Recently, Symantec surprised all its users by announcing the immediate ending terms of all the new licenses. It was for the popular Endpoint Protection Cloud and the Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition of 2013 products. Indeed, the products have been announced on the ending terms as per the official end-of-life date!
You may be wondering about the reason that got backed up for such a
step, right? Contextually, it can be seen that this urgency has its tracings as
there was an increase of mobile ransomware to more than 33%. And at the same
time, there was a more than 600% increase in IoT attacks, and more than 80%
increase could be seen in android vulnerabilities and iOS attacks! Yes, it is
agreed that the endpoint threats have continuously changing graphs for the
current world that we deal with, yet we must get updated in technology.
All the customers running the Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud or
the Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition are specifically
alarmed with such an announcement. Indeed, the thought of losing all their
subscriptions is scary for their work. However, the company has committed to
maintaining the best ongoing protection steps for all their customers in a good
light.
The Symantec Endpoint Protection is the most advanced single-agent
endpoint security with detection and response, prevention, adaptation, and
deception. It offers more layers of protection with an exquisite level of
performance. You get all these benefits from just one lightweight agent. The Symantec
Endpoint Protection effectively delivers the best multi-layer
protection to stop threats and offers a superior solution that integrates the
existing security infrastructure.
What are the free
upgrades, and how would the customer know if he is eligible or not?
As per the company’s announcement, all the customers currently running
the Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud or the Symantec Endpoint Protection
Small Business Edition 2013 would shortly be receiving a free upgrade to SES.
Here SES is abbreviated as Symantec
Endpoint Security. This is an industry-leading endpoint protection
platform. Note that this would be applicable for the remaining time of your
required subscription duration.
Contextually, the
eligibility for this free upgrade is decided based on the following criteria-
All the customers who hold a valid subscription for Symantec Endpoint
Protection Cloud or Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 103 are
eligible for the free upgrade. It is to note that the subscription should be
current to access the free upgrade from the company. Indeed, you will find that
these above solutions from Symantec have been extensively known for different
names in the past. The table would help you relate to the terms-
When will the upgrade be available for Symantec Endpoint Security?
The customers waiting to get the free upgrade need not worry because
the company is expected to launch promotions to all its partners between April
27- November 2, 2020!
The bottom line
You can go through some of the other cases to know more about the Symantec Endpoint Protection aspects and your free upgrade conditions. Let the new-technology rule better than the old one!
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