A unified new solution for managing, securing, and protecting
the data on all your endpoints
The first thing that makes Endpoint Management
Suite unique is the strength of its individual parts, each of which is widely
recognized as an industry leader (see sidebar). This starts with Symantec
Endpoint Protection 11, which offers proven and trusted antivirus, antispyware,
firewall, and intrusion prevention—along with sophisticated application and
device control capabilities. Next, Backup Exec System Recovery 8 brings a
world-class backup and recovery solution to the table, with local and offsite
backup and the ability to restore individual files and folders or entire systems
in minutes. Finally, Altiris Client Management Suite 6.0 provides a
comprehensive list of endpoint management capabilities—including discovery,
inventory, imaging and provisioning, software delivery, patch management, and
remote administration.
But the true power of Symantec Endpoint
Management Suite is about much more than the sum of these impressive individual
parts, because it also unifies all of your security, recovery, and management
capabilities under a single management platform. This platform revolves around a
central configuration management database (CMDB) that stores configuration
information; provides a comprehensive view of your endpoints; and streamlines
management, configuration, and reporting tasks. All of the capabilities you
normally associate with endpoint management work through and store information
in this unified CMDB, and the Endpoint Management Suite begins the process of
making traditional endpoint security and backup and recovery capabilities an
integral part of this unified management platform.
What does this mean for your business? First, it
offers you new levels of visibility into and control over your whole endpoint
environment by providing more centralized management and reporting capabilities.
It gives you new tools for responding to threats more quickly—and eliminating
them through automated remediation. It creates new possibilities for reducing IT
complexity and minimizing your exposure to security and compliance risks. And of
course, Symantec Endpoint Management Suite finally brings traditional technology
and organizational silos together, so you can share important processes and
data—and create automated workflows that cross the traditional boundaries
between endpoint security, storage, and management. By breaking down these
boundaries, automating the workflows and processes that flow between them, and
creating a unified platform for managing your whole environment, you can address
your toughest endpoint challenges in important new ways, lower your IT costs and
streamline operations, and ultimately make all of your endpoints safer and more
protected.
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