TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro
Incorporated (TSE: 4704; TYO 4704), a global leader in security
software and solutions, announced earnings results for the third
quarter 2013, ending September 30,
2013.
For the third quarter, Trend Micro posted consolidated net sales
of 27,069 million Yen (or US
$273 million, 98.96 JPY = 1USD).
The company posted operating income of 14,161 million Yen (or US $143 million) and net income of 5,363 million Yen (or US $54 million) for the quarter.
As of now, the company will not revise consolidated results for
the full fiscal year ending December 31,
2013 (released on May 9,
2013). Based on information currently available to the
company, consolidated net sales for the year ending December 31, 2013 is expected to be 107,200 million Yen (or US $1,105 million, based on the FY2013 annual
assumed exchange rate of 97 JPY =
1USD). Operating income and net
income are expected to be 26,400 million
Yen (or US $272 million) and
17,100 million Yen (or US
$176 million), respectively.
Growth rate figures are calculated from Japanese Yen results.
Some discrepancy may therefore be noted in US Dollar comparisons
owing to fluctuations in currency conversion rates.
"During the third quarter, Trend Micro has significantly
strengthened its collaborative relationships with key partners,"
said Eva Chen, CEO, Trend Micro.
"These collaborations, along with our enhanced product and service
offerings, continue to expand and fortify our ability to provide
simple and effective security solutions for our customers."
Q3 2013 Business Highlights
Trend Micro opened its new Global Operations Headquarters in
Irving/Las Colinas, Texas, near Dallas. The location houses business units
including: threat research, finance, legal, customer support,
commercial sales and marketing, and human resources.
The company's position as the number one provider of server
security[1] was advanced with the announcement of its
collaboration with VMware to integrate Trend Micro™ Deep Security
with VMware NSX™, the platform for network virtualization. The
collaboration creates a best-of-breed security framework for joint
customers that increases protection and automates security
deployment in virtualized data centers.
Trend Micro announced more than 20 leading cloud service
providers, including Amazon Web Services, HP Cloud Services and
Dell, have been certified in its "Trend Ready" initiative. The
first-of-its-kind cloud security verification program validates a
cloud infrastructure to support and operate Trend Micro's
comprehensive Cloud and Data Center Security Solution. By
participating in the program, cloud service providers confirm to
their customers that their cloud infrastructures will work with
Trend Micro security products.
Expanding its unique social network privacy technology, Trend
Micro introduced a robust personal privacy management tool that
dramatically simplifies privacy settings on Twitter, Google+ and
Facebook – for both Mac and PC. The management tool, featured in
Trend Micro™ Titanium™ 2014 family of consumer security products,
identifies privacy settings that may leave personal or
inappropriate information publicly available or vulnerable to
identity theft.
Trend Micro announced channel program enhancements to streamline
access to Trend Micro Cloud and Data Center Security. The program
enhancements are designed to support channel partners' customer
outreach and sales enablement, and include improvements to Deal
Registration and Specialization Programs, as well as a new
On-Demand Marketing platform.
The company announced a new global internship program that will
offer students a behind-the-scenes look at Trend Micro's product
development of security and privacy solutions, as well as the
latest developments in cyber threats. The interns – known as
"TrendTerns" – will also have the opportunity to earn academic
scholarships and other performance incentives while gaining
real-world experience.
Awards and Recognitions for Q3 2013
Trend Micro™ Enterprise Security for Endpoints scored a 5-star
rating from SC Magazine.
Nikkei Communications' "Enterprise Internet/ICT Use and
Application Factual Investigation 2013" found Trend Micro to have
the highest rate of utilization among ATP solution vendors.
Patents
Trend Micro was awarded the following patents in Q3
2013:
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Patent
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8479294
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Anti-malware scan
management in high-availability virtualization
environments
|
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Patent
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8484734
|
Application
programming interface for antivirus applications
|
|
Patent
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8484732
|
Protecting computers
against virtual machine exploits
|
|
Patent
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8490203
|
Fingerprinting based
entity extraction
|
|
Patent
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8495144
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Techniques for
identifying spam e-mail
|
|
Patent
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8495733
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Content
fingerprinting technology by using context offset sequence and
suffix automata
|
|
Patent
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8495060
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Prioritization of
reports using content data change from baseline
|
|
Patent
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8499170
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SQL injection
prevention
|
|
Patent
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8499152
|
Data positioning and
alerting system
|
|
Patent
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8499349
|
Detection and
restoration of files by malware
|
|
Patent
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8498965
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Methods and apparatus
for generating difference files
|
|
Patent
|
8505092
|
Dynamic provisioning
of protection software in a host intrusion prevention
system
|
|
Patent
|
8505094
|
Detection of
malicious URLs in a Web page
|
|
Patent
|
8505101
|
Thin client for
computer security applications
|
|
Patent
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8510838
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Malware protection
using file input/output virtualization
|
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Patent
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8510835
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Techniques for
protecting data in cloud computing environments
|
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Patent
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8510791
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Method and system for
dynamic protocol decoding and analysis
|
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Patent
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8516592
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Wireless hotspot with
lightweight anti-malware
|
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Patent
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8516586
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Classification of
unknown computer network traffic
|
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Patent
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8516582
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Method and system
using designated template hosts for real time classification of
events in a computer integrity system
|
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Patent
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8520848
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Secure password
management using keyboard layout
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Patent
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8527631
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Web site reputation
service using proxy auto-configuration
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Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements that are made in this release are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of
the information currently available to it, but involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties. Many important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements. These factors include:
- Difficulties in addressing new virus and other computer
security problems
- Timing of new product introductions and lack of market
acceptance for new products
- The level of continuing demand for, and timing of sales of,
existing products
- Rapid technological change within the antivirus software
industry
- Changes in customer needs for antivirus software
- Existing products and new product introductions by competitors
and pricing of those products
- Declining prices for products and services
- The effect of future acquisitions on our financial condition
and results of operations
- The effect of adverse economic trends on principal markets
- The effect of foreign exchange fluctuations on our results of
operations
- An increase in the incidence of product returns
- The potential lack of attractive investment targets and
- Difficulties in successfully executing our investment
strategy
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global
leader in security software, strives to make the world safe for
exchanging digital information. Our solutions for consumers,
businesses and governments provide layered data security to protect
information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers and the
cloud. Trend Micro enables the smart protection of information,
with innovative security technology that is simple to deploy and
manage, and fits an evolving ecosystem. All of our solutions are
powered by cloud-based global threat intelligence, the Trend Micro™
Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure, and are supported by over
1,200 threat experts around the globe. For more information,
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[1] IDC report: "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2013-2017 Forecast
and 2012 Vendor Shares" (doc #242618, August
2013)
SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated