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Panda Security and AAAntivirus Guarantee SMB Clients Unmatched Protection and Cost Savings With SaaS

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 07:00 CDT

New Version of Panda Managed Office Protection Allows Channel Partners to More Efficiently Deliver Value-Added Security Services for SMB Customers

GLENDALE, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, a leading global provider of IT security solutions, today announced the established success AAAntivirus, its largest value-added reseller (VAR) in the U.S., has achieved in delivering security-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to small and medium businesses (SMBs). The newly updated Panda Managed Office Protection(TM) is the flagship SaaS solution that AAAntivirus credits for its ongoing success with SMBs, enabling them to more efficiently provide maximum protection against malware at a significantly lower total cost of ownership. With Panda's SaaS solution, VARs can offer subscriptions to a security service instead of selling antivirus products, and save customers from dedicating valuable personnel and resources to maintaining a network security solution themselves.

With over 25 years of experience, AAAntivirus is one of the largest SMB-focused resellers in the U.S. and specializes in serving the SMB market with the industry's leading antivirus, anti-spam and hardware security solutions. As a veteran in the security space with more than two million live antivirus licenses, the company's success is built around the central philosophies of excellent customer service and flexible SaaS solutions, which align perfectly to ensure a highly satisfied and loyal customer base.

Roy Miehe, CEO and President of AAAntivirus explains, "The current economic environment is forcing many SMBs to be increasingly resourceful with their scarce IT resources while safeguarding their existing assets. Many years in the fast-paced and often unpredictable security business have taught me that my customers need a steady yet flexible partner to depend on so that they can focus on running their own businesses and not worry about IT security. We've identified Panda Managed Office Protection as an ideal solution for addressing this need for our SMB clients, and we are intimately familiar with all the new features and functionalities. Additionally, SaaS allows us to offer customers flexible, monthly payment options via credit card, which is an increasingly popular choice during the economic slowdown."

Considering the many factors SMBs evaluate when investing their scarce IT budget in a security solution, Panda Security conducted a comprehensive TCO comparison study between Panda Managed Office Protection and three leading traditional endpoint security offerings for 50-seat businesses. This comparison study was developed as an informative resource for channel partners and end-users alike and revealed that savings generated by SaaS solutions could exceed 50 percent. The full TCO study can be downloaded here:

http://support.us.pandasecurity.com/Corporate/tco_en.pdf

"Market conditions aside, I believe the cost benefits and scalability of SaaS will make traditional antivirus for SMBs obsolete," admits Miehe. "In addition, Panda's Managed Office Protection proactively updates its signature malware file from 'the cloud' with its malware detection and prevention technology called Collective Intelligence. This means my clients don't need to invest in additional security infrastructure, nor do we need to download malware signature updates that slow down our networks."

The newly enhanced Panda Managed Office Protection includes a comprehensive Web management console that allows AAAntivirus and VARs like it to centrally install, manage, and update security licenses on every end-device across their entire customer base. Without the need to be physically present at the customer site, customers can receive immediate technical assistance and information on the security status of every device on their network at anytime and from anywhere. Additionally, the new product version allows AAAntivirus to better service infected or threatened end-devices thanks to new advanced search functions, while also providing greater flexibility in running customized security reports.

"Working directly with my customers is my passion and I still get involved in installing and setting-up a new customer's deployment," says Miehe. "And every time, I am astounded by the ease, customization, and speed of the installation that the robust Panda partner management console provides. Within minutes I have all the customers' computers online and monitored, plus I can immediately run a variety of reports and train administrators with the distribution tool."

Panda Managed Office Protection is available now. For more information, please go to http://www.pandamop.com.

For more information on how to join the Panda Security partner community, please visit http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/partners/become/?sitepanda=particulares.

About Panda Security

Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with millions of clients around the globe and products available in over twenty languages. Our mission is to keep our customers' information and IT assets safe from security threats, giving them the most effective protection with the minimum resource consumption.

Every day, thousands of new malicious codes are created. To combat this threat, Panda Security has developed an innovative and unique security model which can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples. This model is collective intelligence and ensures that Panda Security solutions can protect against far more threats than the products of any other company. The exceptional detection capacity of collective intelligence can be put to the test at the Infected or Not website (http://www.infectedornot.com)

For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/

SOURCE Panda Security

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