SEATTLE, WA, Aug 13, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) --Intego, the leading provider of security solutions for the Mac,today announced the availability of Flextivity 1.5, offering smalland medium sized businesses (SMBs) new features that make managingsecurity and productivity for multiple devices more efficient.According to the National Small Business Association, 40 percent ofsmall business owners manage their own tech support and 39 percenthandle their own online security(1) without any outside help.Flextivity's new updates help address this pain point, providing aneasy-to-use solution that's designed from the ground up for SMBs.
If you fell victim to the scam and contacted one of these companies for additional assistance, your computer may have been compromised. The first thing you should do is contact your bank or credit card company to dispute the charge as fraudulent and monitor your records for any unusual purchases or activity. Intego Launches Flextivity™, the First Integrated Security and Activity Monitoring Solution for Mac New Cloud-Based Solution Helps Small and Medium Sized Business Owners Protect Their Network While Boosting Office Productivity.
As the market's first integrated cloud-based security and activitymonitoring solution for Mac-based SMBs, Flextivity helps smallbusinesses protect their network and gives them powerful insight intoemployee activity and productivity. The newest version, Flextivity1.5, includes new features that make managing multiple devices moreefficient:
'Small business owners know the importance of securing their businessesfrom Internet threats, but they often don't have the time orresources to put the right security measures in place,' said JeffErwin, president and CEO, Intego. 'Flextivity solves this problemwith an integrated solution that any small business can easilydeploy. The latest features make it even easier for SMBs to manageand secure their Macs from both Mac and Windows threats.'
Built and delivered in the cloud, Flextivity is a comprehensive suiteof affordable security and monitoring tools that helps SMBs ensuretheir Macs are secured from the latest Internet threats. Flextivityalso gives SMBs the ability to control which applications employeescan access, as well as when they can access them. The solution alsoincludes web content filtering features and customized time andlocation-based limits on Internet access to increase employeeproductivity.
Current Flextivity customers will receive the 1.5 updatesautomatically. Flextivity can be purchased for a monthly subscriptionas a fully integrated solution or as standalone products:
Discounts are available for volume purchases, and unlike othersolutions, there is no long-term contract or annual commitment.Flextivity is available in English, French, German, Japanese andSpanish.
Learn more about Flextivity at www.flextivity.com or follow us onTwitter: @flextivity.
About Intego Intego is a Seattle based software company that hasbeen designing award-winning solutions to protect and optimize Appleproducts for 17 years. Its focused experience allows the company tocreate software that not only works well, but is also elegant andintuitive -- just like the Mac and iOS devices it protects andenhances. For more information, visit www.intego.com.
(1) National Small Business Association, 2013 Small BusinessTechnology Survey,http://www.nsba.biz/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Technology-Survey-2013.pdf
SOURCE: Intego, Inc.
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Intego’s security solutions for small to medium businesses (SMBs) offer flexible protection to a wide number of Mac workstations and their networks. If you are a smaller business, then you might do well with Intego's VirusBarrier and NetBarrier X8 offerings. Using the company's experiences in protection of home Mac devices, Intego designed the software to be optimally used by about 10 or so Mac devices. VirusBarrier offers proactive protection as well as customizable scanning tools to safeguard your Mac devices from malware, all with a simple and easy-to-use interface. NetBarrier provides a way to manage your business network and the devices connecting to it. It has an added benefit of giving administrators a way to analyze bandwidth, including which application is using it, and if excessive usage is potentially harmful to the network. However, for businesses with more than 10 devices, Flextivity is a better choice.
Intego’s Flextivity solution comes in three variations. The first is Flextivity Secure, which includes the antivirus and network protection of VirusBarrier and NetBarrier, armed with a two-way firewall. It’s fast, easy-to-deploy, and can even come with preconfigured settings. The second variation is called Flextivity Monitor, which is designed to help your administrators with monitoring workflow and maintaining productivity, while minimizing the use of bandwidth for any usage deemed not suitable for the workplace.
RELATED PRODUCTSWebroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint ProtectionSophos Cloud Endpoint SecurityTrend Micro Worry-Free Business Security ServicesIf you are looking to have the most rounded protection and workstation control, you'll probably find that Flextivity Complete is the best solution. It comes armed with every tool available in the first two versions, with licenses for up to 100 Mac computers. If your business needs more than that number, then you can inquire for a customized purchase on Intego’s website.
VirusBarrier X8 and NetBarrier X8
The cornerstone of Intego’s protection is in their VirusBarrier X8 software. This solution comes with a plethora of protection utilities, ranging from active real-time protection to scanning. While it is primarily designed for Macs, it also detects malware from other platforms, to prevent the spreading of malicious software to other devices, no matter their OS. Another great function of VirusBarrier's proactive protection is its behavioral analysis, which will detect suspicious activity in applications and notify the user of it.
Real-time active protection serves as the front line of defense against potentially harmful threats, but in order to ensure that nothing has snuck past your front line, VirusBarrier X8 comes with a powerful scanning tool. The scanner can be set up to do custom on-demand scans, or regular scheduled maintenance. In order to decrease scanning times, certain folders can be tagged as exceptions.
VirusBarrier X8 strives to be as user friendly as possible through several means. The first notable one is the user interface, which is simple and easy to navigate, while offering a wide variety of options for those who still want to have full control over their protection. Another benefit is the ability to lower the performance impact by offering low-priority scanning.
If you are looking to extend the safety for your network of devices, as well as manage your network devices, Intego’s NetBarrier X8 is the tool for the job. Having the ability to manage whether and how each device connects to the internet is a key part of this software. Whether it’s harmful malware trying to leak information, or just an application acting suspiciously, NetBarrier will give you the option to choose how to deal with the situation, using an easy-to-use interface.
Flextivity Secure
Intego’s Flextivity Secure combines the protective capabilities of both VirusBarrier and NetBarrier, and streamlines them for easy application in medium-sized businesses. To optimize protection of your Mac devices and network, Flextivity Secure offers two main tools: antivirus protection and a sophisticated two-way firewall, based on the advanced technology in their individual applications.
Its antivirus protection is proactive and easy to set up, making deployment quick and painless, and ensuring that your business is protected as soon as possible. Along with the real time protection offered by the software, it also comes with customizable security scans that can be scheduled and automated from a central console.
The two-way firewall will not only block out incoming threats, but also protect against outgoing data, such as harmful leaks of confidential information. Your internet technology (IT) department can set up customized policies for how the firewall reacts to certain things, depending on what level of leniency you wish to give to your workforce. Another bonus of it is the ability to extend protection to devices not normally part of the work network, all from the cloud-based dashboard, which has an easy-to-use interface, ideal for streamlining administrative work.
Flextivity Monitor
Managing productivity in the workplace is achieved not only through ensuring the safety of your network and facilities, but also by managing work flow and monitoring employee activity. Through the use of the cloud-based dashboard, you can generate reports on individual devices and even users, detailing how much bandwidth each is using, and even which websites are being visited.
Another feature of this monitoring software is its Screenshot Capture function, which captures screenshots of employee activities in the workplace. This can be triggered by suspicious activity, or even be set up as a periodic event. It can give your business an added layer of protection and control, by providing visual captures of applications being run. It can even be triggered if certain keywords are mentioned. This will grant you an opportunity to minimize the use of your business's resources on private matters, and maximize productivity.
If you are interested in a more proactive way of managing online access, Flextivity Monitor's Web Filtering option can filter out unwanted access to websites that are deemed unfit for usage in the workplace. Managing which categories of websites can have what degree of access is made simple with this tool, so your management can set up limited visits to certain categories, or just outright block them. For those websites outside of the database, Flextivity Monitor has dynamic filtering, the ability to make custom blacklists and white lists of websites, and the ability to limit online access. This is managed either through making a daily limit on certain categories of websites, or just scheduling when the web can be accessed.
Flextivity Complete
The most complete package and solution that Intego offers is called Flextivity Complete. It combines the Secure and Monitor solutions all in one. With the combination of these two solutions, your management achieves near-total security and control, all through the usage of the cloud-based dashboard, which makes the whole process streamlined and easy to deploy.
So if your business needs to protect up to 100 devices, Flextivity Complete will grant you that security. Having both the ability to protect your individual devices, and the network, as well as how they interact with the internet, will no doubt prove to be a useful asset.