Panda Cloud Office Protection Gets 5-Star Award by PC Magazine

ORLANDO, Fla., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security today announced that Panda Cloud Office Protection, its cloud-based antivirus and endpoint protection solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has received a perfect five-star rating by PC Magazine/Russian Edition. PCOP was lauded for its ease-of-use, particularly when administering security for distributed networks and workforces, as well as its ability to reduce costs related to endpoint security.

Panda Cloud Office Protection is a security service that provides reliable, centralized anti-virus and firewall protection for workstations, laptops and file servers. The solution can be managed remotely — anytime, from anywhere — through its web-based management console.

PC Magazine/RE recognized the solution's simplicity of installation and ability to reduce IT costs: PCOP eliminates the need for users to set up an in-house infrastructure for the corporate anti-virus console, administration server and repository, as these functions are hosted on Panda Security's servers. This is extremely valuable for SMBs that often lack the budget and personnel resources required to effectively manage security.

The publication also praised Panda Cloud Office Protection for its intuitive and straightforward local-language interface and its ability to create security policies and user profiles quickly and effortlessly based on standard or custom settings. In addition, PCOP users can easily install local agents on employee PCs remotely and simply distribute the agent with a standard, third-party deployment methodology (SMS, Tivoli, login scripts, etc.) or via email. This web-based management feature is particularly helpful when managing security for distributed workers, such as remote employees, consultants and road warriors.

Panda Cloud Office Protection was also lauded for its minimal impact on resource consumption: "This is extremely important, especially in comparison with other anti-virus packages which could be best described as 'monsters.' The unique cloud-based Collective Intelligence technology allows users to transfer resource-intensive processes to the cloud, which minimizes the anti-virus impact on computer speed and performance," said the PC Magazine/RE editors. "Panda Cloud Office Protection can stop any threat, even on older and low-resource computers."

According to PC Magazine/RE, another important advantage of Panda Cloud Office Protection is its high detection capabilities powered by Collective Intelligence, Panda's cloud-based system for automatically detecting, analyzing and blocking malware.

You can read the complete Panda Cloud Office Protection review (in Russian) here: http://www.pcmag.ru/software/detail_rev.php?ID=44521.

For more information about Panda's cloud-based security solutions, please visit: http://cloudprotection.pandasecurity.com.

About PC Magazine/RE

PC Magazine/Russian Edition (http://www.pcmag.ru) has been published by the 'SK Press' publishing house since 1991 under the license of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. This is a monthly edition. Today, PC Magazine/RE is one of the leading IT publications for professionals and advanced users seeking information about the current state and future trends in the hardware and software sector to make purchasing decisions. The magazine reports on the current achievements and trends in IT development, organizes comparative reviews and conducts hardware and software tests in its own lab.

For more information, please visit www.pcmag.ru

About Panda Security

Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the World. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corporate customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threats with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 61 offices throughout the globe with US headquarters in Florida and European headquarters in Spain.

Panda Security collaborates with Special Olympics, WWF and Invest for Children as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy.

For more information, visit http://www.pandasecurity.com/.

SOURCE Panda Security