NetXactics, the southern African distributor for Sophos Anti-Virus, a world leader in anti-virus protection for businesses, has announced the availability of version 3 of its third-party integration product, Sophos Anti-Virus (SAV) Interface.
This latest version includes improved scanning technologies, improved resilience against attack, threat reduction capabilities and availability on a wider range of operating platforms.
Sophos has spent the past year strengthening its commitment to its OEM partners to provide customers with fully integrated products that address multiple security threats. As with previous releases of SAV Interface, this version is designed specifically to integrate a partner`s solution seamlessly with Sophos`s virus detection engine. Each new feature improves virus detection and prevention capabilities.
By integrating with other leaders in security technology, such as MIMEsweeper, MailMarshal, Mirapoint and Surf Control to name but a few, Sophos can provide businesses with a unified security strategy while still maintaining its focus on virus detection.
"Security threats to an organisation come in a number of different forms - all of which need to be addressed and accounted for," said Brett Myroff, CEO of NetXactics.
"However, we know that if Sophos takes their focus off virus detection and prevention, they won`t be able to provide the same level of quality and reliability that differentiates our products from the rest of the market. By offering other leading security vendors the ability to integrate anti-virus scanning into their product, Sophos can provide customers with a unified security product that`s the best it can possibly be."
"Sophos is one of the easiest - if not the easiest - company to partner with. This is due to its superior technology and performance coupled with attentive partnership and development teams," said Nigel Brooke, VP EMEA, Mirapoint. "Because of all of the enhancements to the SAV Interface product, we`ve found that our development time has been drastically reduced. This - coupled with Sophos`s clear commitment to the development of our business relationship - enables us to have a very close, collaborative partnership ensuring our mutual success."
New features in this version of SAV Interface include three new functions to scan files in multiple locations, greater control over file scanning by reporting status and progress information, accurate file type detection and reporting regardless of extension, and improved control over downloading of anti-virus updates. SAV Interface is now also available more platforms including Windows 95/98/Me, NT/2000/XP, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD HP/UX, various other Unix flavours, OpenVMS, OS/2. It is currently in development for Mac OS X and NetWare.
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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 software for the corporate environment, and for Australian-based WebSpy Ltd, formerly Livingstone Group, and the developers Internet Access Management applications. For more information, visit NetXactics at www.netxactics.co.za.
Sophos
Sophos is one of the world`s largest specialist developers of anti-virus software. Headquartered in the UK, its products are sold and supported through a global network of subsidiaries and partners in more than 150 countries. Sophos solutions are specifically designed to protect businesses and organisations from virus attack. The company`s products are widely deployed by large corporations, banks and governments.
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