As your business customers brace themselves to ride out the current economic storm, what's on their minds is protecting what they have, lowering costs and simplifying their business processes. These three concerns lend themselves perfectly to a conversation about the importance of having the right security technology in place to protect vulnerable computers, and to simplify security management while reducing overall IT expenses.

Selling on a security strategy motivates business customers who, regardless of economic turbulence, still have IT budgets they need to spend more wisely. This is just part of the reason that 68 percent of solution providers like you said they expect to see sales of network security products and services actually increase over the next 12 months, according to the VARBusiness 2009 State of the Market survey.

Symantec Endpoint Protection can be the centerpiece of your 2009 security strategy, giving you the ability to protect your customers by delivering a comprehensive set of security measures that guard PCs, laptops and servers against viruses, worms, malware, root kits, spyware and other attacks that can cripple networks and compromise data. With Symantec Endpoint Protection, you can deliver all of this protection to your customers with a single management console that simplifies IT processes, and a single agent that won't bog down network performance.

In fact, competitive testing by The Tolly Group, an independent technology reviewer, revealed that Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.3 consistently delivered faster response time than competing products tested. And, Maintenance Release 4 includes support for the latest Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Server 2008, Small Business Server and Essential Business Server.

Now is the time to reconnect with existing customers and introduce the added operational efficiency that comes from centralized security management, the ability to update software and deploy policies from a single console instead of from multiple products, the ease of a single license and maintenance model, and the advantage of unified security reports that address all the clients on the network.

A "Tru" Upgrade
Automating security policies helps lower IT administrative costs for your customers, and provides a dynamic layer of protection that can detect new and unknown threats as well as reduce costly false-positives. With Symantec Endpoint Protection, you get Symantec's TruScan Proactive Threat Scan technology, which eliminates the need for weaker, rules-based security configurations by actively monitoring and scoring both good and bad network behavior, and detecting threats before they strike. Symantec's Global Intelligence Network also helps power Symantec Endpoint Protection with the widest reach across the global internet threat landscape, which is a major advantage when every second counts.

The Right Partner, The Right Program
Symantec and Ingram Micro are in your corner, with the world-class partner service and support you look for in order to deliver only the best to your customers. Act now and begin earning up to $550 each time you close a Symantec Endpoint Protection deal through Symantec's new Xtreme Truth Reseller Incentive Program. We'll arm you with all the competitive data you need to expose the truth about the competition's claims so you can provide your customers with better protection. We'll even throw in a bonus when you displace a competitor before July 3, 2009.

Symantec is dedicated to driving partner success by providing opportunities for increased revenue and profitability in today's highly competitive marketplace," explains Bret Lenmark, product marketing manager for Symantec. "As the economy provides new challenges for partners and vendors alike, our education, marketleading products and incentive programs are designed to show partners we mean business when it comes to helping make 2009 a highly profitable year."

Even as economic news disappoints, a solid 40 percent of solution providers like you still expect to see an increase of between 5 and 15 percent in their 2009 revenue. And unlike last year, the trend in the channel shows that solution providers are now four times more likely to introduce new technologies or upgrade current offerings for existing customers rather than bringing on new customers. So when you demonstrate to your customers how Symantec Endpoint Protection seamlessly integrates the key security technologies like antivirus, firewall, intrusion prevention, and device control, and how it optimizes the resources needed to protect their business network, you'll see why security is one of the best strategies in the technology market this year.

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