SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, and the southern African distributor for Trend security software, today announced the creation by Trend Micro of its Incubation organisation, headed up by Raimund Genes, President of European Operations.
The organisation will focus on taking new Internet security technologies to market and help ensure that Trend Micro is proactively developing solutions to help customers to deal with current and future Internet security threats. The formation of this organisation is the latest initiative from Trend Micro to continue its long-standing tradition of innovation.
Made up of senior product specialists and marketers from around the world, the Incubation organisation benefits from a truly global perspective of forthcoming market requirements for anti-virus and Internet content security solutions.
Through the organisation, Trend Micro will be able to focus on emerging market segments and security technologies that deal with prospective threats, while its worldwide sales and support organisation continues to provide Trend Micro's core technology and business strategies for corporate, small to medium business and home users.
"Internet security solutions providers constantly need to evolve," commented Steve Chang, CEO and Founder of Trend Micro. "It is the nature of our business, where we are required to provide new solutions to deal with emerging threats and changing market requirements. Trend Micro's new Incubation organisation will allow us to explore many new areas and new technologies to deal with tomorrow's threats."
A history of innovation
In 1995 Trend Micro became an industry pioneer in the migration of virus protection from the desktop to the server level, with the launch of Trend Micro ServerProtect. In 1997 it launched the industry's first virus protection for the Internet gateway with InterScan VirusWall. Since then, it has demonstrated a history of innovation in server-based anti-virus products that has contributed to the leadership position it holds today in this market (according to the recent IDC report "Worldwide Antivirus 2004-2008 Forecast and 2003 Competitive Vendor Shares").
Trend Micro continues to shift the paradigms of anti-virus security with cutting-edge products, services and strategies like Trend Micro Network VirusWall, Outbreak Prevention Services and its Enterprise Protection Strategy.
Trend Micro is committed to following its path of innovation to help companies manage today's ever-increasingly complex, fast-spreading malware threats.
For further information, please contact Dean Brazier at telephone (011) 257 8600; fax (011) 257 8699; e-mail deanb@securedata.co.za.
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Trend Micro, Inc is a leader in network anti-virus and Internet content security software and services. The Tokyo-based corporation has business units worldwide. Trend Micro products are sold through corporate and value-added resellers.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software and network asset management.
SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based BorderWare, US-based RSA Security and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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