Symantec Provides Broad Security and Compliance Portfolio Integration with the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 29 February 2012 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced five new security integrations with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite, designed to deliver extensive protection for virtual and cloud environments along with operational cost savings. With new VMware integrations, Symantec enables joint customers to protect their virtual infrastructure and business-critical applications with data loss prevention, IT risk and compliance, data centre protection, security information and event management (SIEM) and endpoint protection solutions – delivering stronger security, scalability and cost reductions for rapid services delivery and enhanced business agility for the cloud.

“Companies today face an increasingly toxic threat landscape. True information protection is more than antivirus. With our new VMware integrations, we’re enabling customers to proactively protect their information whether it’s in a physical or virtual environment,” said Francis deSouza, group president, enterprise products and services, Symantec. “Together, Symantec and VMware are taking protection to the next level to give companies confidence to fully embrace virtualisation and realise the cost savings and efficiency it brings.”

“The unique security concerns of the cloud extend well beyond malware protection,” said Raghu Raghuram, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Infrastructure and Management, VMware. “The integration of Symantec products with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite will offer fundamentally new security capabilities to accelerate the ability of customers to quickly and safely realise the benefits of cloud computing.”

Symantec and VMware will continue to collaborate to ensure customers have both the security and compliance controls necessary for cloud deployments, both on- and off-premises. In addition to integration between Symantec endpoint security offerings with VMware vShield™ Endpoint expected to be available later in 2012, Symantec is introducing five new integrations with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite:

Orchestrated Data Loss Prevention
Symantec Data Loss Prevention, available now, addresses the growing challenge organisations face in finding and protecting their intellectual property wherever it resides. Integration with VMware vShield App enables Symantec customers to more easily find and locate their most valuable information across their virtual environments. Symantec Data Loss Prevention makes it easier for customers to identify and remediate potential data loss in their virtual environments by automatically separating virtual machines that contain sensitive information from those that do not.

Reduced Compliance Deficiencies Across Converged Infrastructure
Symantec Control Compliance Suite , available now, uses centralised vulnerability and control assessments to provide seamless discovery of unknown or unauthorised virtual machines to reduce security risk in the physical and virtual infrastructure. Leveraging VMware-published security standards, Control Compliance Suite is also able to assess virtual settings to identify areas of risk and help prioritise remediation efforts. This helps prevent application failure or data corruption on virtual machines, while facilitating compliance with mandates such as PCI or HIPAA. In addition, Control Compliance Suite can ensure that the VMware process guidelines are being followed with procedural questionnaires while automatically reporting on configuration changes, patch levels and critical policy violations on VMware vSphere®.

Protect Virtual Data Centres Against Advanced Threats
Symantec Critical System Protection currently protects ESX® guest and hypervisors with granular, policy-based controls. Symantec plans to add support for VMware vSphere 5 in Spring 2012, leveraging out-of-the-box VMware-prescribed server security policies for ESXi and VMware vCenter™ that will enable organisations to identify server compliance violations and suspicious activity in real-time, limit administrative control, restrict network communications and prevent file and configuration tampering of the virtual infrastructure. Because Symantec Critical System Protection is a non-signature, policy-based technology it also allows organisations to stop unauthorised services from running on servers and protect against zero-day attacks, without impacting system performance.

Integrated Threat Intelligence
Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM), available in Summer 2012, will enable organisations to seamlessly identify and respond to security threats that impact business critical applications across both their physical and virtual infrastructures. Through integration with the VMware vShield log management collector, SSIM will correlate virtual machine activity with events from the physical environment as well as the Symantec’s global intelligence network to give a holistic view of an organisation’s security posture. Customers will be able to perform malicious activity assessments for their entire environment—physical and virtual— gaining immediate insight into malicious activity and threats inside their virtual infrastructure.

Symantec’s Managed Security Service (MSS) will also offer a VMware vShield log management collector to allow customers who prefer a cloud-based service delivery model to benefit from a seamless view of security threats across both their physical and virtual environments. The addition of the vShield log management collector to already broad array of devices and applications MSS monitors, will further extend MSS edge-to-endpoint visibility and when combined with global threat intelligence and 7×24 access to GIAC-certified Security Analysts will allow organisations to reduce exposure to threats and business disruption. The vShield log management collector is expected to be available in Summer 2012.

