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Trend Micro Inc.
趨勢科技
トレンドマイクロ株式会社
Type Public (TYO: 4704)
Industry Security software
Founded USA (1988)
Founder(s) 陳怡樺 (Eva Chen)
張明正 (Steve Chang)
Headquarters 〒 151-0053
1 No. 2 - chome, Shibuya-ku Yoyogi
Tokyo, Japan
Area served Worldwide
Key people Eva Chen (CEO)
Mahendra Negi (COO & CFO)
Steve Chang (Chairman)
Products Trend Micro Internet Security (aka PC-cillin and VirusBuster), Smart Surfing for Mac, Titanium Internet Security for Netbooks, Worry-Free Business Security, Hosted Email Security, Worry-Free Business Services, OfficeScan, InterScan Web Security, InterScan Messaging Security, Data Loss Prevention, Deep Security, Core Protection for Virtual Machines, Enterprise Security Suite, HouseCall, Web Protection Add-on, Smart Surfing for the iPhone, HijackThis
Revenue Decrease ¥ 93,839 million (2012)[1]
Operating income Decrease ¥ 22,407 million (2012)
Net income Decrease ¥ 13,447 million (2012)
Employees Increase 5,137
Website Trendmicro.com

Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704) (Japanese: トレンドマイクロ株式会社 Torendo Maikuro Kabushiki-Gaisha; Chinese: 趨勢科技) is a Japanese security software company. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and markets Trend Micro Internet Security, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security, OfficeScan, and other related security products and services. Eva Chen has been CEO for the company since 2005 succeeding Steve Chang, who is now Chairman.

Trend Micro competes in the antivirus industry against Avira, BitDefender, BullGuard, F-Secure, Frisk, Kaspersky, McAfee, PC Tools, and Symantec among others.

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[edit] History

[edit] Foundation

The company was founded in 1988 in Los Angeles by Steve Chang (張明正, Chang Ming-cheng), his wife, Jenny Chang, and her sister, Eva Chen (陳怡樺).[2] Shortly after establishing the company, its founders moved headquarters to Taipei.[3]

In 1992, Trend Micro took over a Japanese software firm to form Trend Micro Devices and established headquarters in Japan. It then made an agreement with CPU maker Intel under which it produced an anti-virus product for local area networks (LANs) for sale under Intel’s name. Intel paid royalties to Trend for sales of LANDesk Virus Protect in the United States and Europe, while Trend paid royalties to Intel for sales in Asia. In 1993, Novell began bundling the product with its network operating system.[3] In 1996 the two companies agreed to a two-year continuation of the agreement in which Trend was allowed to globally market the ServerProtect product under its own brand alongside Intel's LANDesk brand.

[edit] Products

[edit] Consumer products

The 2011-2012 range of products are Titanium Internet Security, Titanium Maximum Security and Titanium Security for Netbooks as well as Trend Micro SafeSync and Online Guardian.

There are also various versions for mobile devices, including Trend Micro Titanium Tablet Security for Android, Mobile Security Personal Edition, Smart Surfing for iPhone and SafeSync Mobile.

The company also offers a variety of free tools to diagnose and mitigate security issues:

  • HouseCall
HouseCall is a free web-based utility which scans for and cleans computers of viruses, Trojans, spyware, and other malware. It performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection. According to Trend Micro HouseCall is compatible with all browsers and the following operating systems: Windows XP (32-bit) Home or Professional; Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) Ultimate, Business, Home Premium, or Home Basic; and Windows 7, RC (32-bit, 64-bit). The latest version of HouseCall (7.1) allows users to perform a Full Scan, Quick Scan, or Custom Scan.[4] It is launched by a program downloaded from the Trend Web site, and does not require Java to be installed.[5]

[edit] Small business products

Trend Micro offers Worry-Free Business Security and InterScan Messaging Hosted Security for small businesses.

