And while Symantec's products may be fully compatible with 32-bit editions of Vista, functionality involving the 64-bit versions of the operating system is problematic to say the least. A question of nuances because the operating system comes both in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 and Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 were released at the beginning of November while public betas for Norton Internet Security 2007 and Norton AntiVirus 2007 were made available for download yesterday.īut the actual Vista support issue is a question of nuances. Just bear with me and we will get there.Ĭupertino based security company Symantec has released an array of products delivering support for Windows Vista since the start of this month. The 2.0 version supports Vista and 64-bit Windows machines.Will the security products released by Symantec with support for Windows Vista actually work with the latest operating system from Microsoft? This may seem a strange question but - in fact - it has an easy answer. Both Antivirus versions should be released within 30 days of the final release of Windows Vista, scheduled for availability to business customers this month.Įarly next month, Symantec will release Ghost Solution Suite 2.0, a tool for managing and provisioning Windows machines on a network. The Enterprise Edition adds an antispyware client plus a console that integrates the antivirus, firewall, and intrusion protection functions, Symantec said. Both editions work for 32-bit or 64-bit editions of Vista. Antivirus 10.2 is available for download for current Symantec customers who are now testing Vista. The company also announced an incremental beta release just ahead of the December release of its Antivirus Corporate and Antivirus Enterprise editions. The software also works with 64-bit Windows environments, Symantec said. Users have an option of 128-bit or 256-bit encryption for stored data.
It can also be used for data contained in SharePoint Portal Server or Active Directory, Microsoft's software for managing identities, such as in the case of restoring a deleted user.īackup Exec 11d, which also works with SQL Server, continuously backs up data as it's created.
The feature can restore an individual e-mail rather than a whole mailbox. 6, the newest upgrade adds recovery support for Microsoft Exchange with what Symantec calls "granular recovery technology." Symantec on Wednesday unveiled Backup Exec 11d, which has been under testing since early this year. In the next few weeks, Symantec will roll out products aimed at early adopters of the Windows Vista OS and 64-bit computing, while also expanding the capabilities of its backup software.
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