Optimised Endpoint Protection for High-density Virtual Environments
Symantec plans to leverage VMware vShield Endpoint with its endpoint security offerings to maximise performance in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtual server environments without sacrificing powerful security. Available in the second half of 2012, these solutions will offload critical security analysis from protected virtual machines to a dedicated security virtual appliance resulting in optimised scan performance, reduced resource utilisation, and increased management visibility. Built upon Symantec Insight , these solutions will provide fast and effective endpoint security for VMware environments, offering unique protection against modern polymorphic malware, zero-day attacks and rootkits.

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• Blog: Orchestration and Automation Enable Security in the      Virtual Data Center
• SlideShare: Symantec and VMware Partner to Deliver      Extensive Protection for Virtual and Cloud Environments
• Symantec Data Loss Prevention
• Symantec Control Compliance Suite
• Symantec Critical System Protection
• Symantec Security Information Manager
• Symantec’s Managed Security Service
• Symantec Insight
• VMware Security and Compliance microsite
• VMware vShield

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About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organisations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 revenues of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 350,000 customers and 50,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

Apple has given the all clear for HEIST: The Score to be released on the 2nd of March, so it’s now time to revisit the blue prints, check your ammo and put the bank robbery plan into action! Heist tells the thrilling story of a daring bank robbery set in the prohibition era of 1920’s America. A carefully comprised plan with as little mess as possible turns horribly wrong, leaving you to fight your way out of an impossible situation. What are you willing to do to come out on top?

You begin the story as a low level enforcer for the mafia working under the enigmatic Salvatore Da Luca, a veteran from the recently ended Great War. Once he inspired acts of valour in the trenches, now he uses those same qualities for greed and corruption by liberating banks of their excess holdings.

Sal doesn’t work alone, his trusted associate Giuseppe Gallo always teams up for the score. He’s known as the loose cannon who can wind up being more trouble than he’s worth. Shoot first; ask question later is how he operates. He has a grudge with the world, and he’s not too fond of you either. You better make sure not to put a foot wrong.

The bank just opened and the scores all set, are you in?

Hamburg, February 27, 2012 – Battles in space aren’t won and lost in the cockpit of a fighter ship, but on the bridge of a mighty battle cruiser! In gamigo’s new tactical real-time strategy game Nexus Conflict, players jump into the past of Black Prophecy’s universe to take command of one of these titans during the height of the Species Wars.

The battles for control of strategic regions are waged in the Nexus – a place where universes are colliding – and fought between the cybernetically optimized Tyi and the genetically perfected Genides. By completing PvP and PvE missions, players can earn improved weapons, stronger shields and other enhancements. Over the course of the game, captains will have access to ships ranging in size from an 80-meter cruiser to a massive battle titan measuring in at 1.5 kilometers in length.

The spectacle of space battle is presented by the powerful Unity 3D graphics engine, thanks to which Nexus Conflict bedazzles with astounding 3D visuals.The game, available as a client game to start with, will also be playable as a browser game in the future. Nexus Conflict is being developed by the German developer studio Limbic Entertainment.

The first beta testing phase is scheduled to start in March. Registration for closed beta testing is open on the game’s official website.

Nexus Conflict’s features at a glance:

• Stunning graphics both as a  client game and in the browser thanks to state-of-the-art Unity 3D technology!
• Set in the well-known sci-fi  universe of Black Prophecy
• Spectacular strategic battles  with gigantic battleships
• A variety of ship classes, from small frigates to megacruisers
• Ship system with extensive  configuration options
• Individual skill system
• PvP, PvE and PvE Co-op missions
• Conquering and defense of faction territories
• Crafting system

Massive Alpha Testing Stage for Upcoming AAA Flight Combat MMO Begins Today  23rd February 2012 — Wargaming.net, the award-winning game publisher and developer, takes to the skies as its highly anticipated flight combat MMO World of Warplanes enters the next stage in the game’s development. World of Warplanes Global Alpha blasts off today in Europe, North America, and Russia, and will be recruiting a new army of test pilots to assist the development team in improving and polishing the game.

Along with the start of World of Warplanes Global Alpha, Wargaming.net is launching new websites for players in each region, intended to help the growing game community stay up to date on all World of Warplanes news and updates.  The websites will be available at:

http://na.worldofwarplanes.com for North America

http://ru.worldofwarplanes.com for Russia

http://eu.worldofwarplanes.com for Europe  The Global Alpha phase will initially offer players more than 20 plane models and two battle arenas.

