Iomega Adds McAfee VirusScan Enterprise

Iomega Corporation announced the addition of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise to all its StorCenter PX series network storage products.

The combination of McAfee running natively on the Iomega PX series network storage products represents an enterprise endpoint protection product running natively on desktop and rackmount network storage products designed for SMBs, remote office/branch office installations, and distributed enterprises.

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux software empowers users of Iomega’s PX series with threat identification and remediation through McAfee’s global network and reach, as well as consistent features (eg, scanning options) and behavior (e.g. management and reporting) with the rest of McAfee’s VirusScan family.

"The addition of McAfee VirusScan on Iomega PX series network storage products means SMBs and distributed enterprises have a valuable new protection layer against data corruption and virus attacks a strong point of differentiation compared to other network storage solutions in the marketplace," said Mike Nikzad, COO, Iomega Corporation. "Users of Iomega’s PX series products will experience the seamless integration of McAfee VirusScan, giving them a greater comfort zone in their IT administration and data protection priorities. McAfee VirusScan is a premium feature for our customers as well as a technology innovation and collaboration of industry leading innovators."

"We are thrilled to combine McAfee’s expertise in endpoint protection with Iomega’s network storage products that already encompass EMC world class storage capabilities," said Candace Worley, SVP and GM, Endpoint Security, McAfee. "This unique product combination enables businesses to deploy network storage at the very edge of their networks, with the McAfee protection capabilities that they’ve come to trust and depend upon."

Highlights:

• Always-on, on-access scanning. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux software provides continuous, on-access anti-malware protection against malware and other threats.
• Heuristic scanning. Scanning technology includes heuristic scanning, which uses behavior-based rules to identify and block new variants of malware without needing to download a signature.
• Archive scanning. While other anti-malware products are fooled by viruses hidden within archived files, the archive scanning function detects and blocks such threats, providing more complete anti-malware protection.
• Automatic updating. By automating the update process, it ensures that the most current updates are always in place. Updates are done behind the scenes.
• Cross-platform protection. The software is designed to meet real-world needs, including heterogeneous system environments. The anti-malware protection of the software is effective against various types of Windows malware that try to pass through network storage to attached Windows-based systems.
• Remote administration. Using a browser-based secured interface for configuration management and a dashboard for monitoring and reporting. Does not require additional server administration.

Iomega plans to provide McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux on all its new shipments of StorCenter PX series network storage products starting in the second half of 2012.