Panda Security Renews its Microsoft Partner Certification

Panda Managed Office Protection Passes the "Platform Test for Hosted Solutions" to Renew License for Additional Year

Glendale, Calif. (PRWEB) December 23, 2008 -- Panda Security, a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced the renewal of its Microsoft Partner certification for another year for Panda Managed Office Protection. In order to secure the license renewal PMOP first had to pass the "Platform Test for Hosted Solutions", a test designed for software solutions developed for Windows servers, which use Microsoft Office, SQL Server 2005 .NET Framework and/or XML Web services.

The certification verifies Panda Managed Office Protection's efficiency and outstanding performance in protecting systems based on Microsoft technology, and will give Panda Security access to first-hand knowledge of Microsoft technologies and innovations. This partnership guarantees that Panda Security will have the opportunity to adapt its solutions to Microsoft products and more efficient and accessible security for its customers.

Panda Security is also an Intel Software partner, a certification which guarantees that Panda Security products are optimized to offer better performance under Intel multi-core technologies. In addition, Panda Security is recognized by Citrix as a technology partner in the field of SCM, and has been certified by OPSEC (Open Platform for Security).

Panda Managed Office Protection:

Panda Managed Office Protection is a fully-managed, anti-malware and firewall Web service for small businesses and large enterprises with decentralized offices. The solution provides a straight-forward web administration console that lets users install and manage IT protection easily from any computer with an Internet connection. These capabilities allow for complete outsourcing of security management so that SMBs and remote offices can focus on their core business. Subscription to an outsourced security service like Panda's Managed Office Protection can help to further reduce software costs and management overheads related to hardware, additional security skilled personnel and other resources dedicated to antivirus for businesses.

As one of the first products in the growing Security-as-a-Service market, Panda Managed Office Protection ensures business continuity while offering higher availability with 24x7 support, providing the latest available product versions as well as signature file updates.

The product, which also protects laptop computers and remote connections through the installation of an ultra-light agent, benefits from Collective Intelligence developed by Panda Security which leverages collective knowledge in order to offer the latest malware signatures in real time.

About Panda Security:

Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with millions of clients across more than 200 countries and products available in 23 languages. Its mission is to develop and provide global solutions to keep clients' IT resources free from the damage inflicted by viruses and other computer threats, at the lowest possible total cost of ownership.

Panda Security proposes a new security model, designed to offer a robust solution to the latest cyber-crime techniques. This is manifest in the performance of the company's technology and products, with detection ratios well above average market standards and most importantly, providing greater security for its clients. For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com.