
Trend Micro is a leader in Internet content
security. Its products protect the flow of information on PCs, file
servers, email servers and at the Internet gateway, providing a complete
centrally-controlled VirusWall for enterprise computer networks. Trend
Micro also delivers a range of web-based services for consumer and
corporate users, including email and web content filtering and the remote
management of network antivirus protection.
Building security into the infrastructure
of the Internet, Trend Micro has launched the eDoctor Global Network,
joining with leading service providers (ASPs, ISPs, MSPs and telcos) to
deliver value-added Internet content security services to their customers.
British Telecom, Sprint and US WEST are just a few of the Internet giants
which have joined this worldwide initiative. Trend Micro is also entering
the burgeoning market of Internet infrastructure software. A new
subsidiary, ipTrend, is developing Linux-based solutions for use in
e-commerce.
Founded in 1988 by Steve Chang, Trend Micro
has grown into a global company with over 700 employees in 15 countries.
Sales soared by an average of 80% per year in its first decade, reaching
US$134.5m in 1999. Corporate headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan,
with business units in North and South America, Europe, Asia and
Australia.
The company went public with a highly
successful IPO on the Japanese over-the-counter market in 1998 and was
listed on NASDAQ in 1999. As of March 2000, the company's market
capitalization exceeded US$13.9 billion.
Trend Micro has earned a solid reputation
for transforming great ideas into cutting-edge technology.
Industry-leading publications have repeatedly hailed its innovative,
effective solutions. The Gartner Group cites Trend Micro's strategy,
vision, and business acumen for upsetting the status quo in the virus
management market. It has positioned Trend Micro as the most visionary
malicious code management supplier every year since 1997.
Industry |
|
Internet
infrastructure
software and services
including antivirus and
Internet content security
solutions |
Traded |
Japan
OTC Market (4704),
NASDAQ (TMIC) |
Chairman
& CEO |
Steve
Chang |
Headquarters |
Tokyo,
Japan |
Overseas
Subsidiaries |
11
(12/99) |
Number
of Employees |
699
(12/99) |
Founded |
1988,
CA, US |
IPO |
Japan
OTC: August, 1998 |
Listed |
NASDAQ:
July, 1999 |
Shares
Outstanding |
65,
005,660 shares
outstanding (2/29/00) |
1999
Revenue |
13,741
million Yen
(US$134,505K at exchange rate
of JP?02.16/USD) |

- The Core Business Division
focuses on channel sales of Trend Micro's "best of breed"
enterprise antivirus and security products and services.
- The Internet Outsourcing Services
Division (IOS) concentrates on outsourcing value-added services to
service providers, including ASPs, ISPs, MSPs and telcos.
- The New Business Division handles
Internet-related investments and acquisitions.

Trend Micro provides centrally controlled,
server-based computer virus and malicious code protection. Protecting all
possible virus entry points on the network, Trend Micro offers customers a
complete Internet content security solution.
InterScan VirusWall scans SMTP, HTTP
and FTP traffic for computer viruses.
- InterScan eManager , a plug-in for
InterScan VirusWall, filters out spam and screens message content.
- InterScan AppletTrap protects against
malicious Java applets, ActiveX controls and web scripts.
- InterScan WebManager filters, secures
and manages Internet traffic.
ScanMail scans email messages on
Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus cc:Mail and HP OpenMail servers.
ServerProtect provides antivirus
protection for Windows NT and Novell NetWare servers to prevent
virus-infected files from being copied to shared drives or infecting
archives during back-up procedures.
OfficeScan provides antivirus
scanning on workstations throughout a company with central management and
reporting via a web-based management console.
PC-cillin is an antivirus scanning
program for home computers. In addition to conventional file, boot and
macro viruses, PC-cillin protects against malicious Java applets, ActiveX
controls and web scripts.
The Trend Micro families of content
security products can be managed by the Trend Virus Control System (TVCS
) - a web-based HTML console that coordinates the functions of most
Trend Micro products over multiple user sites. Administrators can use TVCS
to install, update, upgrade and configure Trend Micro software running on
their networks.

Trend Micro has a widespread network of
partnerships and strategic alliances with some of the most respected names
in the IT industry including: Check Point, Cisco Systems, Compaq, Hewlett
Packard, ISS, Lotus and Lucent Technologies.

Trend Micro's security solutions have been chosen by leading companies
such as Boeing, Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, Chase Manhattan Corp.,
Lucent Technologies, GTE, ConAgra, Coca-Cola, MCI WorldCom, UAL, Sprint
and Electronic Data Systems.

2000 |
ServerProtect,
OfficeScan and Trend VCS awarded Editor's Choice by PC
Professionell, the PC Magazine of Germany |
2000 |
ScanMail for Exchange
named Best Buy by SECURE Computing Magazine |
1999 |
ServerProtect won Windows
NT 1999 Editor's Choice award |
1999 |
PC Magazine's
Editor's Choice award for best antivirus solution |
1999 |
ScanMail for Lotus
Notes and Exchange won PC Expert's award in email
category |
1999 |
Network Computing
Editor's Choice award for the best antivirus solution |
1999 |
Trend Micro's network
antivirus solution: Declared InfoWorld's "Product of
the Year" |
1999 |
OfficeScan Corporate
Edition: Recommended by SECURE Computing Magazine |
1999 |
InterScan VirusWall
and eManager: Declared Sm@rt Choice by Sm@rt Reseller
Magazine |
1999 |
PC-cillin 6: WinList,
Windows Magazine |
1999 |
Trend Virus Control
System: Highly Commended, SECURE Computing |
1999 |
InterScan VirusWall:
Editor's Choice award, Network Week Magazine |
1999 |
Trend Virus Control
System: Product of the Year award, Network Magazine |
1999 |
Trend NeaTSuite:
Editor's Choice award, PC Magazine |
1999 |
InterScan VirusWall:
Editor's Choice award, Network Computing Magazine |

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