From Phoenix, Symantec, and DELL...
Symantec Enhances Interoperability Through the Open Collaborative Architecture
Tuesday October 14, 8:00 am ET
Standards-Based Architecture Will Allow Dell to Standardize Its Systems Management Offerings on the Symantec Management Platform
ORLANDO, FL--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 14, 2008 -- ManageFusion -- Symantec Corp. (SYMC - News) today announced the Open Collaborative Architecture and a new third-party developer program to establish greater interoperability with Symantec solutions and provide customers, partners and ISVs with the ability to integrate their applications with the Symantec Management Platform (formerly the Altiris Platform). The Open Collaborative Architecture is an open, standards-based set of guidelines and technologies that enables collaboration across Symantec's product portfolio and third-party solutions. The architecture allows customers to maximize their investments through easy management of the infrastructure with greater confidence, efficiency and control across more platforms.
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The Open Collaborative Architecture prescribes an evolutionary approach to interoperability and solution building. Using standard Web services, Web-based security, workflow management and configuration management technologies, the Open Collaborative Architecture provides customers with greater flexibility to build complex, multi-disciplinary solutions that can be tailored to specific business needs. The Web services-based architecture provides data sharing and IT automation to streamline process execution and reduce the cost and risk of IT ownership.
DELL to Standardize on Symantec Management Platform
As a major initiative related to the Symantec Open Collaborative Architecture, Dell is working to standardize its systems management offerings for all Dell ENTERPRISE class machines on the Symantec Management Platform by early 2009. Dell's adoption of the management platform as the foundation for its flagship enterprise management console further substantiates the value of the Open Collaborative Architecture and its value to the companies' joint customers. Going forward, Symantec and Dell are aggressively building out a comprehensive roadmap to use the platform in Dell systems such as Dell PowerEdge(TM) servers and blades, Dell Latitude(TM) Laptops, Dell Precision(TM) Workstations and Dell OptiPlex(TM) Desktops.
"With the Dell Management Console as a modular plug-in to the Symantec Management Platform, we will be able to offer one of the most simple, flexible, cost-effective ways for our customers to backup, SECURE and MANAGE enterprise data," said Sally Stevens, director of product marketing at Dell. "We will offer customers a single view to manage all of their computing resources without additional infrastructure. Using the Open Collaborative Architecture will let us simplify IT so customers improve productivity and reduce management costs."
Phoenix Technologies Announces Agreements With Both Lenovo and Samsung to Provide Advanced Phoenix FailSafe(TM) Theft Deterrence and Data Loss Protection for Notebooks
Tuesday October 14, 8:15 am ET
Lenovo and Samsung Agreements Signal Market Endorsement of Phoenix FailSafe
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC - News), the global leader in core systems software, today announced it has signed definitive agreements with both Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to provide the groundbreaking Phoenix FailSafe theft deterrence and data loss protection technology in Lenovo and Samsung notebooks. The agreements underscore growing market acceptance of Phoenix's new PC 3.0(TM) architecture with products that deliver to PC users new levels of security, performance and ease of use.
"Mobile PC users with Phoenix FailSafe protection will have the most secure mobile computing experience characterized by encryption, data recovery, remote asset management, location tracking and device locking. Over the past few months, we have worked with processor, memory, disk and telecom partners to ensure that the Phoenix FailSafe platform is the most comprehensive offering available in the market today," continued Mr. Hobbs.
About Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
The Company's flagship products and services -- AwardCore, SecureCore, Embedded BIOS, FailSafe, HyperSpace, BeInSync and eSupport -- are revolutionizing the PC user experience by delivering unprecedented performance, security, reliability, continuity, and ease-of-use. The Company established industry leadership and created the PC clone industry with its original BIOS product in 1983. Phoenix has 155 technology patents and 139 pending applications, and has shipped in over one billion systems. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices worldwide.
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