SOPHO DEBUTS VIRUS PROTECTION FOR UNIX-BASED NETWORKS.Sophos Inc. (www.sophos.com), Worburn, Mass., a developer of network-oriented anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f , has released Sophos Anti-Virus Sophos Anti-Virus is an anti-virus, anti-spyware and HIPS software program by Sophos plc, which is aimed primarily at corporate environments. Centralised management is performed via Sophos Enterprise Console. It is believed to be the Anti-Virus used by Gmail[1]. for six versions of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , including the increasingly popular Linux and Solaris. Unlike other UNIX solutions, Sophos Anti-Virus offers UNIX users the same levels of automation, administration and protection as users of other server operating systems, such as Windows NT. "Sophos Anti-Virus is a true network solution," said Richard Jacobs, President of Sophos, Inc. "The release of our UNIX product reflects the growing strength of UNIX as a commercial file-server operating system, and Sophos' commitment to supporting the broadest range of environments." In addition, the UNIX implementation of Sophos Anti-Virus includes Sophos' unique SAVI API, enabling third party developers to integrate with the Sophos Anti-Virus interface. This integration allows for increased speed when used with the rapidly growing number of UNIX-based gateway products such as firewalls and e-mail scanners. Sophos Anti-Virus supports the following UNIX platforms; Linux Intel, FreeBSD Intel, Solaris SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill , Solaris Intel, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. for RS6000 and SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. . "SAV SAV Sport Activity Vehicle SAV Service Après-Vente (French: customer service) SAV Saved (File Name Extension) SAV Submerged Aquatic Vegetation SAV Slovenská Akadémia Vied SAV Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX is one more proof point of Sophos' commitment to providing the most thorough network anti-virus products on the market," said Jacobs. "Unlike many of our competitors, our corporate mission remains focused as we continue to invest all our efforts into raising the bar in virus protection." About Sophos Boston-based Sophos Inc. is a division of Sophos Plc and is a leading independent developer of virus detection software used by millions of corporate users around the globe. For more information, contact the company at 18 Commerce Way, Woburn, MA 01801, telephone: 888-SOPHOS-9, fax: +1 781-932-0251 or visit the Sophos Web site at www.sophos.com. For more information, call 781-932-0222. |
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