Most customers already have antivirus protection, such as Symantec AntiVirus. While antivirus protection is an important foundation to securing desktops, laptops and servers, today's evolving threat environment calls for proactive, layered protection.

Faster, more powerful threats evolve constantly, raising risks that a new worm or virus will compromise information and networks before it can be analyzed and blocked. This requires comprehensive protection from unknown, difficult-to-catch, malware and zero-day threats. And unmanaged, out-of-compliance endpoints present risks of unknown proportion as they attempt to access the network, regardless of perimeter defenses.

In addition, Symantec's research indicates that customers are looking to simplify security through a singleagent architecture, a single management console and a smaller memory footprint than is possible in a mixed environment of point products -- all without increasing security costs.

Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0 and Network Access Control 11.0 are designed to meet these requirements in the changing threat landscape, says Kevin Murray, senior director of endpoint security product marketing at Symantec. "Armed with Symantec Endpoint Protection, partners have a compelling case to perform security assessments, upgrade AntiVirus customers and sell new prospects on the unparalleled level of unified protection."

Beyond Symantec AntiVirus
Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0 combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention in a single, lightweight agent, delivering comprehensive defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers. Integrating leading-edge technology from the Sygate, Whole Security and Veritas acquisitions, Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus and antispyware technologies with desktop firewall, intrusion prevention and device control. The result is robust protection against both known and unknown threats, such as zero-day attacks.

Symantec Network Access Control 11.0 operates under the same agent and management console, delivering advanced, multilayer endpoint security for both managed and unmanaged endpoints. The combined solution provides:

• Technology that anticipates threats, rather than reacting to them.
• Full-spectrum security and device control in a single solution.
• Layered endpoint protection easily extended to remote offices.
• Access controls that enforce security policy across a broad range of network infrastructures.
• Security policy settings customizable by user and location.

What's the bottom line? These solutions reduce the cost and complexity of security management against established and evolving threats -- even insider threats. And with bundles for smaller businesses and enterprise customers, there's a solution extensible for every customer environment.

A Growth Opportunity
From a partner perspective, Symantec Endpoint Protection offers a winning foundation for growing security product and services revenue. Endpoint Protection will help you build or enhance your security practice with:

• A comprehensive solution to customers' most pressing security problems that can effectively and efficiently lower their risk exposure.
• A simplified single-console, single-agent architecture that reduces customer errors and expensive service call-backs.
• The chance to displace point-product competitors while providing greater customer value.
• Easy upgrade from Symantec AntiVirus and related solutions
• Bundles targeted to SMB and enterprise accounts.
• The opportunity to return to existing customers and provide new functionality and greater value at no additional cost; and to renew maintenance agreements with customers whose contracts have lapsed.

Complementing Symantec Endpoint Protection solutions is a wide range of cross-sell and upsell opportunities, such as upgrading AntiVirus customers to Symantec Network Access Control 11.0, or selling Symantec Ghost Solution Suite and services for Windows Vista migration. Symantec's respected security and availability portfolio offers everything from single products to comprehensive solutions that improve your ability to sell and support a wide range of customers -- and contribute to greater customer value.

Partner Services and Support
Beyond best-of-breed products, Symantec partners receive extensive support from the Symantec Partner Program, rated five stars by VARBusiness five years in a row. As a Symantec partner, you'll receive sales, marketing, services, training and both pre- and post-sales support. (For details, visit https://partnernet.symantec.com.)

Symantec partners can access a broad range of consulting, education and support services that complement Endpoint Protection solutions. These give you the opportunity to increase customer support through a portfolio of support services, and to increase customer and staff technical education via flexible training delivery methods. Symantec services also can increase your ability to manage the life cycle of your customers' endpoint security, helping you expand your security solutions practice.

You can count on Symantec Endpoint Protection and the Symantec Partner Program for the technology, innovation, and support to help you and your customers achieve high returns on your investments, time, money and attention. Symantec partners deliver leading-edge solutions and reap the benefits of increased revenues and customer satisfaction. For more information and valuable sales and marketing tools, visit www.symantec.com/endpointsecurity.

Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0

Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0 combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat-protection technologies and is ready for network access control activation with Symantec Network Access Control 11.0. These solutions enable solution providers to upsell and cross-sell existing Symantec customers; to provide professional services such as security assessments; to displace point-product competitors with an integrated solution; and to grow antivirus deal size by including network access control.

Product	Unique Selling Proposition	Description
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0	The most advanced technology available to protect against today's most sophisticated threats.	Next-generation antivirus solution combines antivirus with advanced threat protection to deliver unmatched defense against malware, such as viruses, worms, spyware, Trojan horses, zero-day threats and rootkits. Includes personal firewall and device control and is network access control-ready with Symantec Network Access Control 11.0.
Symantec Multi-tier Protection	Unmatched protection for multiplatform enterprise networks, including mail servers and gateways.	The next generation of Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition bundles Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0 with Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for Domino and Symantec Mail Security for SMTP as well as Symantec AntiVirus for Linux and Symantec AntiVirus for Mac.
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition	Simple, easy-to-use and costeffective solution to safeguard small businesses through Symantec's trusted malware protection.	Provides the protection small businesses need by bundling Symantec Endpoint Protection v11.0 with Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange.
Symantec Network Access Control 11.0	Securely controls network access, enforces endpoint security policy and easily integrates with existing infrastructure.	Optional product tightly integrated with Symantec Endpoint Protection to help customers discover and evaluate the status of endpoints, provision the appropriate network access and provide remediation capabilities to ensure security policies and standards are met. Uses the same lightweight agent and management console as Endpoint Protection.