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Local company appointed country
partner for Panda Software
by Ivan Brincat
MIS Ltd has been appointed country partner for Panda Software.
The appointment will now ensure better quality and service to
customers.
The company’s director Joseph Aquilina told The Malta Business
Weekly that the company had been a reseller of Panda Software
products since May before being appointed country partner last
month, five months later.
“Although we are still an independent company, we will
now have to follow their level of qual-ity and service,”
Mr Aquilina said.
Panda Software has a range of software products for the corporate
users but software packages for the home user are also available.
Panda Software provides users with Antivirus and Computer Security
Solutions. Present throughout the world, it is a European multinational
leader in antivirus and security solutions and has its headquarters
in Madrid, Spain.
Mr Aquilina said that ADS System Ltd, which used to distribute
the Panda products, is now geared towards IT support and network
solutions.
Panda offers three main products – Panda Global Virus Insurance,
Panda Invent and Panda Security.
The Panda Global Virus insurance is the most comprehensive antivirus
solution for corporate environments. It has automatic centralised
management to minimise administration costs, constant virus
signature file updates, protection for a wide range of workstation
and server platforms and minimum resource usage.
Panda Antivirus works for firewalls, proxy servers, exchange
servers, Notes, Domino server, Windows NT/2000 Server and Novell
Netware server.
Mr Aquilina said that the antivirus is a very powerful tool
because it can control all the servers with one
single administrator.
Panda Security is a solution that ensures the privacy and confidentiality
of information stored on the Windows computing infrastructures
against the intrusion of unauthorised users. Its access control,
audit and encryption features allow the user to quickly and
easily
manage who can use the system, when and for what purpose.
It is ideal for laptops as they need a security programme which
enables them to be used by several different users while at
the same time guaranteeing the privacy of each. It also ensures
that the data stored within is totally impregnable in the event
of loss or theft of the computer.
Panda Security offers boot protection, prevents unauthorised
users from accessing the system, unique user identification
time schedule control among others.
Panda Invent on the other hand is a solution that can identify
and collect the relevant information, on both hardware and software,
from all the workstations on the IT network with ease and convenience
thus allowing the user to monitor the whole inventory.
Mr Aquilina said there are five reasons why a company would
need Panda Invent. These are cost-saving, licence control and
protection against illegal software, increased efficiency of
internal technical support, reduction in reply times to requests
for information and more reliable control of the quality of
the machines. It can read what type of hard-disk is on which
computer and can also detect if a computer is missing from the
network.
Among Panda Software’s clients one finds government institutions,
Boeing, Panasonic, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, Nokia, PepsiCo, Fujitsu
and numerous EU governments.
It was founded in 1990 by CEO Mikel Urizarbarrena as an Information
Technology Security business. The company has grown from a staff
of three to a team of hundreds of professionals worldwide. The
range of products has changed considerably, starting off with
an MS-DOS antivirus that detected three viruses and now ITSec
products for all kinds of companies.
Panda software can be purchased electronically from www.misltd.net/pandasoftware.
For information or free evaluation copies, email panda@misltd.net.
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