SecureData, an ERP.com company and the exclusive sub-Saharan distributors of Trend Micro (Nasdaq: TMIC; TSE: 4704), a worldwide leader in network anti-virus and Internet content security solutions, has announced that Trend Micro's file server anti-virus solution, ServerProtect 5, has earned certification for Citrix MetaFrameTM 1.8 software. WTS-Center, a German independent testing laboratory, certified that ServerProtect successfully met rigorous functionality and performance criteria.
Trend Micro's ServerProtect provides comprehensive virus scanning throughout the network for file servers running Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 software and Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. With WTS-Center certification, customers can be assured that Trend Micro's ServerProtect anti-virus solution will perform in the Citrix MetaFrame application-serving environment.
This certification also qualifies Trend Micro for Premier member status in the Citrix Business AllianceTM (CBA), a coalition of industry-leading companies from across the technology spectrum that work closely with Citrix to design and market complementary solutions for mutual customers.
To receive Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 certification, ServerProtect was put through a series of stringent performance tests, including evaluation of ServerProtect's load on the available processors during real-time, scan now and task scan options; its CPU and memory resource utilization when running the application; and the behaviour of Terminal Server with 20 and 40 connected users.
"We are very impressed with ServerProtect's functionality and performance characteristics, and are confident that ServerProtect 5 is well-suited for use on a Terminal Server with Citrix MetaFrame 1.8," commented Siegfried Kinzel, Technical Manager, WTS-Center.
"Third-party certification testing, like that from WTS-Center, is always a valuable proving ground for Trend Micro's products," said Wayne Biehn, Sales Director at SecureData. "Having an anti-virus solution certified for Citrix MetaFrame v1.8 demonstrates Trend Micro's commitment to providing best-of-breed solutions that are designed to work in the most demanding enterprise environments."
"With mainstream adoption of the Citrix application server computing model, there has been corresponding growth in demand for anti-virus solutions that work seamlessly in this environment," said Bruce Cabral, director of the Citrix Business Alliance. "We welcome Trend Micro to the Premier level of the CBA as a member with technologies can help to meet the growing need for enhanced server-based virus protection." The WTS-Center is a joint project of Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, UUNET, Cisco, T-Mobile, and asp4you. The testing center tests and certifies applications based on the level of execution and feasibility in a Windows Terminal Server topology.
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The rapid proliferation and destructive potential of macro viruses, backdoor Trojans and email worms, which can spread through shared documents, underscores the need for server-based virus protection. Recognising the need for robust, dependable network virus protection, Trend Micro developed ServerProtect to automate routine anti-virus maintenance and centralise installation and upgrades to local or remote servers across the network. ServerProtect detects and removes known and unknown viruses on the fly, manages multiple servers and domains, and features automated, incremental pattern file updates, event reporting and configuration that can be controlled through a remote web-based or Windows-based console.
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Citrix Business Alliance
The Citrix Business Alliance (CBA) is a growing coalition of industry-leading companies from across the technology spectrum that are working with Citrix solutions to broaden the scope and effectiveness of server-based enterprise computing solutions. The program provides members with access to Citrix products for compatibility testing with Citrix MetaFrame application server software, new business opportunities with other Citrix solution providers, access to joint marketing programs and enhanced technical support.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is a Managed Security Service Provider. SecureData is the exclusive sub-Saharan Distributors of Trend Micro, providing enterprise-wide, centrally managed, server-based, virus protection, e-mail filtering and Internet filtering products and services. Concern about Internet Safety has created a vigorous and growing market for content security products and services. Today, e-mail attachments account for over 50% of virus infections, and web-based malicious mobile code (vandals) is widely thought to be the predominant content threat of the near future. SecureData brings sub-Saharan Africa the tools that build anti-virus and content security protection into the Internet and Mail/Groupware infrastructure.
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