SIIA Announces Panda BusinesSecure Antivirus,








SIIA Announces Panda BusinesSecure Antivirus,


Finalist in the 20th Annual Codie Awards




Established in 1986, The Codie Awards is the longest-running awards program

in the software and information industry and is held in the highest regard

internationally.



Glendale, CA - January 19, 2005 - Panda BusinesSecure Antivirus, the Panda

Software solution for protecting small to mid-sized businesses from

malware, has been nominated as a finalist in the 20th Codie awards, in the

“Best Enterprise Security Solution” category. These annual awards are

organized by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the

principal trade association for the software and digital content industry,

whose aims are to promote, protect and inform industry players. The Codie

Awards in particular are given in recognition of the industry's finest

products and services and are held in the highest regard internationally.

Nominees across the various categories of this year’s awards include

institutions of the prestige of Encyclopaedia Britannica, National

Geographic and Oxford University Press. Finalists are selected on the basis

of votes cast by journalists and leading IT professionals.


"The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best

of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken

Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding

companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a

significant achievement."


Panda BusinesSecure Antivirus is designed as the ideal security solution

for small and medium-sized companies that need to protect the workstations

and file servers that make up their corporate networks. It is extremely

easy to install and use, thanks to AdminSecure, an innovative centralized

management console, and ensures that every single network point will be

protected from all types of Internet threats (virus, spam, hackers, etc.).


Panda BusinesSecure Antivirus offers a series of outstanding features

including:

▪ Protection against all types of Internet threats thanks to the

antivirus protection for workstations, ClientShield.

▪ Hassle-free centralized management from a single location thanks to

the centralized management tool, AdminSecure.

▪ Antivirus protection for Linux, by incorporating the command line

antivirus program, CommandlineSecure.

▪ Proactive information system with detailed, up-to-the-minute

information to help prevent infections.

▪ Daily, automatic updates against new viruses.

▪ Telephone Technical Support, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our

experts are always on hand to deal with your inquiries over the phone

or by email.


Winners of the 20th edition of the Codie Awards will be announced on May

25, 2005, at a black tie ceremony in Universal Studios’ Globe Theater in

Universal City, California.


About Panda Software

Panda Software is one of the world's leading developers of IT security

solutions, with offices in 50 countries. It is an established pacesetter

for the sector in innovation and expansion and is unequalled in terms of

satisfying customers' needs for the most advanced technologies, products

and services to keep IT resources free from viruses and other threats at

the lowest possible Total Cost of Ownership. The company's unique

TruPrevent Technologies, the most intelligent technologies to combat

unknown viruses and intruders, offer unrivalled preventive protection for

all types of clients: from the largest corporations through small and

medium-sized companies to home users.



For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Software

solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasoftware.com/.








For more information:

Alan Wallace

Panda Software US

[email protected]

Tel. (818) 543-6909


Cristina Stendvaag

SIIA – Software & Information Industry Association

(202) 289-7442 x1353