Security news18 October 2001
Alliance & Leicester places trust in Sophos Anti-Virus Alliance & Leicester has chosen to renew its contract with Sophos Anti-Virus
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today announced that Alliance & Leicester, one of the UK's major financial services groups, has chosen to renew its contract with Sophos Anti-Virus to protect its servers and workstations from over 68,000 computer viruses, trojans and worms.
The Alliance & Leicester has been using Sophos Anti-Virus since 1995, and the software is deployed throughout the organisation. Sophos Anti-Virus currently defends 7,000 computer users within the Alliance & Leicester Group from virus attack.
"After an initial evaluation process Sophos Anti-Virus proved itself to be the product best suited to our needs," said David Peel, head of service delivery for the Alliance & Leicester. "We cannot run the risk of infection; the Sophos solution has continued to provide the reliability, protection and superior level of support that we require."
"Computer viruses have the potential to cause significant damage so efficient protection is a must," said Mark Forrest, sales and marketing director for Sophos Anti-Virus. "We are naturally delighted to be the preferred choice of the Alliance & Leicester Group once again, and believe that their loyalty illustrates the commitment we show to all Sophos customers."
About The Alliance & Leicester Group
Alliance & Leicester is one of the UK's major financial services groups. It offers a broad range of financial services to personal, commercial and small business customers. Alliance & Leicester has been a member of the FTSE 100 index of leading shares since converting from its original mutual building society status in 1997.
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More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
