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Cyberoam, a Sophos company, is going to celebrate its fourth Channel Convention at Macau, China. Cyberoam will felicitate partners on their yearly sales performance and will present the company’s strategy for the year ahead. CCC (Cyberoam Channel Convention) has gained recognition as an event with high fervour, exuberance and razzmatazz. Locations like Goa, Pattaya and Dubai were consciously chosen in the past by Cyberoam to match the theme of its events. This year, Cyberoam plans to further the success of its past events at Macau, which is a favourite destination for tourists seeking fun and enjoyment. Sunil Sharma, Vice-President of Sales & Operations, India and SAARC, Cyberoam, commented, “Cyberoam has high regards for its partner community which has been the leading force in establishing our stronghold in the security space. With the emerging tech-landscape, including developments in Mobility, Cloud and Big Data, Possibilities are Unlimited – which is something we wish t...

Cyberoam has launched CR10wiNG, the “fastest and most affordable UTM appliance” with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities for the SOHO/ROBO markets. The CR10wiNG wireless appliance supports 802.11 n/b/g standards and up to eight virtual access points. It delivers UTM security features over WLAN to offer enterprise-level security and meet the requirement of mobility in this segment. Cyberoam CR10wiNG offers high performance with firewall throughput of 400Mbps and UTM throughput of 60Mbps. The wireless networks in organizations face huge risk of information theft due to their inability to trace users, especially guest users, within the network. Additionally, lack of IT security staff and budgetary constraints make it difficult for the SOHO/ROBO segment to find security solutions that are adequate, cost-effective and easy to manage. Also, organizations with distributed networks, remote and branch offices, especially in sectors like retail stores, logistics and transportation, and Utility dist...

Cyberoam has been honoured with the award for a patent for identity and policy-based network security and management by the US Patent Office. The patent awarded technology is at the heart of Cyberoam’s extensive portfolio of next-generation firewall (NGFW) and unified threat management (UTM) network security appliances. Hemal Patel, CEO of Cyberoam Technologies & Sr Vice-President of IT & Operations, said, “This patent grant validates Cyberoam’s continued leadership in providing identity-based network security to address two of the primary security challenges: helping network administrators manage the weakest link in the security chain with user-defined security and network access policies, and strengthening compliance and reporting based on complete visibility of user activity in the network.” This technology was created and developed by the Cyberoam team in India. It offers a unique capability to connect end-user identity with network security policy. It also allows IT...

Cyberoam has announced a new firmware – CyberoamOS 10.6.2 for its UTM and NGFW security appliances. Among many updates included in the new firmware are the increase in Firewall throughputs by up to 430%, IPS throughputs by up to 210% and UTM throughputs by up to 190%, inclusion of User Threat Quotient (UTQ) offering security intelligence to spot risky users in network, availability of Cyberoam in Discover mode (popularly known as TAP mode) to help partners and customers evaluate Cyberoam security and Application Visibility & Controls for HTTPS-based Micro-Apps. Abhilash Sonwane, SVP – Products & Technology, Cyberoam, says, “We moved many notches up in offering high-performance security at the time of launching our NG Series security appliances. With CyberoamOS 10.6.2, we have touched even higher scales by further leveraging the fast path technology over Cyberoam’s multi-core platform. Our new performance breakthroughs will help Cyberoam customers boost network security p...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam has announced its plans for Cyberoam Channel Convention (CCC) to be conducted in Dubai from October 9 to 11, 2014. Sunil Sharma, Vice-President – Sales & Operations – India & SAARC, Cyberoam, commented “We are lucky to have a very energetic and focussed group of people as our partners. We share common business philosophy and this synergy gets reflected in our results every year. Hence, we are certain that our association with partners will get stronger and bigger in the coming years.” It is the third edition of CCC. Prior to Dubai, CCC has been conducted in Goa and in Pattaya, Thailand. The event with the theme “Think Big. Think Success” is already a big hit among the channel partners as it provides a welcome break from work routine. Cyberoam recognizes the best annual performers during the event and discusses its future roadmap.   

