Symantec and Microsoft work better together for virtual environment protection

When customers move to a virtual environment that can change the dynamics of their network and system protection – the best way to make sure that they are safe and sound is to use the best solutions around. Symantec System Recovery Server Edition (formerly Backup Exec System Recovery) is ideal for deployment with Microsoft Hyper-V and other virtual systems. It delivers fast and reliable system recovery that will restore physical and virtual systems in minutes, even to bare metal, dissimilar hardware, remote locations, or virtual environments. With more than 787,000 protected systems, Symantec System Recovery is proven, trusted, and reliable backup server software – and it’s a perfect answer when you need a simple backup solution for newly virtualised systems. Call the Software team or email software@computer2000.co.uk to find out more.

TD Activate-here is a new initiative that makes it really simple, and profitable, to buy and deliver top-selling Microsoft software to end-customers, within seconds

TD Activate-here gives resellers in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden the opportunity to sell a wider range of products and improve attach-sell rates of software with sales of PCs, laptops and tablets by giving customers 100% availability on a complete portfolio of the top 20 retail sku’s, for instant electronic delivery minutes after purchasing them.

The service consists of a web portal, which can be white-labelled by the reseller, and a set of back-office processes, which are totally seamless to the end customer, that enables Tech Data partners to provide easy activation for a wide range of software packages. The portal is a simple access point for the end customer to retrieve their activation code and download if needed. This will enable retailers, web stores and resellers addressing the consumer and small business market to offer a comprehensive range of products without having to order and hold physical stock in advance.

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Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 Provides Best Protection, Performance in Virtual Environments

Symantec engaged with a number of well-known third-party testing organizations to benchmark Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 against competing products in the areas of protection and performance – so we thought we would put their press release on the blog.

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Symantec award is a sign that we are getting it right

You might expect us to say this, but we see Symantec’s naming of Computer 2000 as Distributor of the Year in its UK and Ireland 2011 Channel Excellence Awards, is a sign that we are getting it right. We think so anyway.

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