Iomega and McAfee Collaborate to Offer Enterprise Security on Iomgea's Top-of-the-Line StorCenter PX Series Network Storage Products
Iomega and McAfee Collaborate to Offer Enterprise Security on
Iomega’s Top-of-the-Line StorCenter PX Series Network Storage
Products
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Software plus Iomega PX series Creates a
Unique Combination of Leading Threat Protection and Leading Network
Storage
News Highlights:
* Industry-leading, enterprise-class endpoint protection enhances
Iomega network storage products for SMBs and distributed enterprise.
* Iomega is the first SMB network storage vendor to run McAfee
VirusScan Enterprise natively on network devices.
* Customers of the Iomega PX series network storage products do not
require additional servers to gain enterprise-class endpoint security
from McAfee.
Full Story:
SAN DIEGO, CA - May 17, 2012 - Iomega, an EMC® company (NYSE: EMC) and
a global leader in data protection, today announced the addition of
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise to all Iomega StorCenter PX series network
storage products.
The combination of McAfee running natively on the Iomega PX series
network storage products represents an industry first: an
enterprise-class endpoint protection product running natively on desktop
and rackmount network storage products designed specifically for small
and medium businesses, remote office/branch office installations, and
distributed enterprises.
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux software empowers users of
Iomega’s PX series with comprehensive threat identification and
remediation through McAfee’s global network and reach, as well as
consistent features (e.g., scanning options) and behaviour (e.g.
management and reporting) with the rest of McAfee’s VirusScan family.
Iomega is the only sub-US$10K NAS vendor with an enterprise
implementation of VSEL. McAfee’s VSEL is expected to be included with
Iomega StorCenter PX series products beginning in second half of 2012.
Executive quotes:
“The addition of McAfee VirusScan on Iomega PX series network storage
products means SMBs and distributed enterprises have a valuable new
protection layer against data corruption and virus attacks - a strong
point of differentiation compared to other network storage solutions in
the marketplace,” said Mike Nikzad, Chief Operating Officer, Iomega
Corporation. “Users of Iomega’s PX series products will experience
the seamless integration of McAfee VirusScan, giving them a greater
comfort zone in their IT administration and data protection priorities.
McAfee VirusScan is a premium feature for our customers as well as a
technology innovation and collaboration of industry-leading
innovators.”
“We are thrilled to combine McAfee’s expertise in endpoint
protection with Iomega’s network storage products that already
encompass EMC world class storage capabilities,” said Candace Worley,
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Endpoint Security, McAfee.
“This unique product combination enables businesses to deploy
network storage at the very edge of their networks, with the McAfee
protection capabilities that they’ve come to trust and depend
upon.”
Highlights of VSEL running on Iomega StorCenter PX Series Network
Storage Products:
* Always-on, on-access scanning-McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux
software provides continuous, on-access anti-malware protection against
malware and other threats.
* Heuristic scanning-McAfee scanning technology includes heuristic
scanning, which uses behaviour-based rules to identify and block new
variants of malware without needing to download a signature.
* Archive scanning-While other anti-malware products are fooled by
viruses hidden within archived files, the McAfee archive scanning
function detects and blocks such threats, providing more complete
anti-malware protection.
* Automatic updating-By automating the update process, McAfee ensures
that the most current updates are always in place. Updates are done
behind the scenes.
* Cross-platform protection-Mc
Afee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux
software is designed to meet real-world needs, including heterogeneous
system environments. The superior anti-malware protection of McAfee
VirusScan Enterprise for Linux software is effective against various
types of Windows malware that try to pass through network storage to
attached Windows-based systems.
* Remote administration-using a browser-based secured interface for
configuration management and a dashboard for monitoring and reporting.
Does not require any additional server administration.
About Iomega StorCenter PX Series Network Storage Products
Designed with world-class EMC® enterprise storage technology,
Iomega’s newest generation of StorCenter PX Server Class Series
desktop and rackmount array products incorporates a new version of EMC®
LifeLine ™ software with advanced computing features as well as
utilizing 1TB*, 2TB, 3TB and soon-to-be available 4TB server-class SATA
drives for higher reliability and continuous operation in critical
business functions, such as “always on” video surveillance
applications. Storage capacities in the StorCenter PX series range from
diskless models up to 48TB.
Availability and Warranty
Iomega plans to provide McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux on all
its new shipments of StorCenter PX series network storage products
starting in the second half of 2012. The StorCenter PX series products
will include a 3-year license for VSEL at no additional charge.
The Iomega® StorCenter™ PX Server Class Series of network storage
devices is available worldwide, starting at US$699.99. (Pricing is U.S.
suggested retail.)
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset - information - in a more agile, trusted and
cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.
EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation
headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage
solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and others. The
Company has sold more than 425 million digital storage drives and disks
since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega’s product portfolio
includes industry leading desktop and rackmount network attached storage
products ideal for content sharing and data protection at small and
medium businesses and distributed enterprises, as well as vertical
applications such as video surveillance installations; direct-attached
portable and desktop external hard drives; and multimedia drives, making
it easy to move video, pictures and other files from the computer room
to the livingroom. To learn about all of Iomega’s storage products and
network storage solutions, please go to the Web at www.iomega.com.
Resellers can visit Iomega at www.ioclub.net.
About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC),
is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee
delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users
to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee
creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the
public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify
vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our cu
stomers safe. http://www.mcafee.com
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For more information contact:
Mike Martin / Claire McCorquodale
StrategicAmpersand Inc.
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
claire@stratamp.com
* 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
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