VANCOUVER, B.C. and SAN RAMON, Calif. December, 2012 – Faronics, a global leader in simplifying, securing and managing multi-user computer environments, today announced that its instant system-restore solution, Faronics Deep Freeze Enterprise, has been selected as a winner of Tech & Learning’s 30th Annual Awards of Excellence for “Best Upgraded Products”.

Tech & Learning’s “Best Upgrade” category honors already-released products that have been significantly enhanced to evolve with changing technology and continue to offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students.

Deep Freeze Enterprise facilitates the smooth maintenance of multi-user education environments because it protects original workstation configurations by restoring the computer settings to their original condition with a simple reboot. Deep Freeze eliminates the need for IT professionals to perform rebuilds, re-image or troubleshoot computers. The resulting protection significantly reduces software related issues and system crashes, allowing IT professionals to efficiently manage their environment using less staff and resources.

“As schools continue to have to do more with less, buying the right solution for your district needs is more important than ever,” says Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for NewBay Media’s Tech & Learning Group. “Tech & Learning is proud to present these recommended products that have been put to the test by our experienced educational team of judges.”

The December 2012 Awards Issue of Tech & Learning will provide detailed descriptions of all the winning products as well as judges’ comments.
Further information about Deep Freeze Enterprise can be found here .

Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category.  These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of technologies.

Launched last June, the Faronics Blog explores a variety of IT topics including malware trends and scams, and news on mobile, green, and educational technology.  

“We are proud to be recognized as an industry player whose blog has been named finalist by Info Security Products Guide,” says Ryan Majeau, Web and Social Strategist for Faronics.  “We get that social media is a company-wide initiative and we work hard to ensure our blog has many voices. This ranges from Tech Support Personnel, to Developers, to Sales Managers, to Executives.  We’re proud of our talent, and we want to display our expertise.”

Winners will be honored in San Francisco on February 29, 2012. To learn more about the Faronics Blog, visit www.faronics.com/news/blog.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

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Date: 02/07/2012 Time: 11:00 am PT

Every day the news is filled with headlines of malware, data loss and breaches. It’s obvious the trend is on the rise. With over 60,000 unique malware samples discovered each day blacklisting technology like your Anti-Virus can’t keep up.

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