Simpler Deployment: Another Step on Our Path to Delivering Customers the Best Endpoint Protection

As more of our customers move to the cloud – or at least away from on-premise hardware – for everything from email to security, we have been investing heavily to deliver next-generation endpoint protection in 2017 that will simplify their security operations. Currently we are preparing for the anticipated release of our anti-virus replacement capabilities next quarter, but today we are excited to announce that we are planning to make our cloud and virtual form factors of FireEye Endpoint Security available in the beginning of Q3.

This anticipated release will mean our customers will have greater deployment flexibility, lower costs as they move to the cloud, and even more opportunity to simplify their security operations. So, whether you are looking for fully-managed cloud Endpoint Security, a virtual software version deployed in yours or someone else’s data center, or an on-premise version, we will have your needs covered.

You may be wondering why we are choosing to simultaneously support “legacy” technologies when everyone is moving to the cloud. The short answer is best said by Gartner: “SaaS is the first choice for only 16 percent of CIOs surveyed by Gartner in 2015 .”

We want our customers to simplify their security operations, which, as they conduct their cloud transitions, means giving them options so they can be strategic about when to bring their Endpoint Security to the cloud. The last thing we want to do is introduce another technology and more complexity that slows down their ability to go from alert to fix.

FireEye is the trusted partner that will help our customers transition to the cloud, especially as they look to take full advantage of the platform capabilities of FireEye Helix, which can simplify, integrate, and automate their security operations.

Additionally, our ability to deploy on-premise and at scale at the world’s largest organizations – something most of our competitors can’t do – allows us to generate intelligence and deploy protections to all our customers that our competitors will never see.

What does today’s announcement mean for you?

Most importantly, the anticipated July release will provide you flexibility to protect endpoints wherever they may be. For customers that may not have a dedicated data center to deploy a local appliance, or who are moving workloads to the cloud, you will be able to utilize the FireEye cloud instance with all the same features and capabilities, and take advantage of FireEye cloud access and management.

For customers with their own hardware in a dedicated data center, their own cloud environment, or a preferred cloud platform provider, the virtual form of Endpoint Security is for you.

Regardless of which form factor you choose, you get the next-generation endpoint detection and response capabilities FireEye pioneered, industry-leading FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence, and, soon, the anti-virus replacement capabilities you’ve been asking for.

Learn more about FireEye Endpoint Security and our upcoming capabilities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This blog contains forward-looking statements, including statements related to the expectations, beliefs, features, capabilities, benefits and availability of new cloud and virtual form factors and upgrades for FireEye Endpoint Security. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions which, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the performance of FireEye Endpoint Security and FireEye's results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause FireEye’s results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include customer demand and adoption of FireEye's solutions; real or perceived defects, errors or vulnerabilities in FireEye's products or services; the ability of FireEye to retain and recruit highly experienced and qualified personnel; FireEye's ability to react to trends and challenges in its business and the markets in which it operates; FireEye's ability to anticipate market needs or develop and deliver new or enhanced products and services to meet those needs; the ability of FireEye and its partners to execute their strategies, plans, objectives and expected investments with respect to FireEye's partnerships; and general market, political, economic, and business conditions; as well as those risks and uncertainties included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in FireEye's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2017, which is available on the Investor Relations section of the company's website at investors.FireEye.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements in this blog are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof, and FireEye does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Any future product, service, feature, benefit or related specification that may be referenced in this blog is for information purposes only and is not a commitment to deliver any technology or enhancement. FireEye reserves the right to modify future product and services plans at any time.

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