The amount of content will be growing steadily, as the developers add new warplanes and maps to the roster.  “With the Global Alpha, we are entering a very challenging, important, and exciting phase for World of Warplanes, which will require support of a massive number of testers,” said World of Warplanes producer Anton Sitnikau. “Our most important task now is to gather feedback from our test pilots and prepare a well-balanced, stable version with a large amount of vehicles and battle arenas, which we’ll be able to enter the beta with.”  About World of Warplanes  World of Warplanes is the flight combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game continues the armored warfare theme marked in the highly-acclaimed World of Tanks and will throw players into a never-ending tussle for air dominance.  Based purely on aircraft setting, World of Warplanes will allow players to build full-scale careers of virtual pilots offering machines of several key eras, staring from 1930s, up to Korean War jet fighters that led the way to modern air forces.

World of Warplanes will feature a wide range of warbirds, each of them unique in their effectiveness and behavior. Virtual pilots will choose from three main warplane classes – single-engine light fighters capable of engaging enemies in close dogfights, heavy fighters with their deadly straight attacks, and ground-attack planes, the fearsome threat for ground targets.  Every plane will feature multiple variations of weapons and ammo types, engines, and other crucial modules, and their various combinations will allow to pick the optimal configuration for the most effective behavior in combat.  Find out more about World of Warplanes

www.worldofwarplanes.com    About Wargaming.net®  Wargaming.net® is an

award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Since 1998, the company has published more than 15 titles, including the highly acclaimed Massive Assault and Order of War series. Currently Wargaming.net are focused on establishing the MMO war trilogy that will include their flagship armored World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes (one of the most anticipated MMOs for 2012), and the naval World of Battleships scheduled for release in 2013.

Official web site: www.wargaming.net

Momentum Grows with New Mobile Security Solutions, Global Partnerships and Industry Recognition

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, SPAIN – Feb. 27, 2012 – McAfee today announced a series of technology advancements that deliver upon its vision of providing comprehensive mobile security and privacy protection for devices, data and apps. McAfee® Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM™) 10.0, available now, includes significant security updates for enterprise customers to enable ‘bring your own device’ practices in the enterprise. With EMM 10.0, IT professionals will have improved control to identify, secure, and assign policies to both employee- and business-owned smartphones and tablets.

“Mobile devices are continuing to grow rapidly and have become a staple in work life and play,” said John Thode, executive vice president and general manager of McAfee’s consumer, mobile and small business unit. “As a result, consumers and organisations need to ensure these devices are protected from device loss, data theft and malware that can be distributed via direct downloads, links, email attachments and text messaging. We’re excited about our 2012 line-up of mobile security products and the new features and functionally that will help smartphone and tablet users experience a worry-free mobile computing experience.”

Expanded Data Security, Application Security and Ease of Administration:

McAfee EMM software gives enterprises the ability to offer their employees mobile device choice, while delivering secure and easy access to mobile corporate applications. With secure mobile application access, strong authentication, and compliance reporting via the McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® platform, McAfee EMM software brings the same level of control to mobile devices — including employee-owned smartphones and tablets — that IT applies to laptops and desktops. New features and functionality include:

• Expanded Data Security: Email “Sandboxing” for iOS      prevents corporate email from being forwarded from a personal mailbox;      Block iCloud Backup for iOS prevents the user from moving corporate data      from device to iCloud. Next month, McAfee plans to release an integrated      Secure Container for Android that segregates corporate email, calendar and      contacts from personal data according to corporate security policies.
• Enhanced Application Security: Application Blacklisting      for Android and iOS allows the administrator to define a set of      applications and block access. Administrators can also block untrusted SSL      certificates to prevent malicious site access.
• Ease of Administration: Bulk provisioning for Android      and iOS expedites the authorisation of mobile devices to large groups of      enterprise users; Increased scalability to enable management of up to      15,000 devices per server.

McAfee is also announcing a new version of McAfee VirusScan® Mobile Security for Enterprise.  IT departments can now deploy comprehensive anti-malware security across all employee and business-owned Android devices.  McAfee VirusScan Mobile prevents malware from entering the corporate domain with automatic, up to date scanning for malware in files, memory cards, applications, Internet downloads and text messages.  Designed specifically for mobile devices, McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Enterprise is unmatched in ease of use, low power consumption, and rapid file scanning.

