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PC News Weekly Taps Positive Networks' PositivePRO with a Five Star Rating and an ''Editor's Choice Award''.


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Positive Networks, a provider of industry-leading hosted managed remote access and endpoint security solution, received a Five Star Rating and an "Editor's Choice Award" after a review of its PositivePRO(TM) secure remote access managed/hosted service in PC News Weekly, a leading trade magazine published by Possibility Media.

"PositivePRO continues to win awards and new customers for its benefits over traditional VPN appliances," said Michael Yim, vice president of marketing, Positive Networks. "Additionally, we are gaining new customers who look to PositivePRO as a key component in business continuity plans to provide secure access to business-critical data and applications in the event of a natural or man-made disaster man-made disaster Technological disaster Public health An event in which a significant number of people are injured or die as a result of human devices or activities, unrelated to conflicts, and attributed to operator error–eg, Exxon Valdez . PositivePRO makes securely accessing business-critical data easy, safe and efficient."

PositivePRO is a complete managed service for secure remote access for an organization's remote and mobile employees. Authorized au·thor·ize  
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 end users can use PositivePRO to securely connect to their organization's network and Intranet resources from any location where they can access the Internet, even in the event of a natural disaster like a hurricane or in the event of a mass outbreak of Bird Flu bird flu: see influenza.
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PositivePRO is a key component of any organization's disaster planning/business continuity platform, providing secure access to all employees if a natural disaster, biohazard bi·o·haz·ard
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, or terrorism makes getting to the office physically impossible. PositivePRO connections can quickly be established well in advance, or literally on the fly in a matter of hours. If travel restrictions mean leaving the laptop at home, PositivePRO offers options to access corporate resources through public Internet stations This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Internet streaming media resources. Internet radio guides
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 and leaves no data or files on these machines after the connection is terminated. Unlike remote control PC programs with no endpoint security, PositivePRO is supported by corporate IT managers and CIOs as a critical tool for secure remote access to the corporate network and its resources.

The PositivePRO service provides a complete remote work platform with strong end-point security. It is developed for use with company-owned laptops, home PCs, other remote devices that can be remotely accessed by client-based access, Web-based access, and/or remote desktop control.

About Positive Networks

Positive Networks is the leading provider of hosted VPN and endpoint security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the . Its flagship service, PositivePRO, combines a client-based VPN, a clientless, Web-based SSL VPN, and remote desktop control into a single remote access service that scales to support thousands of users. With no hardware to install, PositivePRO is simple to implement and can provide complete remote access endpoint security control in 24 hours or less. PositivePRO's easy-to-manage subscription model includes critical end-point security features like antivirus protection, anti-spyware protection, personal firewall protection, patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique  and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC.

(2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network.
 to secure remote desktops and laptops. Site-to-Site VPN solutions are also available.

Positive Networks was awarded "Best-in-Class" Managed SSL VPN Service Provider for SMBs by Stratecast Partners and an AlwaysON AO100 selection. PositivePRO is a 2006 IT Week Magazine's, Network Technology, Service Provider Weekly, Hosting Weekly, PC News Weekly, and WebWeek Magazine's "Editor's Choice" selection, and an Info Security Product Guide Product Excellence Award winner for Best SSL VPN Managed Service. For more information, please call toll-free 877-932-8671 or visit www.positivenetworks.com.

About Possibility Media

Possibility Media, publishers of PC News Weekly, provides readers with the latest news, reviews, product information, opinion and trends to technology. Possibility Media's magazines are published in an all-digital format that is well-designed and easy to read. In addition, these publications publish profiles and features on the people and products that shape the technology industry. For more information, go to www.possibilitymedia.com.

PositivePRO and Positive Networks are trademarks of Positive Networks; all other company, product and publication names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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