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Longwell said previous to the new management tools being added to the platform that collecting that statistical data was a
labor-intensive process.
“I hope Microsoft continues the good track record that Sybari had and it looks like they are so far,” Longwell says.
Microsoft also is releasing an Antigen management pack for its monitoring software Operation Manager 2005. The pack will provide
alerts and health monitoring services across the Antigen software. And Microsoft will bundle Antigen for Exchange, SMTP Gateways
and Spam Manager into a single offering called the Antigen Messaging Security Suite.
Microsoft has Antigen products for SharePoint and Instant Messaging, but those will remain Sybari-branded products until new
versions are released in the first half of 2007, according to company officials. Microsoft said at the time of the acquisition
that Sybari’s line of Unix and Linux products would be discontinued.
The Antigen family of software is part of Microsoft’s push to secure it products from the server to the client desktop. Later
this year it is expected to release Microsoft Client Protection, which is designed to protect desktops, laptops and basic
Windows file servers from viruses, spyware and other malware, including rootkits.
Antigen for Exchange is priced starting at $10.50 per user per year for 250 users or less. Antigen SMTP Gateways and Spam
Manager are each priced at $7.50 per user per year. The Messaging Security Suite is priced at $14.50 per user per year. The
licenses will be offered on a subscription basis.
The Enterprise Manager is priced at $98 per server.
The free 3-month trial license to Antigen security products can be found here.