Enhanced Protection for Consumers:

Earlier this month, McAfee announced McAfee® Mobile Security 2.0 for consumers, which offers an all-encompassing approach to elude mobile security threats and to protect user’s privacy when using smartphones and Android tablets. McAfee Mobile Security combines powerful antivirus, anti-theft, call and SMS filtering, web and app protection. It was also recently awarded with the LAPTOP Magazine “Editors’ Choice” award for best mobile security app.

McAfee has been cementing its leadership position with many of the principal figures in the mobile industry including Lenovo, NTT Docomo, Softbank, Singtel, Vodafone Australia, Sprint and many others in order to continuously provide users with confidence to explore everything the new mobile world has to offer.  When users select new apps, shop online, browse social networks, or use their phone for banking and payments, McAfee mobile security solutions are there to protect them.

Additional Information:

For more information on McAfee’s consumer to enterprise mobile security offerings, please visit www.mcafee.com/mobilesecurity. McAfee can also be seen the week of Feb. 27 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain at the Intel booth in Hall 8 and at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA at McAfee Booth #1117 or Intel Booth #1324.

About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com

Carriers Experience 120% increase in BlackBerry app downloads

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – 27th February 2012 – Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that more than 40 carriers around the world have now deployed integrated carrier billing for their customers on BlackBerry App World™.

Carriers offering integrated billing on BlackBerry App World include:

• A1      Telekom (Austria)
• AT&T      (United States)
• Bell      (Canada)
• Digicel      (25 markets in the Caribbean and Latin America)
• Indosat      (Indonesia)
• Rogers      Wireless (Canada)
• SFR      (France)
• Telefonica      (UK)
• T-Mobile      (United States)
• Telus      (Canada)
• Telstra      (Australia)
• Vodafone      (Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom &      Netherlands)

BlackBerry App World is now available in 164 markets and territories worldwide. More than 60,000 apps are currently available on RIM’s app store and over 174 million apps are downloaded each month. Over two billion apps have been downloaded to date.

The deployment of integrated carrier billing is an example of RIM’s ongoing commitment to work together strategically with its carrier partners and it has proven to drive significant value for the whole mobile ecosystem, including carriers, developers, content providers and customers. Integrated carrier billing enables a user to purchase apps or digital goods (such as the additional chapters of an e-book or additional levels of a computer game) without interrupting the user’s app experience. They can simply charge the purchase to their regular monthly bill, and both one-off and recurring (subscription-based) purchases are supported.

Data suggests that customers’ propensity to purchase apps on BlackBerry App World increases when carrier billing is offered. After implementing carrier billing on BlackBerry App World, carriers on average experienced a 120% increase in BlackBerry app purchases by their customers, with 65-70% of their customers’ purchases being transacted through the carrier.

Dario Talmesio, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, said: “There are clear business benefits for mobile operators when implementing carrier billing, since it enables them to build upon existing billing relationships with customers. RIM has always adopted a strategy of working constructively with operators. It follows therefore that implementing carrier billing through BlackBerry App World represents a rich opportunity for carriers.”

Ronjon Nag, Vice President, App World & Intelligent Systems at RIM, said, “We’re delighted that many of our carrier partners around the world have recognised the value that integrated billing provides, by making it easy and convenient for customers to purchase BlackBerry apps. RIM remains committed to continued innovation in the way we align with our partners in order to best serve customers while providing a profitable platform for the whole mobile ecosystem.”

About Research In Motion – Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionised the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. When used herein, words such as “expect”,”anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “intend,” “believe”, and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by RIM in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that RIM believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Many factors could cause RIM’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of RIM’s Annual Information Form, which is included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F (copies of which filings may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on RIM’s forward-looking statements. RIM has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

Signups for the Next Closed Beta Event Reach One Million in Just Over 48 Hours 

Sydney, Australia – February 28, 2011 – NCsoft® and ArenaNet® are proud to announce that signups for the next closed beta test for Guild Wars 2 reached one-million signups in just over 48 hours. This impressive response from the gaming community, recording more than 4,000 signups a minute during peak periods, is a testament to players’ demand for something new. The innovative RPG and online world design philosophies of Guild Wars 2 are proving to be just what they want.

It is no surprise that the most anticipated game launching this year, an accolade awarded to Guild Wars 2 from top gaming outlets from around the world, attracted players wanting to experience the game from 224 countries spanning all seven continents.

