CarrierScan info from Symantec. -----Original Message----- Subject: Learn more about the Symantec/Network Appliance Partnership

Message forwarded from Kimber Whiting, Business Development Program Manager (bcc all corporate sales)

Below is a Q&A regarding the Symantec/Network Appliance partnership announced on 4/10(http://www.symantec.com/press/2001/n010410.html). Please contact me via email or phone (408 517-7639) if you have any questions.

Symantec and Network Appliance have entered into a strategic alliance involving reference selling, co-marketing and product development activities. Symantec has recently completed development work that enables CarrierScan Server to operate with the Net App® filer, using the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) technology, and NetCache, using the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP) technology.

Primary Sales Contact for North America, APAC, Latin America David Zuckerman, Account Manager 408-517-8415 dzuckerman@symantec.com

Secondary Sales Contact for North America, APAC, Latin America: Matt Piquette, Inside Sales Manager 541-684-7576 mpiquette@symantec.com

Primary Sales Contact for EMEA Paul Dinsmore, Director of Sales for SPSD EMEA +44-1628-592242 pdinsmore@symantec.com

Please note:

The licensing model used for CarrierScan Server for Network Appliance is slightly different from the standard value licensing program; please contact Dave Zuckerman or Matt Piquette for more information. Support licensing is separate from product licensing. CarrierScan Server for Network Appliance is not part of the Symantec anti-virus solution suite. It is a highly scalable anti-virus solution that features all of the key, award-winning virus scanning technologies available in Symantec's complete line of anti-virus products and was built to meet the key needs of large enterprises, services providers, and carriers.

Kimber Whiting, Business Development Partner Program Manager 408-517-7639 kwhiting@symantec.com

The CarrierScan Server 2.1 with RPC and iCAP shipped on April 6th, 2001.

The partnership provides opportunities to work with Network Appliance's industry leading data management and storage appliances and caching appliances.

NetApp® filers NetApp filers are a robust, field-proven, highly available solution (>99.99% data availability) for consolidating data and simplifying data management. NetApp filers are easy to manage appliances, specifically designed for today's scalable, network-centric IT system architectures. NetApp filers are designed for easy standards-based integration, guaranteeing rapid deployment, simplified ongoing management, and low cost of ownership. Multiprotocol heterogeneous data sharing provides simultaneous file system access to UNIX®, NT, and Web-based servers and clients. Leading-edge file-level data management tools, innovative data protection solutions, high performance client access, and simple system management are provided by the Data ONTAP? operating system and the patented NetApp WAFL? file system.

For more information go to http://www.netapp.com/products/filer/product_info.html

NetCache NetCache is Network Appliance's scalable suite of content delivery appliances. The proven NetCache products solve the complex content delivery problems faced by enterprises, content distribution networks, Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers, and e-commerce businesses. NetCache appliances currently power the world's largest enterprise and telco backbones. These appliances span your entire network, from central headquarters to remote points of presence (POPs) and local offices worldwide. They reduce network latency to enhance the overall Web experience for e-commerce customers, intranet users, and external suppliers and partners. NetCache appliances reliably deliver high-quality audio and video streams, enabling a host of next-generation network services and applications such as online training, executive broadcasts, and large-scale video-on-demand services. NetCache appliances also enable the delivery of value-added services such as ad insertion and virus scanning at the edge of the network.

For more information go to http://www.netapp.com/products/netcache/netcache_family.html

The Symantec technology implemented in this solution is CarrierScan Server (CSS) 2.1 for NT and Solaris platforms . CSS is Symantec's first carrier grade anti-virus solution and features all of the key, award-winning virus scanning technologies available in Symantec's complete line of anti-virus products. CSS tightly integrates with the RPC and iCAP protocols which enables CSS to provide anti-virus protection, mobile code detection and repair for businesses using the Net App filer and NetCache appliances.

For more information about CarrierScan Server go to http://www.symantec.com/spsd/solutions/carrier/scan.shtml

Establishes a strategic partnership with a world leader in the fast growing storage and caching market spaces. Significantly extends the reach of the Service Provider Solutions Division sales efforts into the enterprise and service provider space. Network Appliance employs more than 900 sales reps and SEs and provides products and services to leading corporations and service providers worldwide. By combining best of breed solutions, the partnership strengthens Symantec's position in the Internet security space. Extends visibility of Symantec's carrier grade anti-virus solution as a best of breed solution in the network storage and caching spaces. Symantec is the first to provide an anti-virus solution for both the filer and NetCache.

The partnership benefits enterprise and service provider organizations by offering them robust, best of breed solutions to help manage and store data, deliver content quickly and ensure data, networks and company operations are protected from spread of malicious viruses.

With CarrierScan Server featuring RPC, Net App filer customers can easily protect their storage systems from viruses. If a virus passes undetected through a firewall, the storage system stores the infected file and becomes a vehicle for the wide spread of viruses. CarrierScan Server can detect and repair infected files stored in the file system and prevent the spread of damaging viruses.

With CarrierScan Server featuring I-CAP, NetCache customers can speed the delivery of content and scan it for viruses at the gateway before the data reaches end users. Service providers can differentiate themselves by delivering CSS as a value-added Internet service to help create new revenue streams and reduce customer turnover.

The target audience ranges from global 2000 enterprises, ISPs, ASPs, government agencies to medium to small businesses and remote branch offices.

The partnership should not affect the sales of Norton AntiVirus corporate edition because this CarrierScan Sever solution works specifically with data and storage management and caching appliances. The CarrierScan Server for Network Appliance does not eliminate the need for a desktop anti-virus solution in an organization. It is a vital addition to a total anti-virus solution suite needed to protect multiple points of entry into an organization's network.

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