By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
28th August:- Bharti Airtel
(“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Symantec
Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today
announced a strategic partnership to serve the growing cyber security
requirements of businesses in India, providing protection and prevention of
online threats in an increasingly digitally connected world. Under the terms of
the agreement, Airtel will be the exclusive Cyber Security Services partner for
Symantec in India, and will distribute Symantec’s enterprise security software.
The partnership aims
to leverage Airtel’s strength in India’s Business to Business (B2B) segment,
helping them address the challenges of the Cloud Generation with Symantec’s
innovative Integrated Cyber Defense Platform. As Indian enterprises embrace
cloud applications and infrastructure, they require security technologies built
for this new cloud-based environment to gain the upper hand on
adversaries. The partnership will give customers stronger protection and
prevention, greater visibility and better control of critical assets, users and
data.
Airtel Business serves over 2,000 large enterprise accounts, plus
more than 250,000 corporate and tech startups with its integrated telecom
solutions. In addition, it has a strong presence in Central and State
Government departments/divisions. Symantec Cyber Security Services prepares
organizations for every stage of the attack lifecycle through global Threat
Intelligence Services, Managed Security Services, Incident Response Services
and Cyber Skills Development Services to protect organizations from internal
and external attacks.
Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel
said that increasingly sophisticated cyber threats with potential to disrupt
business continuity are the new normal in today’s digitally connected world.
Enterprises need to guard against these emerging threats and Airtel, with its
experience in serving businesses with integrated connectivity solutions, is
uniquely positioned to serve them. We are delighted to partner with Symantec
and offer its world-class Integrated Cyber Defense Platform and solutions to
customers in India. It will help us add value to our existing enterprise
relationships and further consolidate our leadership position in the B2B space.
Symantec’s CEO Greg Clark said that the threat environment is more
dangerous and complex than ever. The partnership between Airtel and Symantec
presents massive value to businesses in India. Airtel is one of the most
forward-thinking telcos and Symantec’s Integrated Cyber Defense Platform
focuses on empowering businesses to protect their on-premise as well as fast growing
cloud environment through every stage of an attack lifecycle by combining the
broadest and deepest set of threat intelligence in the industry. With this
partnership, under one service level agreement, Indian organizations can
bolster their cyber defense and respond to new threats as they emerge at a
significantly lower operational cost.
Airtel Business is India’s leading and most trusted provider of
ICT services with a diverse portfolio of services. Along with voice,
data and video, its service portfolio includes network integration, data
centers, managed services, enterprise mobility applications and digital media.
Its strategically located submarine cables and satellite network enables
customers to connect across the world, including hard-to-reach areas.
