Praxair, Inc., Chooses Trend Micro's Anti-Virus Suite; Major Industrial Gases Company to Implement Trend Micro's Centrally Controlled Virus Protection Solutions.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 1998--Trend Micro Inc., the leader in centrally managed virus protection, today announced that Praxair, Inc., the largest industrial gases company in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , will adopt Trend Micro's comprehensive suite of virus protection products. Praxair is in the process of deploying a number of Trend Micro products, including Trend InterScan(R) VirusWall, Trend InterScan WebProtect, Trend ScanMail(R) for Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , Trend ServerProtect(R) for NT, Trend ServerProtect for NetWare, Trend OfficeScan(tm) Corporate Edition and Trend Virus Control System (VCS (1) (Verilog Computer Simulator) See Verilog. (2) (Version Control System) See version control. )(tm). Together, these solutions will protect some 12,000 workstations, 120 Lotus Notes servers, 350 file servers and six Internet points of presence (POPs) from the threat of viruses. Praxair has 25,000 employees, operations in over 40 countries and more than a million customers, said John Hill, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Praxair. "Praxair evaluated the leaders in virus protection and we elected to standardize worldwide on Trend Micro because their products can be administered centrally, which will reduce support costs, and because of their commitment to maintain leadership in anti-virus technology." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Eva Chen Eva Chen is a relationship columnist editor. Over more than 10 years, Eva Chen's column "Whispering" has helped thousands single men and women who suffered from relationship failures. Check her website: www.metropersonal.com.au/tips.htm , chief technology officer of Trend Micro, companies who need global anti-virus protection are turning to Trend Micro to find the best solution. "Trend Micro is the only anti-virus provider to offer a centrally managed solution that protects the entire enterprise, from desktops to Internet gateways (1) See cable/DSL gateway. (2) A router or server that converts IP packets to IPX, AppleTalk or some other non-IP format and vice versa. It is used to connect non-IP networks to the Internet. . We look forward to a long relationship of virus protection with Praxair," she said. About Praxair Praxair is one of the largest industrial gases companies worldwide, with 1997 sales of $4.7 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings Surface coating A substance applied to other materials to change the surface properties, such as color, gloss, resistance to wear or chemical attack, or permeability, without changing the bulk properties. . Praxair is a recognized leader in the commercialization of new technologies that bring productivity and environmental benefits to a diverse group of industries. For more information, visit Praxair on the Internet at www.praxair.com. About Trend Micro Trend Micro provides centrally controlled server-based virus protection. By protecting information that flows through file servers, e-mail servers See mail server. and Internet gateways, Trend Micro helps major companies worldwide stop viruses from a central point before they ever reach the desktop. Trend Micro's award-winning products have been chosen by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Lotus Softswitch, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Wingra and WorldTalk as a key part of their server security solutions. Trend Micro is privately held and based in Cupertino, Calif., with offices worldwide. Evaluation copies of all of Trend Micro's products may be downloaded from its award-winning site, http://www.antivirus.com. Web site visitors may also test-drive products online through Trend Micro's Virtual Lab. Recent Trend Micro awards: -0-
-- 1998--OffiverProtect: Five Palm Award, Beverly Hills Software
-- 1998--ScanMail for Lotus Notes: Gold Editors' Choice Security
Award, Lotus Notes and Domino Advisor
-- 1997--ScanMail for Lotus Notes 1.0: Best of Test Center Award,
InfoWorld
-- 1997--HouseCall: Best of the Web, HomePC
-- 1997--InterScan E-Mail VirusWall, Editors' Choice for Internet
E-mail Gateway Antivirus, PC Magazine
-0- InterScan VirusWall, ScanMail and ServerProtect are registered trademarks of Trend Micro Incorporated. eManager, HouseCall, MacroTrap, OfficeScan, Trend VCS and Virtual Lab are trademarks of Trend Micro Incorporated. Other product and company names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Schwartz Communications, Inc. Christine Brodeur/Jason Throckmorton, 415/512-0770 cbrodeur@schwartz-pr.com jasont@schwartz-pr.com |
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