Panda Security, a well known security  software company based in Madrid, has recently begun beta testing a new Windows anti-virus solution based on cloud computing.  We’re big on cloud computing and thin clients here at digitalmissive, so this warrants a few words…

Perhaps due to their Madrid location and the warm/fuzzy Panda-themed user interface, the company has had more of a US presence in the consumer space than in the enterprise - where Mcafee, Symantec, and Trend Micro rule.   However, I’ve used Panda anti-virus solutions in the past and been happy with the software - in fact, with the amount of malware coming out of Russia and Eastern Europe, I viewed their European location as an advantage.
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