CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro, Inc. (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security, announced today that the company won the Software Business 2008 Innovative SaaS Company (Large Company) award.

The Software Business Software Industry Awards recognize software, SaaS and Web 2.0 companies for industry excellence and cutting-edge services, technologies and products. The Software Industry Awards recognizes winners by two levels of company size -- large companies whose revenues exceed $150 million, and mid-size companies whose revenues fall between $10 to $150 million -- and feature companies with a commitment to excellence and that are leading innovators in the software industry. Winners are posted on http://www.softwarebusinessonline.com/sb_siawards2008.htm#tre

"We are honored to receive the Innovative SaaS Company award especially as we continue to build out our SaaS offerings," said John Maddison, vice president of core technology solutions at Trend Micro. "Trend believes that SaaS will play a key role in delivering next generation security services and enable our partners to offer their customers security solutions in the form factor that best meets their needs"

Since 1988, Trend Micro has been advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats.

In 2007, Trend Micro initiated its Software-as-a-Service offerings with the announcement of SecureCloud(TM), a complete Software-as-a-Service Security platform for small, medium and enterprise businesses. The platform is the foundation for Trend Micro's services which provide industry-leading threat protection security across all levels of a company's IT infrastructure, from gateway to desktop. http://us.trendmicro.com/us/solutions/enterprise/software-as-a-service/

Trend Micro Software-as-a-Service offerings are powered by the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network, a cloud-client content security architecture delivering correlated, in-the-cloud threat intelligence to combat email/spam, web, and malware attacks.

Software-as-a-Service offerings from Trend Micro:

Email Reputation Services is a highly effective first line of defense that stops up to 80 percent of spam at its source -- before it can flood the network, overload mail gateway security, and burden IT resources.

InterScan(TM) Messaging Hosted Security stops spam and other email threats before they reach your network. In addition, Trend Micro performs all updates and tuning with little to no maintenance required from your IT staff.

Trend Micro(TM) SecureSite is a hosted service that secures ecommerce Web sites by scanning for Web site vulnerabilities.

Worry-Free Remote Manager is a secure, hosted Web console that helps small business resellers manage multiple Worry-Free(TM) Security customers from anywhere.

About Trend Micro:

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at http://www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to learn more about the threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. Many of these products and solutions are powered by the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network, a next generation cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats. A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro's trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide. Please visit http://www.trendmicro.com.

About Software Business:

Software Business is focused exclusively on the software industry and provides industry leaders with twice monthly eNewsletters, an information packed website and two well attended conferences. Readers and attendees are top executives and managers of companies that provide software-based products and services including packaged software, customized software, and information technology products and services that are based on proprietary software code. http://www.softwarebusinessonline.com/

SOURCE Trend Micro Inc.