Microsoft partners with Intertec Systems to promote its Forefront range of Security Products

Dubai-based Intertec Systems has been appointed as a Security Partner of the Redmond-headquartered software major, and will now promote the latter's Forefront range of Security Products for Business in the region.

Intertec Systems has been a Gold Certified Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Partner of Microsoft for sometime now.

Microsoft Forefront is a comprehensive line of business security products that provides greater protection and control through integration with existing IT infrastructure and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis.

Commenting on the new development, Mr. Naresh Kothari, President and Managing Director, Intertec Systems, said:

"Our partnering with Microsoft in the Security market arena is a natural choice. We have been working alongside Microsoft for sometime now and have trusted their market knowledge. With Microsoft introducing Forefront, it only makes sense for us to partner with them. Since we know the Microsoft Infrastructure Products, we are well positioned to adopt an informed approach towards implementation of its Security offerings."

Mr. Vinod Mehra, Sales Director, Intertec Systems said: "Microsoft Forefront products have a huge scope in the Middle East market as there already exists a very large user base of Microsoft products. The Forefront products are focussed on providing effective security to the customer's environment while reducing customer frustration, which is often an outcome of complexity of the solutions."

He added: "The Forefront products are ideal to complement the security needs of expanding businesses, given its high level of integration and lower complexity for users".

Forefront's comprehensive set of security products integrate with each other, with an organization's IT infrastructure, and can be supplemented with interoperable third-party solutions, enabling end-to-end, defence-in-depth security solutions. Simplified management, reporting, analysis, and deployment enable you to more efficiently and effectively protect your organisation's information resources and provide more secure access to applications and servers.

Commenting on the enhanced relationship with Intertec Systems, Mr. Desmond Nair, Server Group Manager at Microsoft said: "It has been a pleasure working alongside a partner such as Intertec. Their knowledge of the local IT market and technical expertise is commendable. We are certain that as a Security Partner of Microsoft, they would be able to do the same kind of work with the Forefront range of products as they have done with our other application suites in the past."

He added: "With highly responsive protection supported by Microsoft technical guidance, Forefront helps you to confidently meet ever-changing threats and increasing business demands."

The Forefront products for servers are optimised to protect Microsoft-based application servers through a defence-in-depth strategy incorporating robust access control, application- and protocol-specific data inspection, and multi-engine anti-malware products tuned to protect specific applications and safeguards sensitive data and protects intellectual property by providing a combination of application-specific filters throughout the network, as well as technologies that help ensure the confidentially and authenticity of valuable data.

Microsoft Forefront products are designed to simplify deployment, configuration, management, reporting, and analysis so that you can have greater confidence that your organization is well-protected.

Intertec Systems and Microsoft will showcase the Forefront Suite of Security Products for Businesses on June 13, 2007 at an industry event at the Le Meridien, Airport Road, Dubai.