Addition of leading vendor’s portfolio to Westcon Solutions’ Security
practice helps IT service providers better guard Hong Kong businesses
against potential costly cybercrime activities
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2016--
Arbor
Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT (NASDAQ: NTCT),
today announced its partnership with Westcon Solutions, the leading
value-added regional distributor of network infrastructure, security and
video conferencing solutions, to cover the Hong Kong market. The
addition broadens Westcon Solutions’ Security practice and better
positions its IT service provider partners to more effectively address
the fast-evolving cyber security needs of today’s complex, highly
diversified technology environments.
"Arbor Networks is an industry leader in mitigating network-based
threats on a global scale and because of this, we are very excited to
extend our partnership with Arbor to Hong Kong,” said Wilson Ho,
managing director at Westcon Solutions. “In today’s threat landscape, it
is more important than ever before to provide companies with the right
security infrastructure to protect their businesses and customers. Our
partnership provides companies the tools and support they need to remain
on the front-foot against cyber-criminals.”
"With advanced security threats and DDoS attacks growing at a rapid
pace, no business can afford to be complacent when it comes to
combatting today’s cyber-criminals. Because of this, there is a
fantastic opportunity for solution providers to offer protection against
these attacks to customers across the world,” said Jeff Buhl, Arbor
Networks vice president for Asia Pacific. "Westcon Solutions has been a
proven, trusted partner of Arbor’s for a long time and continues to
consistently match our solution with customers and solution providers.
Following our success in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, we
look forward to further expanding our customer base in Hong Kong.”
Developing High-Growth Market Opportunities
As part of its incubation program launched in June 2015, Westcon
Solutions continually evaluates the technology landscape for innovative
products and services that hold long-term opportunity for its customers'
success. Westcon Solutions makes it easy for vendors to ramp up in each
country or region, providing a repeatable, efficient, cost-effective,
scalable process to expand geographically. Meanwhile, vendors can
benefit from the distributor’s highly specialized solutions groups and
services to more accurately target the IT service providers and the
markets they wish to reach. The incubation program also strengthens
Westcon Solutions overall ecosystem, enhancing its ability to offer
multi-vendor solutions that solve more complex business problems.
Arbor Networks Solutions Overview
Arbor Networks’ customers gain a micro view of their own network through
its suite of products, combined with a macro view of global internet
traffic and emerging threats, through Arbor’s Active Threat Level
Analysis System (ATLAS) threat intelligence infrastructure.
ATLAS provides a comprehensive, aggregated view of global traffic and
threats. More than 330 service provider customers contribute 140 Tbps of
global traffic intelligence, enabling Arbor's Security Engineering &
Response Team (ASERT)
to develop threat protections that are delivered directly into customer
products to stop distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and
malware campaigns.
Arbor DDoS solutions are proven on the world's most demanding networks.
The portfolio offers complete deployment flexibility to meet the needs
of any organization, from virtual solutions and network-embedded
solutions within Cisco's ASR 9000 routers to appliances for enterprises
and carrier-class scrubbing centers. Arbor Cloud offers a fully managed,
best-practice DDoS defense service that tightly integrates on-premises
and cloud-based mitigation in a single solution. The Arbor DDoS
portfolio enables customers to ensure the availability of their critical
infrastructure with the world's most broadly-deployed DDoS mitigation
technology.
Arbor’s advanced threat solution, called Arbor Spectrum, leverages
integrated Netflow and packet capture technology for network-wide
situational awareness and broad and deep traffic visibility and security
intelligence that transforms threat detection and incident response
through real-time and historical insights, stunning visualization and
forensics. The Arbor Spectrum solution enables customers to protect
their most critical assets from advanced threats that are already in
their network.
About Westcon Solutions
Westcon Solutions is a value added
distributor of category-leading network infrastructure, security and
video conferencing solutions. Westcon Solutions is a separately
resourced business arm of WestconGroup,
Inc., focused on the enablement and growth of new and existing
technologies in Asia. We have local presence with good understanding of
local requirements and currently established in key countries Singapore,
Malaysia, Indonesia, China (including Hong Kong), Philippines, Thailand,
Taiwan and Vietnam. http://westconsolutions.com/
About Arbor Networks
Arbor Networks, the security division
of NETSCOUT (Netscout.com), helps secure the world’s largest enterprise
and service provider networks from DDoS attacks and advanced threats.
Arbor is the world’s leading provider of DDoS protection in the
enterprise, carrier and mobile market segments, according to Infonetics
Research. Arbor Networks Spectrum™ advanced threat solution delivers
complete network visibility through a combination of packet capture and
NetFlow technology, enabling the rapid detection and mitigation of
attack campaigns, malware and malicious insiders. Arbor strives to be a
“force multiplier,” making network and security teams the experts. Our
goal is to provide a richer picture into networks and more security
context so customers can solve problems faster and reduce the risks to
their business.
To learn more about Arbor products and services, please visit our
website at arbornetworks.com
or follow on Twitter @ArborNetworks.
Arbor’s research, analysis and insight is shared via the ASERT
blog. For a global data visualization of DDoS attacks that leverages
our ATLAS intelligence, visit the Digital
Attack Map, a collaboration with Jigsaw, an incubator within
Alphabet, Google’s parent company (NASDAQ: GOOGL).
Safe Harbor
Forward-looking statements in this release are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal securities laws.
Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are
not strictly historical statements, including without limitation, the
statements related to the benefits of the Arbor Networks ATLAS threat
intelligence infrastructure, Arbor DDoS solutions, Arbor Cloud and Arbor
Spectrum solutions, solutions, and future success in certain geographic
regions, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risk, uncertainties,
assumptions and other factors. For a more detailed description of the
risk factors associated with NETSCOUT, please refer to NETSCOUT’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 and
NETSCOUT’s subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this
press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.
Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, the Arbor Networks logo and ATLAS
are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brands may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
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