Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition
Easy-to-use, all-in-one suite designed for small businesses
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Overview:
Symantec™ Protection Suite Business Edition combines the fastest,1 most effective2 desktop security with recovery and spam-blocking Microsoft® Exchange email security—all priced for small business. The patented technology of Symantec Insight™ tracks billions of files from millions of systems that identify new threats as they are created. Maximized your employees' productivity by blocking 99 percent of spam.3 Save time and get superior data protection with automatic security with event-triggered backups or recover entire Microsoft Windows® desktops completely in minutes. Simple central management enables fast, automated protection, and recovery.
Comprehensive Protection—Symantec blocks the most threats with patented Insight technology, stops 99 percent of spam, and is the only vendor to combine desktop security, email security, and data recovery into a single suite—allowing you to focus on growing your business.
Fastest Security—Symantec™ Endpoint Protection is ranked number one overall against competitors with fastest on-demand and scheduled scans and can recover entire Windows desktops completely in minutes to ensure your business data and resources are available.
Priced for Small Business—Save up to 72 percent on licensing costs alone with protection Suite Small Business Edition, simplify security and data recovery with a single number for support, and get superior protection with automatic security event-triggered backups—to help lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximum productivty.4
Advanced protection for computers, laptops, and email
Secure your business information, users, and systems against today’s complex malware and spam threats and maximize productivity with the least-intrusive, fastest endpoint security, industry-leading email security, and the ability to rapidly recoverdata or computers in the event of system loss or disaster in minutes.5 Our Global Intelligence Network gives Symantec unmatched insight into today’s threats, providing superior security, and easy management—all designed for small businesses.
1. PassMark Software, “Enterprise Endpoint Protection Performance Benchmarks,” February 2011.
2. AV-Test GmbH, “Remediation Testing Report” and “Real World Testing Report,” February 2011.
3. May 2011, VBSpam Report http://www.virusbtn.com/vbspam/index.
4. Cost calculations based upon MSRP (Express Band A Essential Support) of contributing Symantec solutions (Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec System Recovery Desktop Edition).
Comprehensive Protection
Confidence to run your Internet-connected business
Protection Suite is simple to install and manage with built-in wizards to get your business protected quickly without special training. Remove waste, costs, and complexity of managing multi-vendor solutions and standardize to a single vendor for security and data recovery, blocking spam and email threats. Now have a single client for antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, and intrusion prevention. With preconfigured settings and automated reports, you’ll have confidence that your business’ systems are protected, reducing management costs and complexity—all with no security expertise required.
- The world leader in security—Identifying new threats as they are created, Symantec tracks security reputation of over 2 billion files from millions of users world-wide.6
- Protect and grow your business—Use the fastest and most effective endpoint security and stop 99 percent of spam to maximize your employee’s productivity and remove the burden of distracting, unwanted email.
- Reliable, automated data recovery—Easily restore entire Windows systems to minimize downtime and get your computer back up and running in minutes, not hours or days.
Fastest Security
Performance so fast your users won’t know it’s there
Separating safe files from those at risk turbo charges performance for faster, fewer, smarter scans to maximize productivity by protecting your computers from threats with the least-intrusive, fastest endpoint security today. Protection Suite extends its system protection to include system recovery for Windows-based desktops and laptops, enabling businesses to recover from system loss or disasters in minutes.
- Best for overall performance—In recent independent tests, Protection Suite Small Business Edition was rated the best for overall performance among solutions.
- Invisible protection—Eliminates up to 70 percent of scan overhead with Insight technology—security so fast your users will notice the difference.
- Recover data in seconds—Recovers entire Windows desktops completely in minutes, even to dissimilar hardware.
Priced for Small Business
Affordable security designed for businesses with limited IT staff
Protection Suite Small Business Edition is a cost-efficient way to get the security and recovery technologies needed to safely run your Internet-connected business. Reduce upfront and on-going computing costs by forcing out complexity—Symantec technologies are centrally or remotely managed and work seamlessly together. You can save up to 72 percent on licensing costs alone and help lower your TCO by simplifying your security and data recovery with a single number for support.
