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How many security breaches does it take to compromise a business?

Discover a more reliable way to protect your data and prevent downtime

Is your approach to remote working actually a security nightmare? What's to stop anyone walking off with your valuable data on a USB key? Now's your chance to discover how to better protect your valuable data and other intellectual property.

Ensure that security and backup remain tight, while allowing your staff to access your server remotely, with help from Microsoft's inbuilt Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 security. Your business can benefit from:

  • Easy and effective security — people can connect securely to your company network without needing a VPN, and IT can schedule automatic updates to protect against external threats and system failures.
  • Protection for intellectual property — provide open access to your staff with confidence, thanks to solutions such as Windows BitLocker USB drive and USB encryption.
  • Cutting-edge authentication and access control functionality — making it easy to control access to files and documents for internal and external collaboration.
  • Assured backup with Windows — helping you easily restore important business data, applications, favourites and settings.
  • Reduced IT complexity and server downtime — patch management ensures that machines are consistently up-to-date and malware is deflected.
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What do you need?

The solution:

Dramatically improve protection with Microsoft Forefront Security for Microsoft Exchange Server. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provide a fully integrated and ultra-secure IT infrastructure.

For optimal performance, combine with System Center Operations Manager and System Center Configuration Manager, to easily monitor all your infrastructure components and reduce IT risks. What's more, Microsoft System Center solutions provide a single secure process by which IT professionals can manage both physical and virtual IT environments from a single console, enabling IT professionals to manage the complexity of a virtual environment and reduce overall risks and costs.

Benefits:

  • Complete protection — Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange includes multiple scanning engines to bring multi-layered protection to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
  • Restricted access to documents — with Windows 7 Enterprise File Encryption and built-in encryption capabilities.
  • Authentication and access control functionality — from Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Full disaster recovery — with Windows 7 Enterprise image back-up feature, which takes a perfect ‘picture’ of your computer’s hard drive, so you can easily restore important business data, applications, favourites and settings.
  • Automatic back-up — with Windows Server 2008 R2 you can schedule backups to occur automatically, so your critical documents and sensitive data are secured against external threats and can be recovered in the event of a system failure.
  • Behind the scenes security — with file filtering and premium anti-spam protection that doesn't slow your computer down.
  • Reduced complexity, costs and risks — thanks to the common management methodology, you can reduce costs with server consolidation while minimising risks.
  • Increased uptime — with optimal performance, effortless management and enhanced security your staff will be able to work more effectively.
  • All the latest versions — of management, messaging and security server technologies.
  • Effortless control — so you can focus more on delivering new business value for the organisation.
  • Integrated management — of all aspects of IT infrastructures including physical and virtual environments.
  • Common management methodology — manage your virtual environments with the same tools and processes used for managing physical environments.

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What do you need?

The solution:

Dramatically improve protection with Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server, enabling you to manage a fully integrated and ultra-secure IT infrastructure.

For optimal performance, combine with System Center Operations Manager and Configuration Manager, to easily monitor all your infrastructure's components — reducing IT risks.

Benefits:

  • Complete protection — Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange includes multiple scanning engines to bring multi-layered protection to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
  • Behind the scenes security — with file filtering and premium anti-spam protection that doesn't slow your computer down.
  • Increased uptime — with enhanced security your staff will be able to work more effectively.
  • Effortless security control — so you can focus more on growing the business than IT worries.
  • Integrated management — of all aspects of IT, including physical and virtual environments.
  • All the latest versions — of management, messaging, and security server technologies.
  • Boost productivity and growth — with enhanced manageability and reliability, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 turns a midsize IT infrastructure into a strategic asset.

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What do you need?

The solution:

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 helps busy IT professionals by diagnosing and resolving IT problems, while Microsoft Forefront Client Security brings enhanced protection and greater control.

Working alongside this solution, Windows Server 2008 R2 enables your staff to work remotely and securely, while reducing operating costs and increasing energy efficiency.

Benefits:

  • A self-managing solution — it notifies you as soon as a problem occurs, then helps you proactively diagnose and fix it.
  • Critical visibility into threats and vulnerabilities — helping you protect your business with confidence and effectiveness.
  • Security that integrates with your existing infrastructure — complementing other Microsoft security technologies for increased security and control.
  • Increased efficiency — simplifies complex management tasks, including Web site monitoring, and creating and configuring group policy.
  • A unified experience — view and manage your servers, clients, hardware, software, and IT services through a single console.

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