At TechEd 2006 in Boston, Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia announced plans to consolidate its enterprise security options under a single name: Forefront. At the core of Forefront will be Client Security, along with Microsoft's new Antigen lineup. Starting July 1, the company will offer the updated Antigen lineup to its corporate clients looking for a server-based malware protection suite. The new Antigen products were developed with technology from Sybari, a smaller security company acquired last year by Microsoft.
"One of the key challenges customers face when protecting desktops and laptops is that of controlling and managing the state of client security across the organization," says Ted Kummert, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security, Access and Solutions Division. "By simplifying the visibility and management of desktop and laptop security, we can enable IT administrators to better secure their environments, regardless of where those machines may be located."
Customers will be able to purchase Forefront as an integrated suite, or as standalone products. Licensing will also be available as part of the Enterprise CAL suite and the Exchange Enterprise CAL suite.
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