“We built Guild Wars 2 with the notion to bring players together to experience what a true online world experience should be, and we couldn’t be more excited with the reception we’re receiving from gamers wanting to get in and play our game,” said Mike O’Brien, president of ArenaNet and executive producer of Guild Wars 2.

Guild Wars 2’s next closed beta test is scheduled for late-March and will provide players with an opportunity to experience its deep RPG game elements, epic World vs. World battles and inviting social gameplay while helping the team load test the servers.

For more information about Guild Wars 2, please visit www.guildwars2.com.

About Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is a visually stunning MMO that will offer players the epic grandeur of a massive role playing environment combined with innovative combat mechanics, dynamic events, and personal storytelling.  Building on the success of Guild Wars, NCsoft and ArenaNet are creating an MMO that lets gamers play the way they want, while at the same time retaining the no-subscription-fee business model that has made the original Guild Wars so popular. For more information about Guild Wars 2, visit www.guildwars2.com .

About NCsoft

NCsoft, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games, including the critically acclaimed Aion®, Lineage®, Guild Wars®, and City of Heroes® franchises.  Announced in August 2011, WildStar™ is the newest MMO being developed by internal team Carbine Studios. NCsoft West is a division of NCsoft that holds operating responsibilities for North America, Europe, South America, and Australia/New Zealand. More information can be found at www.ncsoft.com.

Announces Smartphone Device Engagements with Orange*, Lava*, ZTE* and Visa*

Discloses Range of New Smartphone SoCs and Communications Products

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 28, 2012 – Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini today detailed a number of announcements and plans aimed at expanding the company’s smartphone product portfolio and customer ecosystem, including strategic new engagements with Orange*, Lava International Ltd.*, ZTE*, and Visa*.

“We are very pleased to add new, important customers and capabilities to our phone offerings today. We remain focused on delivering exciting new features and outstanding performance to smartphone customers around the world.” said Otellini.

Otellini made the announcements during an Intel news conference at Mobile World Congress. He also highlighted the company’s plans to expand its smartphone SoC and communications product roadmaps for the performance and value smartphone market segments.

New Smartphone Customer Engagements

Building on strategic engagements with Motorola Mobility Inc.* and Lenovo *, Intel detailed new device relationships with Orange, Lava International Ltd. and ZTE.

Yves Maitre, Orange senior vice president of Mobile Multimedia and Devices, joined Otellini to discuss a new Orange smartphone based on the Intel® Atom™ processor Z2460 reference design. Housed in a sleek body, the design enables rich entertainment experiences and Orange services, including Orange TV, Daily Motion, Deezer, Orange Wednesdays and Orange Gestures. The Orange smartphone will be available in the United Kingdom and France later this summer.

Intel also announced plans to enter the high-growth market for smartphones in India through an alliance with Lava International Ltd., one of the fastest-growing Indian mobile handset companies.  Vishal Sehgal, Lava co-founder and board director, announced the launch of XOLO Smartphone by Lava. The XOLO X900 is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design and will be the first Intel technology-based smartphone in the India market. The device will be available from top retail outlets early in the second quarter of 2012 and will support major Indian cellular networks.

Similar to its previously announced partnership with Motorola Mobility, Intel also announced a multi-year mobile device collaboration across smartphones and tablets with global handset maker ZTE. Mr. He Shiyou, executive vice president and head of the Terminal Division of ZTE, discussed how his company’s alliance with Intel will enable ZTE to move faster and create unique and differentiated products for wireless operators. He also announced that ZTE’s first Intel-powered mobile device is scheduled to debut in the second half of 2012.

Expanding Smartphone SoC and Communications Roadmaps

Building on its ecosystem engagements, Intel announced plans for three new smartphone SoC products that expand the company’s portfolio from the performance-to-value market segments.

Extending the leading performance and energy efficiency of the Intel™ Atom® processor Z2460, formerly codenamed “Medfield,” Intel announced that the platform will now support speeds up to 2GHz.

Intel also announced the Atom™ Z2580 processor that doubles the performance of the Atom processor Z2460, and features an advanced multimode LTE/3G/2G solution. Intel will sample the Z2580 in the second half of the year with customer products scheduled in the first half of 2013.

Addressing the growing handset opportunity in emerging markets where consumers look for more value at lower prices, Intel disclosed plans for the Intel® Atom™ processor Z2000.

