Press Meet: F-Secure Enters Indian Corporate Security Market

F-Secure Enters Indian Corporate Security Market in partnership with SP Soft Offering 'Protection Service for Business', a cloud-based security for PCs and mobile devices available to Indian SMBs

Hyderabad, 20 May, 2013: F-Secure and SP Soft India, today announced their partnership to offer F-Secure's 'Protection Service for Business' to Indian small and medium size businesses (SMBs), a moment which will mark F-Secure's entry into the Indian Corporate Security for SMB's in India. This venture by F-Secure will further add to their presence in India wherein presently they are working with the Indian telecom operators providing them with best-of-breed value-added security solutions.

Speaking on the partnership Mr. Venu Palakirti, India Country Manager, F-Secure said "We are glad to extend our services from the operator business to the corporate business with our long experience and expertise in security. With this corporate entry, we will be securing Indian SMBs with our up-to-the minute cloud-based protection, protection that extends even to their employees' connected devices." Speaking on the occasion Mr. Pull aa Reddy, Managing Director at SP Soft, said "F-Secure are a global security leader and we look forward to the business opportunities that their products will open up for us. F-Secure shares our commitment to help businesses thrive amidst the challenges in today's environment."

'Protection Service for Business' is complete security for SMBs. which will help provide powerful real-time protection for PCs, servers and mobile devices making sure a business is constantly protected against online threats with the full armor of F-Secures advanced features and functionalities. The 'Protection Service for Business' includes a Software Updater, a proactive patch management feature that provides software updates and version upgrades for an organization's applications.

F-Secure's corporate security vision was recognized earlier this year by Forrester Research, who ranked the company's strategy number one among corporate security vendors. The strategy won praise for its move from software towards managed IT services via service partners, a subscription-based model that helps partners build customer loyalty and offers businesses 2417 coverage, improved protection, greater competency, and cost efficiency.

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