- Save time and money—Call a single number for support and get superior data protection with automatic security event-triggered backups.
- Centralize security—Protect desktops/laptops, Macs, and email servers with simple management enabling easy, fast, automated protection and data recovery.
- Switch to a Symantec—Purchasing desktop security, email security, and recovery separately or from multiple vendors is costly but switching to Protection Suite Small Business Edition can save you up to 72 percent.
Services
Symantec offers a range of consulting, technical education, and support services to guide organizations through the migration, deployment, and management of Protection Suite and help realize the full value of your investment. Essential Support Services provide confidence that critical assets are protected around the clock. For organizations that want to outsource security monitoring and management, Symantec also offers Managed Security Services to deliver real-time security protection.
Features & Benefits:
New Features
- Endpoint ProtectionSymantec Insight: Separates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection.
- Real Time SONAR 3: Examines programs as they run, identifying and stopping malicious behavior even of new and previously unknown threats.
- Support for Mac clientsEndpoint security for Mac OSX, now managed thru the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.
Messaging Security: AntiSpam and Messaging Security for Microsoft Exchange
- Protects Microsoft Exchange Server from spam and phishing threats with a 99% spam catch rate and 99.9999% accuracy.
- Provides centralized management and consolidated reports and requires only minimal on-going administration after initial setup.
- Support for Exchange 2010 and virtualized Exchange environment.
Backup and Recovery: Full System and Data Recovery
- Ensures that your business assets are protected against new threats through automated, event-driven backups.
- Easily restore entire computer systems back to an exact point-in-time, even to dissimilar hardware, without the need for manual and lengthy error prone processes.
- Centrally manages backup and recovery tasks for multiple desktops/laptops across your entire organization.
Key Features
Endpoint Security
- Fastest, most-effective Antivirus and antispyware
- Network threat protection
- Proactive Zero-day threat protection
- Single agent and single management console
Messaging Security
- Antispam and antiphishing
- Content filtering
- Continuous spam signature updates
- Automated reporting and supports Exchange 2010 and virtualized environments
Backup and Recovery
- While-you-work backups
- Recovers files and folders in seconds, or the entire computer in minutes
- Centralized management for multiple desktops/laptop
- Automated backups
Key Benefits
Comprehensive Protection: Symantec blocks the most threats with patented Symantec Insight technology, stops 99% of spam, and is the only vendor to combine desktop security, email security, and data recovery into a single purchase—allowing you to focus on growing your business
Fastest: Symantec Endpoint Protection is ranked #1 overall against competitors with fastest on-demand and scheduled scans, and can recover entire Windows desktops completely in minutes—ensuring your business data and resources are available
Priced for Small Business: Save up to 72% on licensing costs alone with Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition, simplify security and data recovery with a single number for support, and get superior protection with automatic security event-triggered backups—to help ensure lower TCO and maximum productivity
Key features and benefits
- Combines security for desktops/laptops/servers, email, and data recovery from the most-trusted security and data recovery vendor.
- Includes Insight technology which uses the malware writer’s greatest strength, the ability to create millions of unique threats, against them.
- Provides comprehensive security and data recovery with up to 72 percent savings from buying separately or from multiple vendors
Fastest Endpoint Security
Effective protection from viruses, malware, spyware, and new threats
- Insight technology—Separates files at risk from those that are safe, for faster and more accurate malware detection, blocking more threats, including mutating and zero-day.
- Antivirus and antispyware for Windows and Mac—Provides unmatched malware protection, market-leading antivirus and spyware protection, new rootkit protection, reduced memory footprint, and blazing performance.
- Network threat protection—Blocks malware with a rules-based firewall engine and Generic Exploit Blocking (GEB) before it can enter a system.
- Proactive threat protection—Detects new and rapidly mutating malware that stops malicious behavior, including new and previously unknown threats with Insight and SONAR 3.
- Single endpoint agent and management console—Manage all antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, application control, and network access control all in a single agent, by a single management console.
Effective Email Security
Block 99 percent of spam and protect emails in Exchange
- Antispam and messaging security protection—Blocks more than 99 percent of unwanted spam with Symantec™ Mail Security, making it one of the industry’s most accurate solutions.
