Microsoft to enter antivirus arena

Microsoft announced today that it plans to acquire Sybari, an antivirus software company. I've not heard of Sybari before, but they appear to be focused on the enterprise market. It doesn't sound like there are any plans for Microsoft to enter the consumer antivirus market or integrate antivirus into any of their products yet. Microsoft plans to focus on these areas:

· Layered defenses. It is common practice in business networks to use a set of layered defenses to improve protection against malicious code. Similarly, effective protection of collaborative environments requires layers of defense.

· Integration with infrastructure. The layers must be tightly integrated not only with each other, but with the rest of the infrastructure in the network. Without such integration, a security solution can be unmanageable, have poor performance and let attacks through.

· Protection from the latest threats. Malicious threats evolve quickly. Defenses must be updated often, and be backed by worldwide networks of researchers who will identify and develop protection measures against the latest threats before they have a chance to impact businesses.

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