Trend Micro(TM) Launches Titanium(TM) 2011 with Cloud-Client Technologies to
Protect Against Cyber Crime
Easy-to-use internet security with cloud-client technologies block threats
such as infected websites, phishing attacks, viruses and spyware before
they reach your computer.
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<p><span class="xn-location">OTTAWA</span>, Ontario, <span class="xn-chron">Sept. 8</span> /CNW/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in the fight against cybercrime, today released new security software that provides state-of-the-art protection for consumers' data. Delivered with optimal performance and easy to use. Trend Micro's Titanium Security 2011 stops viruses, spyware, and phishing attacks before they reach you, your family or home office PC.</p>
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<p>Titanium 2011 utilizes a revolutionary cloud-client strategy that combines cloud-based web, email, and file reputation services with Trend Micro's Smart Scanning technology for real-time, up-to-date protection against today's sophisticated threats. The new three-product family includes Titanium(TM) Antivirus+, Titanium(TM) Internet Security, and Titanium(TM) Maximum Security. Each provides customers with better performing, easiest-to-use security software that ensures ultimate protection.</p>
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Smarter Protection
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<p>Because a portion of the application resides on Trend Micro's own servers, Titanium 2011 is able to stop threats before they can reach a protected PC. This partially cloud-based architecture also lightens the protected computer's processing, memory, and storage load, resulting in significant performance gains. Early independent testing has already determined that Titanium is a leader in protection and performance and is designed to stop Internet malware proactively.</p>
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<p>"Titanium 2011 is an all-around win for Canadian consumers," said <span class="xn-person">Carol Carpenter</span>, executive general manager for the Consumer and Small Business units at Trend Micro. "Our new technology takes family and PC protection to entirely new heights and is the most effective way to challenge the explosion of real world online threats. It's a major upgrade for our customers, for Trend Micro and for the industry."</p>
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<p>Titanium uses Trend Micro's Smart Scan engine to deliver immediate protection directly from the Internet cloud. By accessing Trend Micro's continually updated reputation databases over the Internet, response to threats is significantly faster than with conventional security software. Such applications require large periodic downloads of malware signatures that provide less effective protection than Titanium 2011's access to live reputation data.</p>
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<p>The Smart Scan engine also works with local indexes and caches, as well as heuristics and behavior monitoring technologies, all of which reside on the customer's PC, so the user's data is still protected when the PC is offline. This powerful combination fights threats both in the cloud and on the local machine.</p>
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<p>Trend Micro Titanium 2011 also takes advantage of the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) infrastructure that operates discreetly in the background, analyzing files and Internet activities for threats. There is no need for users to worry about keeping a large database of protection signatures continually updated on the local PC hard drive, since the reputation services used by Titanium Security 2011 are located in the cloud. This is a completely new way to protect users' data.</p>
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<p>Previous security applications from Trend Micro and its competitors store threat information on the protected computer itself. Besides requiring the machine to actually "touch" an infected site in order to evaluate the threat, it also required frequent updates of the threat database.</p>
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Better Performance
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<p>In designing Titanium 2011, Trend Micro engineers focused not only on providing better protection, but also on increased performance, resulting in a dramatically thinner application that is not only smaller in size but also lighter in CPU and memory usage.</p>
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<p>"The buyers of security software are torn between the need to be protected and the need to maintain adequate performance," said <span class="xn-person">Rob Enderle</span> Principal Analyst for the Enderle Group. "These conflicting needs often have them at war with their security solution and under protected. Titanium 2011 from Trend Micro is the first product to deeply embrace both needs to provide a security solution that actually may increase performance removing this painful conflict."</p>
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<p>Titanium 2011 transforms the customer experience across a number of key benchmarks, including faster scan times, as well as lower memory and CPU usage, balancing thoroughness with efficiency. Faster boot time, quicker file copying, a smaller installer size, and full scan optimization after initial installment are other enhancements.</p>
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<p>"The threat landscape is becoming more sophisticated and prolific - and Titanium meets the challenge," said <span class="xn-person">Ian Gordon</span>, Director of Marketing and Channels for Trend Micro <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>. "Customers have told us they were tired of security software slowing their computers down, but weren't willing to sacrifice the quality of protection. Our answer is Titanium 2011, the most robust protective system we have ever built and by far the easiest to use."</p>
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<p>A recently conducted set of tests by the Tolly Group bear these performance results out. Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) Maximum Security was rated #1 in key performance indicators when tested against like competitive products. The complete findings of report #210142 are available at <a href="http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=210142">http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=210142</a></p>
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Easier To Use
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<p>Using a revamped, widget-like interface, Titanium 2011 users can easily navigate and control settings and reports. The software also helps parents keep their children safe from cyber criminals and inappropriate content when they go online and can fight spam and other unsolicited commercial e-mail.</p>
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In all three versions, Titanium 2011 is:
-- Light on system resources so PCs can run faster
-- Designed to be easy-to-use and understand with simple screens and
graphical reports
-- Uses less than half the disk space and memory of other security
products
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<p>Configuration is simple, since default settings are optimized for each user right out of the box and can be easily modified. Intuitive security reports with simple screens and graphs provide users with everything they need to understand their computer's security status. The security dashboard shows protection status at a glance and annoying pop-ups and interruption notifications have been eliminated.</p>
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<p>The Titanium Maximum Security version adds easy-to-use options including secure erase, remote file lock in case of computer theft, a system tuner, and 10GB of secure online backup and sync with sharing features.</p>
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<p>All versions of Trend Micro Titanium 2011 automatically find and uninstall existing and unnecessary security software to help reduce conflicts that can occur when multiple solutions are in operation.</p>
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Availability, Prices and Requirements
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<p>Trend Micro Titanium is a family of three products offering protection that is not only effective, fast and easy-to-use, but also brings the power of cloud computing to block threats before they reach your computer.</p>
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<p>Trend Micro Titanium 2011 products will be available for purchase starting September DATE, 2010 in <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>. through selected retailers and the Trend Micro online store, through retail channel partners in select countries worldwide, and at various retail locations online.</p>
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-- Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) Antivirus+ (*$39.95 for 1 PC, $59.95 for
3
PCs) - Includes antivirus, antispyware and Web threat protection,
stopping malicious downloads and finding and blocking malicious links
in emails or IMs.
-- Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) Internet Security (*$49.95 for 1 PC,
$69.95 for 3 PCs) - Includes everything in Titanium Antivirus+ plus
spam blocking, customizable parental controls, data theft prevention,
and helps prevent unauthorized changes to applications.
-- Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) Maximum Security (*$59.95 for 1 PC,
$79.95
for 3 PCs) - Includes everything in Titanium Internet Security plus
10
GB secure online backup with sync and sharing features, system
optimization, Secure Erase, Wi-Fi protection and Remote File Lock to
remotely secure confidential files in case your PC is stolen.
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<p>Trend Micro Titanium 2011 products support Microsoft Windows® 7 Family, Service Pack 1 or higher; Windows Vista, Service Pack 1 or higher; and Windows® XP Family (*32 bit or higher), Service Pack 3 or higher. For Windows 7 and Vista 1GB memory is recommended; for Windows XP 512MB is recommended; and 500 MB disk space for all three editions.</p>
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About Trend Micro
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<p>Founded in 1988, Trend Micro Inc., a global leader in Internet content security has over 20 years of experience creating a safer world for consumers and businesses to exchange digital information. Based in <span class="xn-location">Tokyo</span> and employing more than 4,400 people in 23 countries, Trend is both a pioneer and industry vanguard. The company is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats.</p>
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Visit TrendWatch to learn more about the latest threats.
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<p>Trend Micro's flexible solutions are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence and analysis experts around the globe.</p>
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<p>Many of these solutions are powered by the Smart Protection Network infrastructure, an Internet cloud-based innovation that combines sophisticated reputation technology, feedback loops, and the expertise of TrendLabs(SM) researchers to deliver real-time protection against rapidly emerging threats. Trend Micro's trusted security solutions include products ranging from single PC consumer solutions to enterprise-level security and threat management. Trend's products are sold through business partners worldwide. Please visit Trend Micro.com to learn more.</p>
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<p>Copyright© 2010 Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved. Trend Micro, Titanium, the Smart Protection Network, TrendLabs and the Trend Micro t-ball logo are trademarks, servicemarks or registered trademarks or servicemarks of Trend Micro Incorporated and/or its affiliates. All other product or company names are trademarks of their respective owners.</p>
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Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) 2011 - Product Feature Comparison Chart
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Internet Maximum
Antivirus + Security Security
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Get essential Protect your PC from
protection Viruses and Spyware x x x
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Prevent unauthorized
changes to your
applications x x
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Stop malicious
Surf the web downloads from
safely websites x x x
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Find and block
malicious links in
emails or IMs x x x
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Block email and image
spam x x
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Windows firewall
optimization x x
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Authenticate wireless
hotspots and Wi-Fi
networks x
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Protect your Restrict Internet
children access by specific
online categories x x
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Limit Internet access
time and duration for
children x x
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Data theft protection
keeps your sensitive
personal information,
Safely bank like credit card
and shop numbers and passwords
online safe x x
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Secure Erase- Shred
computer files with
sensitive information x
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Remotely lock files in
case of computer theft x
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Defend
against Automatic warning
advanced against suspicious
threats links in email and IM x
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Extend your security
protection to
smartphones x
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System Tuner improves
PC performance by
Maximize your cleaning up temporary
PC files, registries, and
performance the start-up manager x
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Keeps browser history,
cookies and more
clean to enhance
performance x
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Includes 10 GB of
secure online backup
Backup & with Sync and Sharing
restore features x
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For further information: Alan Wallace of Trend Micro, +1-425-522-3180, [email protected]; or Canadian Media Contact, Claire M. Tallarico, +1-416-616-9940 Web Site: http://www.trendmicro.com
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