The Z2000 is aimed squarely at the value smartphone market segment, which industry sources predict could reach up to 500 million units by 2015¹. The platform includes a 1.0 GHz Atom CPU offering great graphics and video performance, and the ability to access the Web and play Google Android* games. It also supports the Intel® XMM 6265 3G HSPA+ modem with Dual-SIM 2G/3G, offering flexibility on data/voice calling plans to save on costs. Intel will sample the Z2000 in mid-2012 with customer products scheduled by early 2013.

Building on these 32nm announcements, Otellini discussed how the Atom™ processor will outpace Moore’s Law and announced that Intel will ship 22nm SoCs for carrier certification next year, and is already in development on 14nm SoC technology.

In 2011, Intel shipped in more than 400 million cellular platforms. Building on this market segment position, Intel announced the XMM 7160 , an advanced multimode LTE/3G/2G platform with support for 100Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink, and support for HSPA+ 42Mbps. Intel will sample the product in the second quarter with customer designs scheduled to launch by the end of 2012.

Intel also announced that it is sampling the XMM 6360 platform, a new slim modem 3G HSPA+ solution supporting 42Mbps downlink and 11.5Mbps uplink for small form factors.

Building Better Experiences on Intel Architecture 

Intel’s strategy is to create and enable engaging, consistent, aware and secure user experiences across a range of mobile devices.

An emerging trend is the use of mobile devices to enable secure online and retail commerce. Otellini welcomed John Partridge, President, Visa Inc., who announced a strategic multi-year alliance to develop mobile commerce solutions tailored to consumers in developed and developing countries.

The effort includes collaboration across a range of Visa mobile services and Intel® Atom™-based smartphones and tablets to deliver compelling and secure user services. As a first step, Partridge announced that Intel’s smartphone reference design is now certified for Visa payWave* mobile financial transactions. This means that customer products based on Intel’s smartphone reference design will have time-to-market support of Visa mobile services.

Building on its collaboration with Google , Intel continues to work closely with ISVs to help ensure the majority of Android apps run on Intel Atom processor-based devices. Otellini discussed how Intel has all the right tools and expertise to support the robust mobile application developer ecosystem.

About Intel

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes today unveiled new exclusive screenshots! This complex investigation game, developed by Frogwares for Xbox 360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC, today revealed more information with 6 new images of the famous detective’s detailed investigation.

With more corpses being discovered throughout London, Sherlock Holmes continues his investigation while staying hidden from Scotland Yard, who are still trying to arrest the detective. While the British police’s evidence suggests Holmes as the main suspect in several cases, Sherlock does not intend to stop the investigation he has already started. He may still need help from Watson, but the doctor’s faith is quickly waning…

You are Sherlock Holmes, and this is your investigation. Unfold an incredible conspiracy on PS3, Xbox 360® and PC, in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, in 2012!

SYDNEY, Australia – Mobile World Congress 2012 – 28 February 2012 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced significant advances in core areas of its enterprise mobility strategy across Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7 platforms. These advances help customers secure mobile data and enable business productivity across both corporate managed and personally owned unmanaged devices by providing cross-platform, multi-application protection. Key highlights include:

• New      Symantec Mobile Management for Microsoft System Center      Configuration Manager (SCCM)
• Enhanced      native mobile device management for Android and Windows Phone 7
• New      Symantec Mobile Security for Android
• New      Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Tablets integration      with Mobile Management
• New      Symantec Managed PKI Service integration with Mobile Management
• Symantec O₃ tie with Symantec’s enterprise      mobility platform

Symantec is empowering enterprises to foster mobile productivity by enabling new business models that rely on diverse mobile devices and innovative mobile applications. Symantec’s comprehensive data and application security address enterprises’ concerns by applying corporate security policies uniformly on all mobile devices, endpoints and applications. Symantec’s modular enterprise mobility platform will allow these services to be delivered via on-prem and SaaS models, as part of existing security and management solutions, to drive operational efficiencies and lower total-cost-of-ownership.

“Our recent State of Mobility Survey highlighted that 59 percent of enterprises are making line-of-business applications accessible from mobile devices, representing a dramatic shift in the nature of mobility from an email extension to a core business enabler,” said CJ Desai, senior vice president, Endpoint and Mobility Group, Symantec. “Symantec is at the forefront of enabling enterprise productivity. With these new enhancements to our mobile portfolio, we will offer the most comprehensive solution set for securing mobile devices, apps and data. With Symantec, enterprises no longer have to choose between productivity and security. We are changing the game by allowing them to confidently achieve both.”

