HP and Privacy NETworks Protect Small and Medium Business

The HP SAFE SC solution, running PrivacyPost from Privacy NETworks, is a key offering under the HP Smart Office suite of security solutions.

(PRWEB) June 20, 2005 -- As an SMB, we dont have the luxury of time to worry about our IT security. With HP SAFE SC, we can now have better peace of mind so that we can spend more time on our core business,” said Yong Inn Nam, Managing Director ESS Software.

With more than 40 staff and 100 PCs distributed across three countries, managing the security of the IT system can be a real challenge. But ESS Software managed to put in place a system that allows them to have complete command and control over its entire IT security, all from the comfort of its Singapore headquarters. Mr. Nam said that he had been looking around for a simple, low-cost and effective IT security solution. He finally found it in the HP Smart Office integrated security solution, called HP SAFE SC, which runs on the HP ProLiant DL380 server and features PrivacyPost for robust anti-spam protection. The HP SAFE SC products have been released in the Asia-Pacific region.

The appliance has firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, intrusion detection and prevention all built inside,” said Yong. Despite its powerful features, it was extremely simple to install. We managed to deploy the new security solution in just one night, without any disruption to our ongoing operations.” HP Smart Office provides security solutions to protect a companys network with appliances and services for anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall and intrusion detection/prevention with the growing business in mind.

The HP SAFE SC solution, running PrivacyPost from Privacy NETworks, is a key offering under the HP Smart Office suite of security solutions. Teo Kee Chin, Director of Engineering Services and Head of IT at ESS, said that from a technical perspective, HP SAFE SC was a very powerful but easy-to-use solution. From my office in Singapore, I am able to prevent viruses, reduce spam and block attacks on our PCs across our entire corporate network spanning Singapore, China and Japan. And it is so easy to use that we are confident that we will have no problems linking up and securing our upcoming offices in Hong Kong and the United States,” said Teo.

ESS Software is a software developer that focuses on helping companies bring their software solutions to the world, or what it calls software internationalization.” Yong has a very hectic schedule, spending about half his time outside Singapore. We are really very busy. As an SMB, we dont have the luxury of time to worry about our IT security. With HP SAFE SC, we now have better peace of mind so that we can spend more time on our core business,” he said.

In the past, anti-virus software was loaded into every users PC. This meant that the IT staff had to individually deploy anti-virus software on each new PC, conduct regular maintenance checks on all PCs to ensure they were free of viruses, and spend time warning and reminding users not to introduce third party software that may contain viruses. But now, with the HP SAFE SC solution, the entire network of PCs is protected by the security appliance. Command and control over the PCs is now centralized,” added Teo.

The best thing about the HP SAFE SC solution is its price tag. We made thorough comparisons of the various products and found that this is one of the most affordable solutions in the market. Its cheap and its good. I couldnt ask for more,” added Yong.

Contact:
Steve Archambault
970-224-2339
stevea@privacynetworks.com

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