Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and Symantec have launched the SingTel
businesses.
The company said SingTel PowerON Security offers enterprises comprehensive
on-demand protection from viruses, malware, spam and other online threats to
allow employees to access email, company servers and the Internet securely,
whether they are in the office or on the move.
The solutions can also provide automatic security updates to protect employee
laptops, desktop computers and servers, and will soon be enhanced to include
tablets and smartphones. PowerON Security works with any mail client and
server configuration. A user-friendly web-based portal allows IT
administrators to manage staff devices and view real-time service statistics
and reports.
Powered by SingTel’s cloud computing capabilities and Symantec’s cloud security
solutions and services, PowerON Security is offered on a monthly subscription
basis. Companies do not need to make upfront investments in equipment and
can avoid the ongoing costs of implementing and maintaining complex systems and
hardware.
This allows them to save up to 75 percent on their operating costs and reduces
the set-up time significantly. In addition, they pay only for what they use and
enjoy the flexibility to scale their requirements quickly to meet immediate
business needs.
“SingTel is excited to work with Symantec to offer an enterprise-class
cloud-based security solution. With an increasingly mobile workforce,
security has become a vitally important issue for businesses today.
PowerON Security brings together fixed, mobile and cloud technologies to enable
companies and their staff to operate from any location with total peace of
mind,” said Bill Chang, SingTel’s Executive Vice President of Business
Group.
According to Symantec’s 2011 State of Security Survey, 20 percent of Singapore
businesses have incurred over US$100,000 in expenses from attacks within the
last year. PowerON Security, which is backed by Symantec’s technologies,
assures enterprises of comprehensive protection without restricting how, where
and when employees work remotely.
Today, more than 150,000 users trust SingTel’s cloud services to drive their
business operations, and SingTel is aiming to continue to grow these services
with a CAGR that is greater than 50 percent over the next 3 years.
“Today’s mobile workforce wants simple and secure access to their
information from wherever they are,” said Enrique Salem, Symantec’s
President and Chief Executive Officer.
Symantec recently announced it is planning to offer Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Tablet, the first comprehensive data
loss prevention (DLP) solution for the monitoring and protection of sensitive
information on tablet computers.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
