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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will take a more offensive posture at this week?s RSA Conference, where the company will show off the latest revs of its forthcoming network access protection (NAP) technology and more secure Windows Vista and Longhorn Server.
Although the release of Microsoft?s quarantine technology has already been delayed and will lag behind the network access control solutions of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, Microsoft?s integration of NAP with its next-generation Windows platform?as well as with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003?will give it a leg up on competitors, sources say.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company is no longer just battling blazes, they say, but taking on competitors for available security dollars.
At RSA this week, for example, Microsoft?s focus on protection and prevention with Vista, Internet Explorer 7 and NAP, as well as investments in forthcoming security products and services such as ISA 2006 and antivirus and Web filtering products for business customers, show the company has worked hard to clean up its reputation in the security arena, partners say.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will take a more offensive posture at this week?s RSA Conference, where the company will show off the latest revs of its forthcoming network access protection (NAP) technology and more secure Windows Vista and Longhorn Server.
Although the release of Microsoft?s quarantine technology has already been delayed and will lag behind the network access control solutions of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, Microsoft?s integration of NAP with its next-generation Windows platform?as well as with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003?will give it a leg up on competitors, sources say.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company is no longer just battling blazes, they say, but taking on competitors for available security dollars.
At RSA this week, for example, Microsoft?s focus on protection and prevention with Vista, Internet Explorer 7 and NAP, as well as investments in forthcoming security products and services such as ISA 2006 and antivirus and Web filtering products for business customers, show the company has worked hard to clean up its reputation in the security arena, partners say.
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