Symantec Survey Reveals 61.9 Percent of Taiwan Small Businesses Do Not Have the Budgets for Internet Security
AUCKLAND -- 24 February, 2004 -- Symantec, the world leader in Internet security, today announced that over 50 percent of Taiwan small businesses believe that budget limitations and lack of professional expertise are the two major concerns for not deploying Internet security.
According to a survey of 811 Taiwan small businesses conducted by Symantec, 61.9 percent of respondents indicated that an insufficient budget was a major hurdle for deploying Internet security, followed by lack of professional expertise at 45.8 percent and complicated technical skills at 30.5 percent.
"The survey highlights that small businesses in Taiwan need easy to deploy Internet security products at affordable prices to meet their budget constraints," said Vivian Chang, Symantec Consumer Manager, Taiwan.
The survey targeted small businesses in Taiwan with 25 or less staff members and measured their Internet security experience and concerns about protecting their online assets.
Results of the survey also demonstrate that 72 percent of respondents have found that the increasing number of spam emails has greatly lowered the networking efficiency of their businesses. Over 76 percent of respondents have encountered virus attacks and 30 percent were attacked by hackers. Of the respondents, 30 percent were not aware if they have been the victims of hacker intrusions.
"Small businesses in Taiwan are opening themselves up to greater internet security risks by not having the budgets or the expertise to install and manage Internet security protection. Symantec's small business solutions have been designed to address these needs," said Ms Chang.
With flexible purchasing and easy to deploy features, Symantec's small business solutions are designed for businesses with five or ten employees that also need server protection. Different from Symantec's consumer products, Symantec Small Business Solutions provide central management on a single console, which helps facilitate installation, management and policy compliance.
About Symantec's Small Business Solutions
Symantec AntiVirus Small Business Edition offers superior virus protection in an unobtrusive, easy-to-mange solution, providing up-to-the-minute protection against late-breaking viruses, worms, and Trojan horses, supported by Symantec Security Response. Symantec Client Security Small Business Edition protects employee desktops with powerful intrusion detection and firewall security, while keeping the entire network safe from viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Symantec Client Security Small Business Edition defends against hackers, blocking attempts to tamper with employee computers and compromise business assets. Centralized controls and policy management tools assist in administration, and system-wide security updates ensure a swift response to virus outbreaks and security threats
For more information about Symantec's small business solutions, please visit: http://www.symantec.com/region/tw/smallbiz/index.html
Availability
Symantec's small business solutions are available from resellers in New Zealand today.
Pricing is as follows:
| Symantec AntiVirus 8.1 Small Business Edition (5 user) | NZ$ 471.07 + GST |
| Symantec AntiVirus 8.1 Small Business Edition (10 user) | NZ$ 879.95 + GST |
| Symantec AntiVirus 8.1 Small Business Edition (25 user) | NZ$ 1,982.18 + GST |
| Symantec Client Security 1.1 Small Business Edition (5 user) | NZ$ 977.73 + GST |
| Symantec Client Security 1.1 Small Business Edition (10 user) | NZ$ 1,893.29 + GST |
| Symantec Client Security 1.1 Small Business Edition (25 user) | NZ$ 4,231.07 + GST |
About Symantec
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 38 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com.
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