- Safeguard sensitive information—Filters inbound and outbound emails and ensures that private information stays private.
- Real-time reporting—Provides dynamic analytics and reporting, gaining visibility into email usage and growth patterns.
System Recovery for Windows Desktops
Efficiently manage, monitor, and recover systems from backups
- Ensure systems are available—Have confidence that your computers and business information are protected against new threats through automated, event-driven backups.
- Rapid, reliable system recovery—Enables organizations to run backups automatically when the Symantec™ ThreatCon level changes, and you can recover complete Windows systems in minutes to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments.
- Minimize downtime—Get your business systems back up and running quickly by restoring from both event–driven and scheduled recovery points.
- Restore Anyware technology—Restores a system to the same or dissimilar hardware, making it easy to restore a system in a remote location without physically visiting the system.
- Recover Exchange or Sharepoint files—Recovers Exchange emails or SharePoint documents in seconds.
System Requirements:
Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange
Server Operating Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit)
Exchange Platforms
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (64-bit)
Management Console Operating Systems
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (32 and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2/SP2 Standard/Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit)
Hardware
- Hardware base on the exchange requirement, 1GB available disk space
Hardware Virtualization
- VMware ESXi 3.5., 4.0
- VMware vSphere ESXi 4.0
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V technology
Symantec System Recovery 2013 Desktop Edition
Operating System
Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems:
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows XP Professional/Home (SP2 or later)
- Windows XP Media Center
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Windows 7 Enterprise
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 8 Professional
- Windows 8 Enterprise
Virtual platforms (for converted recovery points):
- VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1
- Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0
- Citrix XenServer 5.0, 5.5, 5.6 FP1, 6.0 and 6.1
RAM
The following are the memory requirements for each component of Symantec System Recovery:
- Symantec System Recovery Agent: 512 MB
- Symantec System Recovery user interface and Recovery Point Browser: 512 MB
- Symantec System Recovery Disk: 1 GB minimum (dedicated)
- LightsOut Restore: 1 GB
Available Hard Disk Space
The following are hard disk space requirements for Symantec System Recovery and other areas:
- When you install the entire product: Up to 700 MB is required for a full install, depending on the language of the product you select.
- Recovery points: Sufficient hard disk space on a local hard disk or network server for storing recovery points. The size of recovery points depends on the amount of data you have backed up and the type of recovery point that is stored.
- LightsOut Restore: 2 GB
DVD-ROM Drive
The drive can be any speed, but it must be capable of being used as the startup drive from the BIOS.
Symantec System Recovery uses Gear Software technology. To verify that your DVD writer is compatible, visit the >Gear Software Web site.
You can look up information about your writer if you know the name of the manufacturer and model number of your writer.
Software
The following Microsoft .Net Framework versions are required for installing and using Symantec System Recovery:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2: Required to run the Symantec System Recovery installation program.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later: Required to run and use Symantec System Recovery.
If the required .NET Framework versions are not already installed, the Symantec System Recovery installation program automatically installs them on your computer.
Symantec System Recovery Management Solution 2013
Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution supports up to 20,000 installations of Symantec System Recovery for each installation of the solution. However, network performance varies greatly among organizations. The total number of supported installations of Symantec System Recovery may be more or less for your network. Network performance should be monitored to ensure that installations of Symantec System Recovery are not extended beyond the capacity and capability of your network.
The computer on which you install and use Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution must meet the following minimum system requirements.
Minimum system requirements for 32-bit operating systems
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 2 GB or more
Available disk space: 20 GB or more
Operating system: Enterprise and Standard editions of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003
SP2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 operating systems are supported.
Database: Express, Standard, and Enterprise editions of the following are supported:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Note: Symantec recommends that you install Microsoft SQL Server and Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution on separate computers to avoid computer performance issues.
Software: The following must be installed on the computer on which you want to install Symantec
System Recovery 2013 Management Solution:
- Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later
- Symantec Installation Manager 7.1
- Symantec Management Platform 7.0 MR4
Note: Installation of Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution is not supported on encrypted file systems.
