02/12/09:
Network Resource Group Teams Up With Astaro To Provide High Quality Managed Internet Security Service
NRG offers customers network, email and web security services that can be monitored and controlled centrally by the partner using virtualisation technology.
Network Resource Group is proud to announce its partnership with leading network security vendor Astaro Corporation to provide a high-end managed security solution.
The union is part of NRG's drive towards cloud computing with Astaro's virtualised security solution providing a comprehensive Security-as-a-Service offering across network, email and web.
By using Astaro virtual appliances alongside its other virtualisation offerings, Network Resource can meet customer requirements extremely quickly; additional services can be opened up as customers require them, and for as long as they are necessary.
The service is offered on a pay monthly basis, as and when needed, which gives smaller businesses the opportunity to benefit from enterprise-level security without the large capital investment.
Stephen Young, managing director of Network Resource, says of the service, “Our primary markets are the not-for-profit and social housing sector, and corporate SMB environments.
“The IT teams are normally small and responsible for managing a large range of IT projects and responsibilities.
“Using the Astaro virtual appliances, we can deliver a full range of managed security services that scale to meet the requirements of the business with no upfront charges. This new range fits in well with the other managed offerings that we have.”
Andrew Fourie, UK sales director for Astaro, says of the partnership, “Delivering security services in today’s environment is all about flexibility and being able to meet customer demands.
“Network Resource's approach, based on Astaro virtual appliances, means that they can offer a complete stable of security functionality using one product, while customers can pick and choose what they need and have experts manage it on their behalf.
“This model of supplying security as a service is proving to be very popular, as it allows customers to avoid the upfront costs of buying in their own solutions while still benefiting from best of breed technology, support and management.”
As a fully managed service Stephen Young comments, “Monitoring this service to a large group of customers meant that we had to have a solid management platform in place. Because the ACC is available for free as a virtual machine, this meant that the level of investment required from us is lower, enabling us to provide the service at a competitive price-point”.
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For more information on Astaro, please visit http://www.astaro.co.uk
