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Webroot Software Announces Overwhelming Reseller Support For Spy Sweeper Enterprise
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2004-09-16
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Corporate Anti-Spyware Solution Attracts More Than 1000 Resellers in First Quarter of Availability.
Webroot Software, the leading provider of privacy, protection and performance software, today announced overwhelming reseller support for Spy Sweeper Enterprise in its first quarter of public availability. Launched in early June, Webroot has signed on more than one thousand resellers seeking a centralized, comprehensive anti-spyware solution to sell to their corporate customers.
Spyware is an insidious threat that is not detected or prevented by current anti-virus products. It is the most rapidly growing pain point within the enterprise with some organizations reporting that 75 percent of help desk calls involve spyware. In addition to causing system and network problems, spyware dramatically impairs the web browsing experience and the performance of desktops. The effects of spyware are growing and show no signs of receding. Unauthorized connections to outside machines that are monitoring desktop activities lead to loss of sensitive corporate intellectual property. The exposure of financial or personnel records violates compliance requirements with privacy and governance regulations.
The demand for corporate anti-spyware solutions opens a new revenue stream for resellers looking to bolster existing network security offerings. Resellers are responding with comprehensive security offerings that provide complete network protection, and Spy Sweeper Enterprise has quickly established itself as the anti-spyware solution of choice. The company's top-tier reseller program supports this demand by offering competitive pricing and a full suite of tools to make resellers successful.
"The response Spy Sweeper Enterprise has received from the reseller community demonstrates the substantial and growing problem spyware represents for corporations," said Lee Kennedy, vice president of enterprise operations at Webroot. "Resellers are a leading indicator of technology trends, and the response we have received for Spy Sweeper Enterprise clearly indicates the skyrocketing demand for corporate anti-spyware."
Leveraging the same technology used in the award-winning desktop edition, Spy Sweeper Enterprise helps companies mitigate spyware-related security risks, reduce mounting support requests, and reestablish computing and network performance. Spy Sweeper Enterprise provides a unique layer of protection which current antivirus, firewall and other network security offerings do not address.
"My original experience with the award-winning consumer Spy Sweeper product was phenomenal, said John Watson of Millennium Logic Systems and a Spy Sweeper Enterprise reseller. "Once I discovered Spy Sweeper Enterprise and the comprehensive reseller program built around it, I knew it was an opportunity I had to take advantage of. I have been working with the product for two months and have already found significant interest from my customers. Partnering with Webroot is directly contributing to the growth of my business."
Created to protect corporations and large institutions from spyware intrusions and their subsequent effects on productivity, integrity and confidentiality of data systems and networks, Spy Sweeper Enterprise is armed with a comprehensive spyware threat database resellers can offer to their customers to sniff out and eradicate more than 31,000 spyware traces.
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