Internet access: High speed Internet access is recommended at the computer where you install Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution.
Minimum system requirements for 64-bit operating systems
Processor: Dual Processor Dual Core with 2.53 GHz or faster
Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems.
RAM: Minimum 2 GB, recommended 4 GB or more
Available disk space: 20 GB or more
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition, or Standard Edition
Database: Express, Standard, and Enterprise editions of the following SQL servers are supported:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Note: Symantec recommends that you install Microsoft SQL Server and Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution on separate computers to avoid computer performance issues.
Software: The following must be installed on the computer on which you want to install Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution:
- Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later
- Symantec Installation Manager 7.1
- Symantec Management Platform 7.1 SP2
Note: Installation of Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution is not supported on encrypted file systems.
Internet access: High speed Internet access is recommended at the computer where you install Symantec System Recovery 2013 Management Solution.
Symantec also recommends that you familiarize yourself with the Symantec Management Platform by reviewing the "Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide."
Symantec System Recovery Monitor 2013 System Requirements
The following Microsoft Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems are supported:
- Microsoft Windows XP (All Editions)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or R2
- Microsoft Windows Vista (All Editions)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or R2
- Microsoft Windows 7 (All Editions)
- Microsoft Windows 8 (Desktop Edition)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
The minimum system requirements to run the Symantec System Recovery 2013 Monitor application:
- Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0
Prerequisites for the Host Computer
The following are the requirements to run this version of the Symantec System Recovery 2013 Monitor:
- 25-MB installation disk space
- Microsoft Windows display resolution set to 1024 x 768
To enable the View Console link, ensure that one of the following versions is installed:
- Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 9.0.5
- Symantec System Recovery 10.0.2 or higher
To enable communication with remote computers, add the DCOM port [Default: TCP port 135] and the Symantec System Recovery service [default location: C:\Program Files\Symantec \Symantec System Recovery\Agent\vprosvc.exe] to the firewall exceptions list.
Prerequisites for the Client Computer
Ensure that the Symantec System Recovery service is operational. For more information about Symantec System Recovery service, see the Symantec System Recovery 2013 User Guide.
To enable communication from the host computers, add the DCOM port [Default: TCP port 135] and the Symantec System Recovery service [default location: C:\Program Files\Symantec \Symantec System Recovery\Agent\vprosvc.exe] to the firewall exceptions list.
Ensure that the Simple File sharing option is disabled for the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
- Microsoft Windows XP (All Editions)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or R2
For more information about disabling the simple file sharing option, please visit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874
If you use a standard user account with administrator privileges to add and monitor a remote computer, you must turn off the User Account Control (UAC) setting on the remote computer. You are not required to turn off the UAC setting, if you are using a default administrator account.
Ensure that the Backup Exec System Recovery 9.0 or higher is installed on the client computer.
Add-Ons:
Email Security.cloud and Web Security.cloud
Symantec Protection Suites offer an array of solutions to help create a protected endpoint, messaging, and Web environment that is secured against today’s complex Internet threats, and is quickly recoverable in the event of failure.
With the introduction of two add-on options for hosted email and Web security from Symantec.cloud, Symantec Protection Suite users now have the flexibility and choice to deploy both on-site and hosted technologies depending on their business needs.
Symantec.cloud add-on options help secure and manage email and Web traffic through a single Web-based management console while greatly reducing the need to manage hardware or software for messaging security on-site. Block threats in the cloud before they reach your network, and benefit from an industry-leading Service Level Agreement that enables you to focus on your business with confidence.
Documentation:
Download the Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition Datasheet (PDF).
Pricing Notes:
- All licensing is delivered electronically unless otherwise noted.
- Basic maintenance includes: 1 hour Severity One Response Time Goals, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Business hours Telephone Access to Support Engineers, Downloadable software upgrades, updates and patches, 2 designated callers per Product Title.
- Essential Support includes: 30 minutes Severity One Response Time Goals, 24x7x365 Telephone Access to Support Engineers, Downloadable software upgrades, updates and patches, 6 designated callers per Product Title.
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