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VB100 for FCS and MSE: Forefront Client Security received its 11th consecutive VB100 award for the December 2009 Edition of Virus Bulletin . Microsoft Security Essentials for consumers received its first VB100 award for its very first submission. In order to be awarded the Read More...
Posted 14 December 09 09:26 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Dark Reading, customers and analysts on TMG: Leading security news site Dark Reading reports on the release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway - including some insightful quotes: Analyst Rob Enderle: "By focusing on the employee, Microsoft is beginning to address what I believe are some of the Read More...
Posted 07 December 09 09:17 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Follow Forefront on Twitter: If you are a Twitter fan, be sure to follow us at http://twitter.com/MS_Forefront ! Our own John "JG" Chirapurath, senior director in the MSFT Identity and Security Business Group, is leading the Forefront Tweet charge in his typically pithy way. Come Read More...
Posted 30 November 09 07:11 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Action by Dec 1 - keep your protection current!: A reminder from the Forefront Server Security blog . As we announced on July 1, 2009 , Microsoft is revising its engine mix on Dec. 1, 2009 for the Forefront and Antigen products. This change will allow customers to utilize a set of engines that help Read More...
Posted 04 November 09 11:08 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Schedule and Strategy Update for Forefront Endpoint Protection: Today we are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite (previously codenamed “Stirling.”) We are delaying the release Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - anti-malware Read More...
Posted 08 October 09 09:00 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Steve Ballmer on The New Efficiency: Making business decisions regarding IT investment is tougher than ever. To help, today Microsoft hosted a special VIP Business Leadership Roundtable event. CEO Steve Ballmer and moderator Robert Youngjohns, President of the Microsoft US Subsidiary, discussed Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 10:56 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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CERN replaces Symantec with Forefront: CERN - the European Organization for Nuclear Research - recently announced in its computing newsletter that it is replacing Symantec with Forefront Client Security to protect PCs on its network. Why? From the newsletter: By the end of this year, all NICE Read More...
Posted 10 September 09 07:58 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
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Forefront tops VB100: British tech publication V3.co.uk recently posted an article with the headline Third of anti-virus vendors fail to protect Vista . The latest tests conducted by independent anti-virus testing organization Virus Bulletin have revealed that 12 out of 35 Read More...
Posted 06 August 09 05:34 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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ID and Security in the Cloud: Many companies and IT leaders are eager to realize the benefits of cloud computing, but security is often a concern. For example, a recent study by Maritz Research found that 59% of IT leaders in the US rated security as the biggest risk with cloud. As Read More...
Posted 24 July 09 08:50 by Forefront Blogger | 4 Comments
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Business Ready Security news at WPC: This week in New Orleans Microsoft is hosting its annual Worldwide Partner Conference. We made several announcements today at the conference about our identity and security solutions. This news is part of our Business Ready Security strategy to help both Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 05:01 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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Forefront: CCTM Certified for UK government use: Last week West Coast Labs announced that Forefront Client Security has received the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) ,which provides a government quality mark for malware detection and performance, based on accredited independent testing. CESG is the UK Read More...
Posted 30 June 09 11:12 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
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Survey says: Security the top challenge for IT pros: Today Microsoft released findings from a survey of 1200+ IT professionals in the US, UK, Germany and Japan. Some of the top findings about their opinions on IT in a recession, priorities and where they are investing are here . Among the most interesting Read More...
Posted 23 June 09 08:15 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly 'Morro') and Forefront: Today, Microsoft released a public beta of its new, free consumer anti-malware product codenamed “ Morro ”, which now has an official product name: Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) . This new solution will address the growing need for a PC security Read More...
Posted 23 June 09 06:20 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
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Server & Tools Business Exec discusses state of IT, answers your questions on June 23: Are you interested in hearing about how other IT pros are reacting to economic conditions and where they’re investing (particularly security?) Do you have questions about Microsoft’s efforts to help IT be more cost effective and deliver new solutions Read More...
Posted 18 June 09 05:15 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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Forefront for Pharma: Headquartered in Albany, New York, AMRI provides wide-ranging scientific services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. AMRI has more than 1,200 employees and sales of approximately U.S.$180 million. The company was using two different client security Read More...
Posted 02 June 09 06:16 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
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