Hamlet includes code from two recent Symantec acquisitions: It will include firewall capabilities based on the Sygate Enterprise Protection software Symantec acquired in 2005. In addition to performance improvements, Hamlet will be easier to use and to manage, Foster said. 'With this release, we're really focused on changing the game for antivirus.' 'This is the next major version of the code base,' said Brian Foster, senior director of product management with Symantec's end point security group. The new software is a major advance for Symantec, which has been working for more than a year to integrate firewall, zero-day protection and network access control features into its antivirus product. Hamlet will be a follow-up to Symantec's AntiVirus Corporate Edition, version 10. Company representatives declined to reveal Hamlet's official product name, but it's listed on the Vision conference Web site. Under the code name Hamlet, the product has been available to a select group of beta testers since March, but next week it will be released in a public beta, according to Symantec.

will kick off its annual Symantec Vision conference next week with the first public release of its next-generation corporate antivirus software, called Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.

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