France based NetASQ announced their official launch in India. NetASQ will be running their India operations from Hyderabad with Technical support from Hyderabad based Zoom Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. The Press conference was addressed by Mr. Dominique MEURISSE - Member of the Management Board - Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, and NetASQ France; along with Mr. Christophe Rup – International Pre-Sales Manager, NetASQ.

With existing offices in London (UK), Bruxelles (BEL), Amsterdam (NL), Milano (I), Madrid (SPAIN), Paris (F), Lyon (F), Lille (F), Aman (Jordan), Dubaï (ME) and Singapore; the Company chose India as their next destination due to the growing Indian economy. The group Revenue for NETASQ is around 100 M€ for 2009 with CAGR of 30% per year.

Speaking about Products for the Indian Market, Mr. Dominique MEURISSE said, “We are launching the NetASQ U series firewalls and the Mfiltro anti-spam appliances. The NetASQ U series is a comprehensive network security appliance with complete UTM functionality, including always on IPS , anti virus, content security , VPN , SSL VPN etc. NETASQ’s U-Series is based on ASQ, its intrusion prevention engine, embedded at the heart of its operating system to optimally use an advanced hardware architecture. The U-Series thus offers unequalled performance in firewall and intrusion prevention modes: throughput that is 5 times faster and latency that is measured in microseconds. Today, the U-Series provides enterprises with unequalled network security and fluidity. MFILTRO is a spam predator with a very simple and intuitive user interface. It has the best detection rate and the award winning technologies embedded in MFILTRO make it the preeminent anti spam appliance. The MFILTRO range is available right from small to enterprise class networks”.

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Avaya announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions. The addition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions further enhances Avaya’s strategic position in providing business communications solutions and services for enterprise customers. The acquisition gives the company added scale, resources and expertise to deliver a portfolio of solutions and services around the globe.

As a result of the acquisition, Avaya will benefit from an expanded partner ecosystem, a broader portfolio, an enhanced customer base, and a greater ability to compete globally. The company also will extend relationships with system integrators and service providers who serve the enterprise market. Approximately 6,000 Nortel Enterprise Solutions employees have joined Avaya, including 25 top managers. Joel Hackney, previously president, Nortel Enterprise Solutions, joins the Avaya Executive Committee as senior vice president and president, Avaya Government Solutions and Data.

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The burgeoning online landscape has a population of 49 million internet users in India calls for an effective, high quality, hassle-free security solution that consumers can trust - Microsoft Security Essentials is all that and more. Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. announced the availability of Microsoft Security Essentials to all genuine Windows users.

The core objective of Microsoft Security Essentials is to cater to the need for real-time protection from a trusted source, as threats facing online consumers continue to grow and evolve. With Microsoft Security Essentials, consumers can feel safe knowing they are using Industry certified anti-malware solution backed by Microsoft’s leading Security Response resources. Microsoft Security Essentials is dedicated to protecting its customers with features such as a Monthly ecosystem cleaning with Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) which checks computers for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software and helps remove any infection found; Update Tuesday feature enables users to automatically update the operating system with the latest security updates and Windows Activation Technologies (Formerly Windows Genuine Advantage) is a tool where an end user can validate his Windows machines.

With Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft hopes to encourage broader adoption of anti-virus protection across the consumer audience, which in turn will help increase security across the entire Windows ecosystem. For business customers, Microsoft continues to offer Forefront Client Security, providing centralized, comprehensive management and reporting capabilities.

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A major achievement for Quick Heal Technologies came with winning the Oscar of India’s SME sector awards, 'Emerging India Awards 2009', jointly organized by ICICI Bank and CNBC TV18 to honor India's most globally competitive SMEs.

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Tata Communications announced that it has appointed David Wirt as its Global Head of Managed Services. The fast growing Managed Services business is strategically important to Tata Communications as the company expands from its traditional wholesale voice and IP business into enterprises solutions. Based in Singapore, David will take charge of Managed Services’ commercial business and data center engineering and operations, as well as the outsourcing business of Tata Communications. He will report to Vinod Kumar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Tata Communications.

David joins Tata Communications with more than 23 years of experience in the Systems Integration and Managed Services domains, and brings a strong background in business process consulting, outsourcing, application and infrastructure management across industries. Recently as the Vice President & Managing Director of Greater China & Korea with EDS, David had full P&L responsibility for the business in Greater China & Korea. Prior to this, David held the position of COO and Vice President of Global Services for Asia, where he oversaw a large organization and had responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and quality assurance for EDS operations and services across Asia. David has also worked as Business Development Director, Applications & Infrastructure Manager and Systems Engineering Manager at EDS USA’s hi-tech manufacturing business.

