NetXactics, local distributor for Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus and anti-spam protection for businesses, today unveiled Sophos`s new automated virus protection tool, Enterprise Manager (EM) Library.
With EM Library, Sophos customers can now schedule automatic updates of the very latest virus protection across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, NetWare, Linux and Unix systems. Additional features include a proactive alerting mechanism which keeps network administrators fully up-to-date with operational conditions.
With as many as 800 new viruses discovered each month, network managers can benefit from EM Library, which enables them to specify the time and frequency of scheduled anti-virus updates across multiple platforms in their networks. EM Library can be updated as often as hourly, ensuring that the latest virus protection is automatically downloaded and installed with minimal impact on system resources. Additionally, administrators can also perform on-demand virus updates, giving them full control of network security.
To further streamline the management of anti-virus protection, EM Library`s proactive alerts - which can be delivered by e-mail, desktop messaging or event log - ensure that administrators are kept informed about system performance, allowing them to check that the downloads and installations are running optimally. An audit trail of the time new updates are received and applied also aids network administration.
"EM Library adds to Sophos`s award-winning support by enabling us to push out important technical information to our customers, helping them keep their networks as secure as possible," said Brett Myroff, CEO of NetXactics.
"Businesses rarely operate homogenous computer environments, so we have introduced automated anti-virus updates which can be applied across a variety of popular platforms. This takes the pain out of updating and improves security - both of which are great news for IT administrators."
EM Library is part of the Enterprise Manager suite, which enables users to keep Sophos Anti-Virus updated automatically with the very latest anti-virus protection.
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NetXactics is a South African-based company, focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for UK-based Sophos Plc, one of the leaders in the provision of anti-virus and anti-spam software for the corporate environment. For more information, visit NetXactics at www.netxactics.co.za.
Sophos
Sophos is one of the world`s largest specialist developers of anti-virus and anti-spam software. Headquartered in the UK, the company designs solutions specifically to protect businesses and organisations, including large corporations, banks and governments, from viruses and spam.
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