Cyberoam, the industry leading identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) range of appliances from Elitecore Technologies announced its tie-up with ProtektNet. With this partnership, Protektnet will be their authorized distributor of Cyberoam appliances in Mexico, Chile and Colombia.

Protektnet is a well known distributor of IT Security Solutions and is a system integrator with offices in Mexico, Monterrey and Guadalajara. It is all set to promote Cyberoam UTM through its widespread channel network in the region.

Cyberoam UTM appliances are unique in providing total visibility into the enterprise network, delivering robust network security through complete control over their user activities and come with one of the best price/performance ratio in the industry. The partnership with Proteknet will enable Cyberoam to reach out to a wider section of its target audience among small, medium and large enterprises in Mexico, Chile & Columbia.

Commenting on the partnership with ProtektNet, Mr. Harish Chib, Vice- President – New Business Development, Cyberoam, said, "ProtektNet has been the force behind major brands in Network Security of the region. The uniqueness of identity based security of Cyberoam and the expertise of ProtektNet in value added distribution would definitely make a winning team"

Excited on the Partnership, Héctor Leal, Director General, Protektnet, “Our Success mantra has always been careful selection of products in our portfolio after thoroughly understanding the needs of the market. Cyberoam is one such carefully chosen product as it caters to the current need of the market where enterprises want to keep the track on the network users so that they can have the proactive security measures in place"

Cyberoam’s strong R&D backed by its innovative Marketing Sales and support initiatives has expanded its reach within a short span across 60 countries gaining global awards and recognition.

Gartner in its June 2008 Market Scope report for Multifunction Firewalls for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMB) has rated Cyberoam as Positive -ahead of global players like CISCO and Checkpoint.

Cyberoam is also the recipient of the 2008 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Emerging Company of the Year Award in the Network Security Market

About Cyberoam
Cyberoam Identity-based UTM appliances offer comprehensive protection against existing and emerging Internet threats, including viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, pharming and more. Cyberoam delivers the complete range of security features such as stateful inspection firewall, VPN, gateway anti-virus and anti-spyware, gateway anti-spam, intrusion prevention system, content filtering in addition to bandwidth management and multiple link management over a single platform. Cyberoam is certified by the West Coast Labs with CheckMark UTM Level 5 Certification, ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, and is a member of the Virtual Private Network Consortium. Cyberoam has also received 5 star rating from SC Magazine in both 2007 and 2008, the 2007 Global Excellence Awards for Integrated Security Appliance, Security Solution for Education and Unified Security, and the 2007 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award for Unified Security. Cyberoam has offices in the USA (Woburn, MA) and India. For more information, please visit www.cyberoam.com

About ProtektNet
ProtektNet was born in 2002 in Monterrey, NL. It was developed as a result of the need to implement and strengthen the security for the companies who enhanced their IT systems. Today ProtektNet is the unit representative for Mexico and Latin America for technology firms focused on Information Security from different parts of the world such as Spain, the United States, Israel, Korea and Others. For more information, please visit www.protektNet.com

About Elitecore Technologies
Elitecore Technologies is the global provider of Cyberoam UTM appliances. Elitecore’s other divisions include Crestel Convergent Billing Solution that meets the voice, data, video billing and customer care requirements of Tier-1 service providers and 24online Billing and Bandwidth Management Solution for hotels, hotspots and Internet service providers. Elitecore has a strong R&D base and support center in India; it has sustained a healthy growth rate of over 75 % since inception. Elitecore is backed by one of the world’s largest private equity fund, The Carlyle Group. For more information, please visit www.elitecore.com

Press Contact
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l.k.pathak@elitecore.com