Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 coming up

Security applications maker Symantec is scheduled to make available the first public release of its latest corporate antivirus software which has been named Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.

Symantec would be launching this product at the upcoming Symantec Vision conference next week.

The product has been codenamed Hamlet and has been undergoing beta testing since sometime now.

Hamlet would eventually replace their existing Symantec’s AntiVirus Corporate Edition, version 10.

Symantec said that this new product is a major upgrade as they have worked hard over the last year to integrate firewall, zero-day protection and network access control features into this single product.

Brian Foster, senior director of product management with Symantec’s end point security group added: “This is the next major version of the code base. With this release, we’re really focused on changing the game for antivirus.”

However, they are expected to face some serious competition from rival company McAfee which is also scheduled to announce a rival product to Hamlet next week.