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CA announced the appointment of Arun Balasubramanian as Director Sales of CA Technologies, South India & Sri Lanka. Based out of the CA sales office in Bangalore, Arun will be responsible to drive CA’s business in South India and Sri Lanka.

Prior to this role, Arun was regional head of sales for HP Software. He was responsible for driving exponential sales growth during his tenure as software lead for five years. During his twelve year career with HP, he has very successful track record in various sales roles starting from managing large global customers to driving and formulating strategy for SMB business. Arun is a university rank holder during his graduation as BE (Computes) and holds executive management degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

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Extreme Networks and ZyXEL Communications announced that ZyXEL's MEF certified Carrier Ethernet Switches and Extreme Networks' Carrier Ethernet solutions, including the BlackDiamond 20800 Carrier Ethernet switch, have been jointly tested for interoperability to ensure reliable network performance.

Architectural flexibility and intelligent service delivery were tested for interoperability as part of Extreme Networks Go Purple Partner Program. The companies also evaluated fast failover over resilient rings, the implementation of Quality of Service (QoS), and network security. These jointly tested solutions help service providers to build a scalable and reliable service-driven Carrier Ethernet network. Service provider wilhelm.tel of Germany leverages the companies broadband IP solutions for its Triple Play network, the network relies on powerful switching with its cost-effective Carrier Ethernet network.

ZyXEL's Ethernet quality has been recognized by global telecom operators for years. The Ethernet technology performance meets the challenging demands of operators in the construction and development of Carrier Ethernet networks.

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Symantec and Wipro Ltd announced a new partnership under which Wipro Infotech will offer data loss prevention and backup and recovery infrastructure consultancy services based on Symantec technology. This will offer customers increased visibility into information and a risk-based approach to data security.

Symantec’s content-aware data loss prevention solution spans data at the endpoint, in storage and the network. When offered through Wipro’s technology practice, it will provide customers the confidence that their information is secure in today’s connected world. Wipro’s cross-platform expertise along with Symantec VERITAS Backup Reporter’s capability to proactively identify and quantify exposures before they impact backup operations, will help customers achieve greater efficiency, verify backup service-level compliance, and justify the business costs associated with protecting data.

Wipro Infotech’s Service-Centric Data Loss Prevention will offer a prioritized, risk-based approach to achieve measurable reduction in data risks. It will also create a cross-functional framework to monitor, manage, and remediate data security incidents. Wipro Infotech’s consulting division will offer granular reporting of end-to-end backup infrastructure through Symantec’s VERITAS Backup Reporter. Customers will get a detailed view of media usage and insights into data risks in physical and virtualized environments. Wipro’s Global Service Management Center will bring in scale and increased efficiency of backup operations in virtual environments.

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Cisco announced it has completed its purchase of ScanSafe. Based in London and San Francisco, ScanSafe is a market leader of software-as- a-service (SaaS) Web security solutions for organizations ranging from global enterprises to small businesses. 

By acquiring ScanSafe, Cisco is building on its successful acquisition of leading on-premise content security provider IronPort. The acquisition brings together the Cisco IronPort high-performance Web Security Appliance and ScanSafe's leading SaaS Web security service to offer superior on-premise, hosted, and hybrid-hosted Web security solutions. The combination is expected to provide better protection from threats, while flexible delivery options will enhance Cisco's ability to protect the borderless network as organizations increasingly depend on Web 2.0 and mobility technologies to collaborate and conduct business.

ScanSafe's service will be integrated with Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, the newest virtual private network (VPN) product from Cisco, to provide the industry's leading secure mobility solution. In addition, ScanSafe's global network of carrier-grade data centers and multi-tenant architecture will further enhance Cisco's ability to provide new cloud-security services for customers anywhere in the world. With the close of the acquisition, the ScanSafe team becomes part of Cisco's Security Technology Business Unit (STBU), reporting to Tom Gillis, vice president and general manager.

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Radware announced the formal opening of a new research and development center at Bangalore in India, making it one of the Company’s three major worldwide R & D Centers. With more than 100 staff in India, Radware now has offices located in 5 cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. The Company has been present in India since 2002 and has become a leading provider of application delivery solutions to various industries such as government, banks, financial institutions, manufacturing companies and other large enterprise customers in the country.

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SafeNet, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Assured Decisions, LLC, a leading provider of professional consulting services to the government’s cyber security community. Assured Decisions will become part of SafeNet’s Cyber Security group. Assured Decisions has been a leader in providing professional consulting services including engineering secure solutions that protect electronic information systems and facilitate secure information sharing since 2001. The company’s MDeX solution is used by organizations with high assurance information transfer requirements to quickly and securely exchange information between departments, agencies and allies thereby protecting national security.

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