[edit] Enterprise products

The 2010 Trend Micro Enterprise products include OfficeScan, InterScan Web Security, InterScan Messaging Security, and Deep Security. Trend Micro acquired the OSSEC project along with its acquisition of Third Brigade, and has promised to keep it open source and free.[6]

[edit] Technologies

In June 2008, Trend Micro introduced Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, a cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from web threats, such as data stealing malware. This combines in-the-cloud technologies with other client-based AV technologies to reduce dependency on conventional pattern file downloads on the endpoint.[7] AVTest.org results from December 2009 testing show Trend Micro Office Scan ahead of the competition.[8] Website administrators however report abusive behavior from the Trend Micro Network that is displaying malware characteristics. Reported behavior[9] indicates security risks for users of Trend Micro Internet Security who access internet banking facilities.

[edit] Mergers and acquisitions

  • In May 2005: Trend Micro acquired InterMute Inc., a developer of anti-spyware products.[10]
  • In June 2005: Acquired Kelkea Inc; an IP filtering and reputation company.[11][12]
  • In February 2007: Acquired HijackThis, an antispyware program from Merijn[13]
  • On October 25, 2007: Acquired Provilla, Inc; a provider of data loss prevention solutions.[14]
  • On February 25, 2008: Acquired Identum Ltd; a provider of ID-based cryptography (IBE)[15][16]
  • On April 29, 2009: Acquired Third Brigade; a provider of intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) systems.[17]
  • On June 10, 2010: Acquired humyo; an online storage and data synchronization company, based in Leeds, UK[18]
  • On November 29, 2010: Acquired Mobile Armor; an innovative encryption specialist based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA[19]
  • On June 16, 2012: Acquired AffirmTrust; a provider of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates needed for secure web-based transactions [20]

[edit] Patent lawsuits

Back in 2008, Trend Micro has sued Barracuda Networks for the latter's distribution of ClamAV as part of a security package.[21] Trend Micro claimed that Barracuda's use of ClamAV infringes on the software patent [22] for filtering viruses on an Internet gateway. The free software community had responded in part by calling for a boycott of Trend Micro. The boycott was backed by the Free Software Foundation.[23]

[edit] See Also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "2012 Financial Data". Trend Micro. 2012-02-14. 
  2. ^ "Company Overview - Trend Micro USA". Us.trendmicro.com. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  3. ^ a b http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=117&CtNode=1354
  4. ^ http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22919-order,2-c,antivirus/description.html
  5. ^ http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22919-order,2-c,antivirus/description.html
  6. ^ "Trend Micro to Acquire Third Brigade". 
  7. ^ Stefanie Hoffman. "Trend Micro Releases New 'Smart Protection Network'". 
  8. ^ "Competitive Benchmark Tests – AV-Test.org - Trend Micro USA". Us.trendmicro.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  9. ^ "Project Honeypot". Project Honeypot. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  10. ^ "Trend Micro press release announcing Intermute acquisition". 
  11. ^ Trend Micro press release announcing Kelkea acquisition[dead link]
  12. ^ Everett, Cath (2005-06-15) Trend Micro tackles spam with Kelkea buy ZDNet
  13. ^ Trend Micro acquires HijackThis antispyware tool CNET
  14. ^ Trend Micro to Snap Up Provilla for DLP eWeek
  15. ^ "Trend Micro press release announcing acquisition of Identum". 
  16. ^ "Crypto vendor Identum bought by Trend Micro". 
  17. ^ "Trend Micro Accelerates Dynamic Datacenter Security Strategy with Acquisition of Third Brigade". 
  18. ^ Trend Micro to Buy Cloud Storage Provider Humyo CNET
  19. ^ Mobile Armor to be acquired by Trend Micro for expanded data protection Trend Micro Inc.
  20. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2012/06/affirmtrust-acquired-by-billion-dollar.html AffirmTrust acquired by billion-dollar Japanese company
  21. ^ "Trend Micro patent claim provokes FOSS community, leads to boycott". Linux.com. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 
  22. ^ http://www.google.com/patents/US5623600 US patent #5,623,600
  23. ^ "Boycott Trend Micro". Free Software Foundation. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 

[edit] External links

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