May 26, 2009
The Unified Threat Management (UTM) market is growing hastily and Veritech Corporation, in regional New South Wales, aims to support the local economy by collaborating with European developer Endian and taking a percentage of the Australasian UTM market through local R&D and sales.
IDC forecasts that by 2011, UTM will account for nearly 50 percent of the overall network security market. According to Endian and Veritech, this market in Australia is worth around $25 million AUD, with IDC research suggesting an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.2 percent.
Veritech Corporation in Griffith, regional NSW, acts as the wholesale distributor for the Endian UTM range. Products are stocked at Veritech’s head office in Griffith and distributed to IT resellers across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Veritech carries out the final assembly and quality assurance of the products sold into the Oceanic region and also provides first-level technical and warranty support and replacements.
Veritech has further cemented itself in this rapidly growing market with the release of ‘Veritoken’, an Australian developed token-based VPN security certificate for OpenVPN. This portable plug and play VPN solution increases the business and staffing flexibility by providing a secure connection between branches and for staff working from remote sites. Unlike other VPN solutions this is developed in Australia and is simple, user-friendly, fast and reliable for all small to medium businesses.
Veritech has identified a quality product and a shortcoming in the UTM market. Veritech CEO Livio Mazzon believes that Veritech has successfully implemented a solution that is beneficial to users and builds the scope of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge in regional Australia.
‘We are extremely proud of what we can offer businesses in the Oceanic region, but even more proud of what we do in regional Australia and our contribution to the building of economies. In addition to providing current staff with engineering expertise we will be expanding staff numbers in the coming twelve months to cater for this rapidly growing market’ commented Mr Mazzon.
Endian has quickly built a reputation internationally as an innovator in the development of UTM devices and since the first release of Endian in 2005 more than 850 customers in 30 countries have decided in favour of Endian. In the same time frame Endian Firewall Community has been downloaded more than 250,000 times by their growing community.
The Endian UTM system offers progressive, forward-looking security features at a price point that is affordable for small-medium sized businesses. It is an all-in-one appliance that provides security and Internet access combined with a stateful firewall, email security, web security, gateway antivirus and anti-spam, intrusion detection, virtual private network (VPN) and hotspot (wireless security).
As a result of Veritech’s foresight and determination Mr Mazzon can see a strong future in the Australasian UTM market. ‘As Endian grows likewise will Veritech; we have effectively implanted ourselves on Endian’s success and the continued trend towards UTM systems’ he stated.
This Australian-made element means businesses can rest assured that Endian is a high quality product that can be relied on.
Veritech provides Endian users with a high quality product that is backed with reliable support and local presence; the solution small to medium businesses are looking for.
Agileware in Canberra is one Endian reseller and is currently reaping the benefits of the Veritech and Endian collaboration.
Agileware director Justin Freeman prefers his staff to focus on customers rather than administration and enjoys the simplified administration and reduction in downtime that has come with the collaboration of Veritech and Endian.
‘Veritech now take care of the administration and I no longer have to ship directly in from Italy, which was resulting in difficulties and delays with fluctuating currencies and customs to manage. This not only saves Agileware ample administration time but from the customers perspective it is a much smoother process’ commented Mr Freeman.
Mr Freeman believes that ‘The combination of price, a quicker and smoother process for end customers, stable wholesale prices which allow Agileware to offer in store discounts and promotions and local presence and support from Veritech make Endian an ideal solution for small to medium businesses above 50 staff who are looking for an all in one security device’.
Businesses are encouraged to sample the Endian UTM system by using the online demonstration at www.veritechcorp.com.au and can purchase the product today through their preferred IT consultant or reseller.
Agileware is a current reseller of Endian, covering the Canberra region and can be found at www.agileware.net
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