Trend Micro
|
|
Trend_Micro_logo.gif
Trend Micro is a company that develops software to protect against computer viruses. Steve Chang, the founder and former CEO of the company, started the company in California in 1988. Its headquarters are in Tokyo. In 2004 Chang passed leadership to Eva Chen, co-founder of Trend Micro. She was CTO from 1996 to 2004. One of her best known developments is Trend InterScan Virus Wall, the first internet gateway virus scanner.
It has a TrendLab located in PH as a global virus/worm responsing center
Trend Micro produce the PC-cillin range of anti-virus products.
Trial products can be downloaded from www.trendmicro.com/download, including InterScan Message Security Suite etc.
In 2004, MSN Hotmail messages and attachments are now scanned using Trend Micro instead of McAfee which has made the company more public.
In April 2005 Trend Micro has suffered a high-profile false alarm, which caused widespread computer crashes and turmoil across Asia [1] (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5683219.html). The company has agreed to pay for customers' repair and maintenance costs, which will cut deeply into its 2005 profits.
Traded Info
Tokyo Stock Exchange (4704), NASDAQ (TMIC)
External link
- Official website (http://www.trendmicro.com/)