Antigen News and Reviews

CRN (June 13, 2006): “Outright, Antigen kills three birds with one stone by providing e-mail, collaboration and antispam protection.” Furthermore, this review notes that “overall, Antigen does a bang-up job automating most of the security tasks dreaded by administrators.”

Infoworld (June 6, 2006): Microsoft on Tuesday announced the first release of the Antigen enterprise antivirus and antispam software since it purchased the technology with Sybari Software in 2005. The company released new versions of Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, Antigen Spam Manager, and Antigen Enterprise Manager.

Network World (June 6, 2006): Microsoft Tuesday offered free trial versions of its forthcoming anti-virus and anti-spam software for e-mail that it obtained last year when it acquired Sybari Software. The company introduced its first Microsoft versions and the licensing terms for its Antigen e-mail hygiene software, and said the finished products would ship July 1.

eWeek (October 6, 2005): “Microsoft Corp. is revamping and rebranding the flagship Antigen product line. The product will now assume the Microsoft name and a new virus scan engine that was internally developed at Redmond using technology acquired from GeCAD Software…”

SC Magazine (Aug 25, 2005): "By focusing on the content control aspects of IM, Antigen can provide efficient and effective security measures that are independent from other controls applied to other systems.”

(June 12, 2006): At Microsoft Tech•Ed 2006, VP Ted Kummert discusses new security product announcements, including the new Microsoft Forefront brand, that reinforce a broader business customer promise to "Protect Information, Control Access."

(June 11, 2006): New product offerings, key investment areas for IT professionals and developers unveiled at Tech•Ed 2006.

(June 6, 2006): "Latest release of Antigen products provide e-mail users with increased protection from viruses, spam, and other security threats."

(July 6, 2005): "Sybari Antigen management pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 available, offering customers additional insight into critical data."

(June 21, 2005): "Sybari products to help protect Microsoft Windows customers against malicious software."