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Pasporte Targets Mid-Market PCI Compliance Needs with Fortinet-based Approach
INFOSECURITY EUROPE, LONDON; Stand G22 – 27th April 2010: VADition, the value adding distributor, today announced Pasporte as the first partner to adopt its new managed FortiAnalyzer service. Pasporte, whose customers include EuroTunnel and Jury’s Doyle Hotels, is using the service to support PCI DSS requirements at a UK goods and foodservice retailer that uses FortiGate multi-threat security appliances at 20 sites nationwide.
“Mid-market enterprises with compliance needs that necessitate an auditing, logging and analysis system for their branch-site security infrastructure, often face the prospect of acquiring a specialised add-on solution that delivers more than they need and with a price tag to match,” commented Steve Bedford, Technical Director at Pasporte. “One of our retail industry customers couldn’t justify the investment in a dedicated FortiAnalyzer system, but were more than satisfied to benefit from a FortiAnalyzer in the cloud, via the service we agreed with VADition. We expect other customers using Fortinet technology to be similarly positive.”
“Partners want recurring revenues, end customers want functionality and vendors want market penetration. These sorts of riddles are what distribution in 2010 should be able to resolve,” commented Barrie Desmond, Business Development Director at VADition. “We believe we are one step ahead with our cloud services that have proved extremely popular since we introduced them at the end of last year. This latest launch, with support from Fortinet, is penetrating the extremely powerful FortiAnalyzer platform into business opportunities that couldn’t previously be warranted on a traditional procurement basis.”
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About VADition
VADition (www.vadition.com) is a Value Adding Distributor introducing a new wave of technologies to its partners in the UK. These technologies form the basis of its 'Intuitive Technologies' strategy, a range of Internet inspired platforms and services designed around simplifying increasingly complex and overloaded information infrastructures. The products chosen mirror the self-service behaviour of an increasingly IP savvy society - business and consumer. The characteristics of VADition’s chosen vendor partners therefore must demonstrate a belief in new business models embraced within 'Web 2.0', and have designed their technology around 'Self Service' or simplification.
About Pasporte, www.pasporte.com
Pasporte is the UK’s leading provider of ICT outsourcing, bringing on-demand IT expertise, experience and economies of scale to mid-market organisations. Delivering on its promises, Pasporte forges strong and personal client relationships based on honesty and trust to guarantee tailored solutions that will meet business goals. Its services and solutions offer a blend of Managed Applications, Managed Hosting and Managed Networks.
Pasporte is part of a group of companies that include sister companies Telinet, EVD and Ipitomi.
Backed by banking group Investec, the group is emerging as one of the fastest growing and leading providers of integrated ICT for the UK, SME marketplace.
The group forecasts a turnover in excess of £50 million and collectively, has more than 40 years' experience in servicing 2500 customers across all industry sectors. With further acquisitions planned and continued natural growth, the group has plans to hit the £100m turnover barrier as soon as possible.
Together, group companies provide end-to-end solutions that incorporate IT, voice, data and telecoms, using best of breed products and services from IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Orange Business Services, VMWare, Mitel and Avaya.
Group companies operate from principal offices in London and throughout the South East.
Contacts
Zara May/David Evans
Cohesive Communications
+44 (0)1291 626 200
vadition@cohesive.uk.com
