with the leading makers of security software for Windows computers.
The company, whose software runs the vast majority of the world's personal computers, said it planned to release by the end of the year a preliminary, or beta, version of software to protect corporate computers running Windows against viruses, worms and other attacks.
'It's a unified product. You don't have to pick whose anti-virus solution you think is the best,' the company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said at a news conference in Munich. 'The threats we see do need more than secure software.'
Microsoft, which already offers security software for networked server computers and desktops, said the new software, called Client Protection, would be aimed at large companies. It will offer tools to deter viruses and other malicious software and would be integrated with Microsoft's technology that tracks user accounts and logons.
The product will move Microsoft further into the territory of specialist security software companies like McAfee and Symantec..."
The company, whose software runs the vast majority of the world's personal computers, said it planned to release by the end of the year a preliminary, or beta, version of software to protect corporate computers running Windows against viruses, worms and other attacks.
'It's a unified product. You don't have to pick whose anti-virus solution you think is the best,' the company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said at a news conference in Munich. 'The threats we see do need more than secure software.'
Microsoft, which already offers security software for networked server computers and desktops, said the new software, called Client Protection, would be aimed at large companies. It will offer tools to deter viruses and other malicious software and would be integrated with Microsoft's technology that tracks user accounts and logons.
The product will move Microsoft further into the territory of specialist security software companies like McAfee and Symantec..."
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