Threats from cybercriminals more sophisticated
ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity headquartered in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, has formed a partnership with Ingram Micro, the world’s largest technology distributor from the United States, to offer its security solutions for businesses on the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace in India.
ESET is providing a monthly subscription option to customers to better supports Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the current business climate, said the company in a release on 30 Sept 2020.
The partnership with Ingram Micro reaffirms ESET’s commitment to supporting the digital development of SMBs and enterprises in India by fulfilling the fast-growing need for cybersecurity solutions. Together, Ingram Micro and ESET will also provide marketing support and cybersecurity training opportunities to resellers.
“Cybersecurity is now a major priority as the Digital India initiative has rapidly driven businesses to increasingly rely on technology,” said Parvinder Walia, President of Asia Pacific & Japan, ESET.
In tandem, threats by cybercriminals have also grown more sophisticated, thus cyber resilience has become crucial to supporting this development.
“Through this partnership, resellers in Ingram Micro’s distribution network will have access to our latest security solutions, which will enable them to secure their customers from ever-evolving threats,” said Walia.
“We are excited to be working with Ingram Micro which has a strong reputation in the distribution of tech solutions. Their extensive channel ecosystem will assist us in broadening our brand presence and product availability across India,” said Walia.
Commenting on the partnership, Jyotil Mankad – Director & Head of Cloud Business, Ingram Micro India, said “We are delighted to have ESET, the leading IT security company from the European Union, joining a growing list of top IT vendors in our Cloud Marketplace.
“Their products have been independently tested to be both effective and unobtrusive so that people can get on with their jobs safe in the knowledge that their systems and data are well-protected.
“Partnering with ESET will provide our Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) access to an even greater range of security solutions.”
With more than 30 years of cybersecurity innovation, ESET protects over 110 million users in 200 countries and territories globally. Almost 40% of ESET’s employees work in research and development, keeping both ESET customers and the world at large safe from the latest and most advanced cyber threats.
ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defences in real-time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company.
Backed by R&D centres worldwide, ESET has become the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.
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