eGroup applauds the newest release of Trend Micro™ InterScan™ Messaging Security Virtual Appliance for cloud innovation.

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IT Experts Blog About Trend Micro’s Hybrid SaaS Email Security Solution

ChallengeeGroup has developed strategic manufacturer relationships with industry-leading solution providers, allowing them to uniquely guide business customers in technology deployments and migrations. Customers trust the experts at eGroup to anticipate trends and technology evolutions, and help them retain their competitive edge by optimizing infrastructure for their business needs.

Over the last several years, eGroup has placed priority on helping customers benefit from virtualization and cloud computing. “By working closely with our customers, we’ve been able to help many corporations build private, internal clouds and also prepare them to take advantage of not-so-private external and public clouds,” said Mike Carter, principal consultant at eGroup. “Premise-based solutions are still important, but businesses also want to be able to leverage cloud services for the potential cost efficiencies and rapid service provisioning. They are looking for solutions that are easy to deploy in clouds.”

Cloud computing, however, introduces new challenges. “As cloud computing has evolved, security and affordability have become the two chief concerns,” said Carter.

SolutioneGroup has a long history of recommending Trend Micro solutions. “We were introduced to Trend Micro shortly after we started our business,” said Carter. “Over the years, we have been very impressed with Trend Micro solutions. Trend Micro fits our customers’ needs for security—we don’t sell any other competitors’ products, and we always point our cus-tomers to Trend Micro Enterprise Security.”

Trend Micro also helps eGroup address the challenges introduced by its focus on virtualization and cloud computing. “Trend Micro rises above the competition with the scope and magnitude of its cloud strategy,” said Carter. “We have been especially impressed with Trend Micro’s enthusiastic and thorough alignment of security and virtualized environments. Trend Micro has led the way in terms of security solutions purpose-built for the cloud. This has been hugely important to our business.”

The newest release of Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance particularly caught the attention of eGroup. After participating in the Early Adopter Program for the hybrid SaaS email security solution, the company was quick to praise the solution

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Customer Name: eGroup Industry: IT ServicesLocation: Charleston, South CarolinaWeb Site: www.eGroup-us.comNumber of Employees: 25

CHALLENGE:• Shield customers from the explosion of spam

and related email threats• Recommend forward-thinking solutions that

build customer loyalty• Help customers save time while taking

advantage of the latest technology innovations such as virtualization and cloud computing

SOLUTION:• Trend Micro™ Enterprise Security• The latest release of Trend Micro InterScan

Messaging Virtual Appliance hybrid SaaS email solution

BUSINESS RESULTS:• Improved spam blocking and email security,

with combined pre-filter hosted service and enhanced on-premise virtual appliance

• Alignment of security and virtualized environments

• Simplified management, with single view of both in-the-cloud filtering and on-premise security solution

“ The latest InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance outpaces the competition.

The hybrid SaaS email virtual appliance is revolutionary—it is easy to deploy and

specifically tuned to handle large amounts of messaging traffic.”— Mike Carter, Principal Consultant, eGroup

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in a detailed blog article.1 As Carter explains in the published review of the solution, “The Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance 8.0 ‘hybrid’ solution introduces a new and more cost-effective method of protecting enterprises from incoming spam and malware and outbound information loss, by integrating in-the-cloud security with the customizable content control of a VMware Ready virtual appliance. So you get ‘defense in depth with containment’ all from a single pane-of-glass management interface. Pretty fantastic—on-premise and off-premise all in one easy-to-use package!”

Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance is powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure. In-the-cloud security provides up-to-the-minute protection, blocking threats in real time before they impact businesses. The hybrid SaaS email security also integrates another Trend Micro solution—a hosted email service—to boost results. The combination of the on-premise virtual appliance, hosted pre-filter service, and Smart Protection Network eliminates upwards of 90% of all inbound mail—spam, phishing, viruses, and other unwanted email—before it hits eGroup customer networks.

Results“Having deployed so many instances of InterScan Messaging Security over the years, we have been lucky—we don’t see the huge increases in spam that have been plaguing the rest of the industry,” explained Carter. “However, it is always our priority to find the next technology advancement that can thwart the evolving threat techniques,” said Carter. “The latest InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance outpaces the competition. The hybrid SaaS email virtual appliance is revolution-ary—it is easy to deploy, specifically tuned to handle large amounts of messaging traffic, and easy to manage from a single pane of glass. The response has been very positive.”

The innovative design helps eGroup give customers leading-edge technology. Carter said, “InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance shows how very forward thinking Trend Micro has been. This innovative solution delivers a powerful combination of on-premise scanning, a hosted pre-filter, and the Smart Protection Network cloud innovations. We have a lot of very opinionated and highly skilled engineers. It can be hard to get everyone to agree on solutions. In this case—InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance hybrid SaaS email solution—what’s not to love? It’s the best of all worlds.”

eGroup will continue to build this Trend Micro solution into its service portfolio. “People engage us for consultation, design, deployment, and support services,” said Carter. “We offer a lot of services around the virtual appliance, and the easy learn-ing curve means that we don’t need to change our processes to pass the benefits of the newest release to our customers. Our customers will actually gain the biggest savings of time and will therefore be able to lower their costs. Most businesses have been managing some combination of hosted email and on-premise edge devices anyway. The integration of both in the Trend Micro hybrid SaaS email solution gives them an easier—and therefore more affordable—alternative.”

“ Most businesses have been managing some combination of hosted email and on-premise edge devices. The integration of both in the Trend Micro hybrid SaaS email solution gives

them an easier—and therefore more affordable alternative.” — Mike Carter, Principal Consultant, eGroup

CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENTS

Healthcare, legal, and other professional services companies500 to 5,000 PCsFlagship security solutions recommended by eGroup:Trend Micro™ Enterprise Security for EndpointsTrend Micro™ ScanMail™ for Microsoft® ExchangeTrend Micro™ Hosted Email SecurityTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual ApplianceTrend Micro™ InterScan™ Web Security Virtual Appliance

Company Profile

eGroup provides technology solutions for serious competitors, specializing in IT infrastructure design, enterprise storage and backup strategies including disaster preparedness, data centralization and secure access solutions, virtualization, network security, and secure LAN/WAN/wireless architectures. eGroup’s solutions combine robust high-availability, performance, and secure information access to help customers efficiently execute revenue-driving roles and lower costs. eGroup provides the thought leadership and expertise for customers to ensure that their technology investments continue to strengthen their competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Trend Micro Security

• Trend Micro Enterprise Security for Endpointshttp://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/ security-for-endpoints/index.html

• Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchangehttp://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/ scanmail-for-microsoft-exchange/index.html

• Trend Micro Hosted Email Securityhttp://us.trendmicro.com/us/solutions/hosted-security/hosted-email-security/

• Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliancehttp://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/inter-scan-messaging-security-virtual-appliance/index.html

• Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliancehttp://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/interscan-web-security-virtual-appliance/index.html

Trend Micro Enabling Technology

• Trend Micro Smart Protection Networkhttp://www.smartprotectionnetwork.com

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1The eGroup blog can be reviewed at http://blogs.egroup-us.com/?p=2679.