Life Health Foods
Norman Endpoint Protection - a real health treatment for the network
“Norman Endpoint Protection is a simple tool that gives a rapid overview of which computers have been updated and which haven’t.”
Patrik Ekstedt, operations manager, Life Europe in Norrköping
“It is important for us to have good antivirus protection. At present we have altogether 130 shops in Sweden. Some of them are our own and some are more independent, linked to us via franchise agreements and using their own consultants and so on. This can make it difficult to keep control over how all the computers are used,” explains Patrik Ekstedt, operations manager of Life Europe AB.
Life began using Norman Endpoint Protection a couple of months ago. The program means that all security upgrades in the different shops’ networks can be controlled via one central administration tool.
That this should be Norman Endpoint Protection was fairly obvious. There is quite simply no possibility of replacing Norman’s well-functioning protection. Patrik evaluated Norman Endpoint Protection during the summer and has also run it in beta version.
“This confirmed for me that Norman Endpoint Protection is a simple tool that gives a rapid overview of which computers have been updated and which haven’t.”
With the aid of Norman’s advanced security technologies like DNA Matching and Sandbox, Norman Endpoint Protection efficiently presents information about which computers have been infected and where any threats may be located. The clients listen and “sniff” for known and unknown security threats and automatically register when new units are connected to the network. What Patrik sees on the screen is a clear and easy to read bar that shows the level of threat in the network’s computers from red via yellow to green. The information can be obtained via e-mail or SMS if required, but in these early stages Patrik prefers to check it himself manually.
“Norman Endpoint Protection is very welcome and simplifies things for us tremendously,” says Patrik. “If we had to go round and change the protection in 130 shops all over Sweden, it would take four hours per shop on average, plus travelling time, so we are saving a lot of money.”
An inbuilt policy tool is also included in Norman Endpoint Protection, which allows one to pre-install security levels for various parts of the network and quickly check the “health situation” of the network, something Patrik is also very happy with.
“We have gone from having quite limited control to having in principle full control over our entire business network. This is a big step for us and brings substantial benefits for the company,” says Patrik.
Facts about Life
Life is the leading market place for health products and services in the Nordic countries. Life helps its customers stay healthy by achieving a better balance between diet, exercise and rest. Life Europe AB has about 500 shops in Sweden, Norway and Finland and about 300,000 active club members. The group has 380 employees and had a turnover of over SEK 1.6 billion in 2008.
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