Read more detailed blog post:

• Advancing      Symantec’s Enterprise Mobility Strategy: New Innovations Unveiled

This announcement advances Symantec’s enterprise mobility strategy by enhancing capabilities in device management, threat protection and enterprise integration.

Device Management

For enterprises that need a solution to centrally secure and manage mobile devices and applications, Mobile Management includes security policy management and application management for Android, iOS and Windows Mobile 7 platforms. From a unified management perspective, Symantec is announcing Mobile Management for Microsoft SCCM will be generally available in March. This, in addition to existing integration with Altiris IT Management Suite from Symantec , will make Mobile Management available for two of the most widely deployed management platforms. This enhanced support gives enterprises the visibility and control required to confidently embrace the proliferation of mobile devices.

Threat Protection

According to Symantec’s State of Mobility Survey , 67 percent of enterprises are concerned with malware attacks spreading from mobile devices to internal networks. With multiple app stores and unchecked applications, Android is a frequent target for malware, raising the possibility of data theft and browser-based phishing attacks. In response, Symantec plans to bring its anti-malware technology and global intelligence network capabilities to the Android platform with Mobile Security for Android. With the release of Mobile Security for Android, Symantec will help prevent rogue applications from stealing corporate and personal data and will enable safe web browsing. This solution will be generally available in late summer 2012.

Enterprise Integration

According to the same survey, 65 percent of enterprises cited data loss as one of their top concerns for mobile adoption. Symantec addresses the problem with Data Loss Prevention for Tablets, which is now generally available. Available first for the iPad, this solution monitors and controls the transmission of confidential data by applying industry leading fingerprinting and advanced machine learning technologies. Combined with Symantec’s recent release of Mobile Management, Data Loss Prevention for Tablets provides the industry’s strongest closed-loop solution to enable organisations to support business productivity and personal use concurrently across corporate and personal email, web communications and native applications.

No enterprise data is secure without proper access and authentication policies in place. To enable strong user and device authentication to enterprise networks and applications, Mobile Management is integrated with the new Managed PKI Service v8.3, which includes certificate management enhancements for iOS devices. This simplified integration automates the steps involved in extending PKI systems to mobile devices for user identity and authorisation, speeding the time to value with a user friendly, transparent process.

With 31 percent of IT personnel currently dealing with mobile related initiatives,  driving efficiency and lower total-cost-of-ownership is paramount. To deliver a broader array of choices for enterprises to manage their mobile deployments, Symantec will be making its enterprise mobility platform available. This console-agnostic platform will help Symantec extend its reach in the protection of mobile users by allowing enterprises, partners and telcos to quickly and efficiently integrate their offerings with a common web services and agent architecture.

In combination with Symantec O3 – the company’s cloud information protection platform – the Symantec enterprise mobility platform will enable secure usage of cloud apps from mobile devices. This combination provides layered information security and information management controls on the device and in the cloud to secure native applications as well as SaaS use-cases. With support for a wide variety of cloud apps and services and integration with wide variety of identity sources, Symantec enables innovative business models created in the confluence of cloud and mobile technologies.

Additional Quotes

• “Securing      tablets is a hot issue. It’s where the workforce is going, and it is      critical to control the information that is leaving from these devices.      Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Tablets does just that, it ensures the      confidential data on tablets will be protected and helps to balance the      need for security with productivity of users.” – Robert Kalinofski,      Principal Consultant , Carbn Security
• “The      overwhelming demands of consumerisation and access to information from      mobile devices is leaving enterprise IT departments to struggle with the      requirements of device choice, the new era of mobile apps and the blurred      lines between corporate and personal data. Organisations must look to      secure the complete ecosystem: devices, apps and data. Doing that in an      efficient manner that enables business productivity will be key to      success.” – Leif-Olof Wallin, Research VP, Gartner

Related

• Blog: Advancing      Symantec’s Enterprise Mobility Strategy: New Innovations Unveiled
• Symantec Mobile Solutions
• Research: 2012 State of      Mobility Survey
• Research: A Window      Into Mobile Device Security
• Research: Motivations of Recent      Android Malware
• Podcast: A      Holistic Approach to Mobile Security

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