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Global IT Vendor Panda Security has launched version 5.04.50 of Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP), its cloud-based security solution for corporate endpoints.

“The new version includes a host of new features and improvements which provides companies with an even more effective solution for malware detection and prevention”, says Jeremy Matthews, head of Panda’s sub-Saharan operations.

One of the version’s top new features is its compatibility with Office 2010, as well as its ability to scan the email messages stored in Windows Live Mail. It also incorporates new technologies to prevent infections from unknown malware. These technologies are capable of blocking threats even if the user is offline at the time of detection (identification processes take place in the cloud), or if the malware strain is new. Automatic verdicts are also returned directly, indicating whether the file is malware or goodware.

The new PCOP also contains a small signature file that only includes data about the most active malware every day. These file updates are truly automatic and do not require administrator intervention to deploy and implement them on every workstation on the network.

Since Panda Security started selling its cloud-based security suites last year, the company has achieved growth ratios well above the market average. In 2009, the company’s worldwide growth in this market segment reached 122% (compared to 2008), accounting for 20% of the company’s corporate revenue. This outstanding growth reflects the many benefits that a cloud-based security solution provides to clients.

Panda Cloud Office Protection can be sold separately or as part of the Panda Cloud Protection suite. This new solution complements Panda Security’s cloud-based, SaaS security products covering the main infection vectors: endpoints and servers (Panda Cloud Office Protection); corporate email (Panda Cloud Email Protection) and Internet traffic (Panda Cloud Internet Protection).

For more information and a free product trial go to http://cloudprotection.pandasecurity.com.

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Panda Security has launched version 5.03 of Panda Managed Office Protection (PMOP), its security-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. This new version includes a series of new features for companies (end-clients) as well as partners and VARs.

PMOP is easily and rapidly installed across the Internet. It offers complete management of company security, regardless of the number of remote offices or mobile workers. It also allows security management to be outsourced to partners offering this service, with simple and rapid access via the Web at all times to real-time reports and network monitoring.

‘We project that clients will save up to 50% when using this solution as opposed to installing a traditional security solution,’ says Jeremy Matthews, head of Panda’s sub-Saharan operations. ‘This way, companies can focus on their core business without worrying about security, and possible productivity and competitivity problems derived from infections.’

Matthews says the new features for companies include the possibility to select different types of reports to be sent to different groups by administrators. Other features implemented in version 5.03 of Panda Managed Office Protection include the sending of detection warnings through an SMTP server with authentication, the management of licenses with several maintenance contracts and numerous improvements regarding the creation of reports and the monitoring tools.

Similarly, this new version includes many new features for partners and VARs such as the automatic sending of reports (daily, weekly or monthly), the option for enabling/disabling remote updates, choosing the default language for clients’ protection and centralised viewing from the service provider console.

The new version 5.03 is also compatible with Windows Small Business Server 2000/2003/2008 and Windows Home Server.

Panda Managed Office Protection got the highest rating (5 stars out of 5) in the latest review carried out by PC World. The Spanish magazine highlighted ease of use and the ability to manage from a single console. The product has also been awarded the Editor’s Choice seal in a comparative review by PC Magazine’s Dutch and Belgian edition.

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