Microsoft has announced a promotion with retailer PC Mall and Symantec for free Symantec protection to small businesses that also purchase the $183 Windows 7 Professional.
From now until December 31, small businesses that purchase Windows 7 Professional from PC Mall will receive Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition for free, after an $18 mail-in rebate; list price is $37.
The promotion is valid for businesses with at least one server and in up to 50 PCs.
Launched in the summer of 2009, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition includes firewall, host-based Intrusion Protection System; network Intrusion Prevention System; protection against viruses, spyware, and rootkits.
"We think this is yet another great reason for small businesses to migrate to Windows 7 Professional with confidence," Microsoft group product marketing manager Sandrine Skinner wrote in a blog post.
Skinner added that the number of machines running on Windows 7 has gone up five times in the last year.
Back in October, Microsoft offered free Microsoft Security Essentials to small businesses in up to 10 PCs, but without the Windows 7 purchase condition.
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