Iomega, an EMC company and global leader in data protection, has announced the addition of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise to all Iomega StorCenter PX series network storage products. 

The company said the combination of McAfee running natively on the Iomega PX series network storage products represents an industry first - an enterprise-class endpoint protection product running natively on desktop and rackmount network storage products designed specifically for small and medium businesses, remote office/branch office installations, and distributed enterprises. 

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux software empowers users of Iomega’s PX series with comprehensive threat identification and remediation through McAfee’s global network and reach, as well as consistent features and behavior with the rest of McAfee’s VirusScan family, the statement said. 

Iomega is the only sub-$10K NAS vendor with an enterprise implementation of VSEL, it said.

McAfee’s VSEL is expected to be included with Iomega StorCenter PX series products beginning in second half of 2012.

“The addition of McAfee VirusScanon Iomega PX series network storage products means SMBs and distributed enterprises have a valuable new protection layer against data corruption and virus attacks,” said Mike Nikzad, chief operating officer, Iomega Corporation. 

“Users of Iomega’s PX series products will experience the seamless integration of McAfee VirusScan, giving them a greater comfort zone in their IT administration and data protection priorities. McAfee VirusScan is a premium feature for our customers as well as a technology innovation and collaboration of industry leading innovators.”

Candace Worley, senior vice president and general manager, endpoint security, McAfee, said: “This unique product combination enables businesses to deploy network storage at the very edge of their networks, with the McAfee protection capabilities that they’ve come to trust and depend upon.” – TradeArabia News Service