Microsoft Forefront is gathering notable press coverage on the new innovative features that empower businesses of all types to protect and take control of the security of their information resources. Find out what the press is saying about Microsoft Forefront, and check back often to read the latest additions.
| • | Microsoft Forefront Aims to Integrate Security
Redmond Channel Partner (August 1, 2007) "For customers struggling to manage and maintain security wares from multiple vendors, Forefront offers a Microsoft-centric alternative."
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| • | Microsoft Rolls Out Centralized Security Management
InformationWeek (June 9, 2007) Integrated platform promises to put all security info on single console but manages only Microsoft's Forefront products.
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| • | Microsoft Exec: 'Stirling' To Be Fully Integrated Security Product
CRN (June 5, 2007)
Microsoft's unified Forefront security platform, dubbed "Stirling," will be a fully integrated product, not just a simple bundle or suite, a key company executive said.
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| • | Microsoft Unveils Integrated Security
InfoWorld (June 4, 2007) 'Stirling' package aimed at taking on rivals McAfee, Symantec.
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| • | Microsoft Forefront Antivirus Security Bolsters Bolton Council Security
SecurityPark.net (April 20, 2007) "Read how Bolton council has deployed Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server to provide a more secure environment for its upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 communications and collaboration server."
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| • | FAQ: Microsoft’s Forefront Security Family
ComputerWorld (January 2, 2007) "Microsoft Corp. bought Sybari Software Inc. in June 2005, and with that acquisition came the Antigen line of products. The company has since rebranded the Antigen line with the Forefront name, improved the products’ performance and tuning under Windows, and integrated a suite of products under that umbrella."
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| • | Redmond Magazine: HTTP Traffic Cop
Redmond Magazine (September 2006) Read this article stating "Microsoft has taken a good product and made it better in many ways."
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| • | Q&A: New Integrated Security Management Solution an Important Milestone as Enterprise Customers Embrace Microsoft Forefront
PressPass (November 13, 2007) Margaret Arakawa discusses the new Forefront Server Security Management Console, customer adoption of Forefront, and plans for the future.
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| • | Microsoft Extends Secure Access Platform with Launch of Intelligent Application Gateway 2007
PressPass (February 1, 2007) Read about the new SSL VPN solution Microsoft is launching with two OEM partnerships--integrated to provide a single, consolidated appliance for network perimeter defense, remote access, and endpoint security management and application-layer protection.
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| • | Microsoft Details Dynamic IT Strategy at TechEd 2007
PressPass (June 7, 2007) Microsoft General Manager Bob Muglia demonstrates new technology innovations designed to help IT professionals and developers evolve their organizations.
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| • | Microsoft Helps Customers Achieve a Secure and Well-Managed Infrastructure
PressPass (May 5, 2007) Bob Kelly discusses the challenges customers are facing around the complexity of managing and securing their infrastructure, and how Microsoft is helping customers achieve greater integration, increased productivity and lower costs.
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| • | Microsoft Readies IT Customers for Windows Vista, Office Systems 2007, Exchange Server 2007
PressPass (November 14, 2006) At Tech•Ed: IT Forum Europe, Microsoft Details New Security Offerings to Deliver Increased Business Value for Customers through Next-Generation Product Portfolio.
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| • | New Microsoft Forefront Security Products Help Protect Businesses against the Latest Threats
PressPass (November 14, 2006) New Microsoft Forefront client and server security products and new remote access features will help customers protect information and control access to IT infrastructure.
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| • | Microsoft Launches Forefront Security for SharePoint Beta
PressPass (September 28, 2006) New product provides advanced protection for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
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| • | Microsoft and Citrix Expand Partnership to Improve Application Access and Address Branch Office Complexity
PressPass (August 23, 2006) Read more to find out how these two companies plan to collaborate on developing and marketing a new Citrix WANScaler branch office appliance based on Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft ISA Server.
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| • | Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Secure Remote Access Technology Leader Whale Communications
PressPass (July 26, 2006) Bob Kelly, General Manager of Infrastructure Marketing at Microsoft Corporation, details the company’s goals and strategies around the completed acquisition of Whale Communications, a leading provider of Windows-based secure access technologies.
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| • | Microsoft Releases Public Betas of Exchange Server 2007 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server
PressPass (July 24, 2006) Customers can immediately evaluate both products and begin the migration to an advanced secure messaging solution.
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| • | Key Updates to Microsoft's Security and Access Product Strategy Unveiled
PressPass (June 12, 2006) At Microsoft TechEd 2006, VP Ted Kummert discussed new security product announcements, including the new Microsoft Forefront brand, that reinforce a broader business customer promise to "Protect Information, Control Access."
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| • | Microsoft Executives Detail Vision, Promises for Enabling the Infrastructure for the People-Ready Business
PressPass (June 11, 2006) New product offerings, key investment areas for IT professionals and developers unveiled at TechEd 2006.
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| • | Microsoft Releases Antigen E-mail Security Products
PressPass (June 6, 2006) The latest release of Antigen products provide e-mail users with increased protection from viruses, spam, and other security threats.
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