RENO, Nevada—Search400.com, part of the TechTarget network of websites for enterprise IT professionals, has selected Bytware’s StandGuard Anti-Virus as the ‘Product of the Year’ in the Security Products category of the Search400.com Products of the Year awards for 2003. This Gold award recognition acknowledges StandGuard Anti-Virus’s innovation and role in meeting the evolving needs of today’s marketplace. The awards are presented by the editors of Search400.com and were judged by a panel of industry experts, including the editors of Search400.com, a select group of users, and independent industry analysts, with input from Search400.com members. Judges selected the Products of the Year from among products announced and shipped between September 30, 2002 and October 1, 2003. StandGuard Anti-Virus was announced by Bytware on June 22, 2003, at the IBM Technical Conference in Las Vegas.

“There is no other vendor for anti-virus natively on AS/400, so for innovation, they score very high,” one judge remarked. “And because all other ways of accomplishing anti-virus for an iSeries require ‘time over the wire,’ so to speak, [Bytware] gets high marks for performance.”

An IBM ServerProven application, StandGuard Anti-Virus is the first and only AV solution to run natively on the iSeries OS/400. Powered by McAfee’s industry leading scanning engine — named the top engine by the University of Hamburg Virus Test Center for three consecutive years — StandGuard Anti-Virus provides protection from viruses stored on the iSeries that can be passed on to servers and client PCs, as well as to other companies with which data is shared. StandGuard Anti-Virus’s mail scanning capabilities also provide the first ever protection for OS/400 mail. Designed to meet the demands of and risks to an evolving business world, StandGuard Anti-Virus brings a much needed tool to the iSeries.

StandGuard Anti-Virus is quick to install, comes preconfigured to run right out of the box, and includes both green screens and an iSeries Navigator plug-in. Those familiar with PC-based scanning solutions will be able to immediately work with the GUI, and those preferring green screens can get quick results with the intuitive menus and commands. Virus definition updates are automatically downloaded directly from McAfee Security. And because StandGuard Anti-Virus runs natively on OS/400 there is no more transferring data across the wire, in the clear, to a scanning PC allowing for increased security and unparalleled performance.

StandGuard Anti-Virus is supported by Bytware’s 24/7/365 technical support through phone and Web.

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., developer of StandGuard Anti-Virus, the first and only native anti-virus solution for the iSeries, announced that the product has been nominated for the Tech Target Search400 Product of the Year Award in the Security category. The Award, which will be handed out in January of 2004, honors the product that is deemed to be the most innovative in the iSeries security marketplace, and that represents a technological advancement for the platform. To be considered for the award, nominated products must be introduced between September 30, 2002 and October 1, 2003.

Announced on June 22, 2003, StandGuard Anti-Virus is the first AV solution to run natively on the iSeries’ OS/400. Powered by McAfee’s industry-leading scanning engine, StandGuard Anti-Virus provides protection from viruses in the IFS that can be passed on to servers and client PCs. StandGuard Anti-Virus’s mail scanning capabilities also provide the first ever protection for OS/400 mail. Designed to meet the demands of and risks to an evolving business world, StandGuard Anti-Virus brings a much needed tool to the iSeries.

For more information about StandGuard Anti-Virus, please visit http://www.bytware.com/products/av/ or call 775-851-2900.