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update,  Cyberoam  has revealed the results and growth achievements for  FY2013 . Besides achieving sequential growth for the fourth quarter ending March 31, 2013, the company successfully achieved growth targets set for enterprise and large customers, with enterprise business contributing to over 20% of the total business. The company’s concerted efforts to break in emerging growth markets coupled with an expanded portfolio of network security solutions and a series of partner and channel-focussed initiatives resulted in Cyberoam registering an impressive 50-per cent growth over FY2012. "We continued to execute on Cyberoam’s growth plan and successfully expanded presence among enterprise and large customers, making important gains with unique security offerings and differentiated approach on channel and customer empowerment. We also maintained our commitment towards tier 2-3 partners and entrenched...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam Technologies Private Limited , the spinoff from Elitecore Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and funded by the Carlyle Group, has made an official statement that it has been acquired by  Sophos . Originating from Ahmedabad, India,  Cyberoam has consistently grown faster  than the market and gained cost leadership and operational efficiency advantages in the global network security market. “Cyberoam is a fine example that not all successful technology product innovation happens in Silicon Valley. It can happen anywhere, with the right drive and vision. We have been successful in building Cyberoam into a global IT product company that displays great product strength, team strength and unique innovation capabilities,” said  Hemal Patel, MD & CEO, Cyberoam Technologies . Cyberoam Technologies has more than 550 employees working across its worldwide offices with R&D and Global Support Management Centr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam  has announced the culmination of its Cyberoam Channel Convention 2012. Befitting Cyberoam’s partner centric Channel Approach, it was a get together of the top 50 Cyberoam partners from across India and the SAARC region. The high points were the announcement of several award categories for partners based on performance evaluation and an open session by key Cyberoam executives. The award ceremony in the meet bestowed partners with many honours. Technoware Director Naveen Arora was awarded ‘Best Enterprise Partner’ from North while Leading Minds Director Lakshmi Das won ‘Best Sub distributor from AP’. Managing Partner Rohit Krishna and Support Head Rajesh of 4Ways won the award for the ‘Best Emerging Commercial Segment Partner’. Micropro owner Meher Pophali was declared ‘Best Partner’ from ROM. From SAARC region, RoseWare Cop Pvt. Ltd. owners Ahmed Faisal and Mohammed Shams of Maldives were announced ‘Best Regional Pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies is conducting Channel events across India, to showcase new product offerings like Fiber port appliance, Web Application Firewall & Enterprise UTM, addressing the growth concerns of Indian Channel vendors in the security business. The roadshow series targets Cyberoam’s entire channel eco-system including prospective partners.   Sunil Sharma, VP -Sales - India & SAARC - Cyberoam said, “Through the current roadshow series, we aim to fulfil the expectations of our partners by showcasing our product innovations and offering them new revenue streams which will  reinforce Cyberoam’s leadership position in the UTM space.” Furthermore, During the ongoing partner meet Cyberoam is announcing the creation of loyal pool of partners by classifying them into platinum , Gold  and Authorized categories. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam has launched Platinum Support Service (PSS), primarily for customers who are in need of special attention and care. Cyberoam PSS will provide 24X7 priority support, by providing timely and accurate support. PSS will be on a "Per Customer" basis. Depending on the complexity of a network customers will be categorized under the respective price bands namely, "Platinum Power" or a "Platinum Super". Along with all the features of the Basic and Premium Support that the customer has subscribed, the key highlights of PSS will also be added, which will include a highly trained technical account manager (TAM) to conduct periodic reviews and provide periodic responses on most pressing technical issues, quarterly site visits, 24x7 direct access to senior technical support engineers and product specialists, expedited call handling, Network architecture reviews, migration planning assistance. Sunil Shar...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has reached out to customers and partner of SonicWall. The UTM vendor, committed to the growth of its market footprint in the UTM space, has offered a lucrative trade-in offer on Sonicwall appliances, following the latter's takeover by Dell. Existing Sonicwall customers can take advantage of this offer to upgrade their UTM protection to Cyberoam's identity-based UTM appliances which render end-to-end user visibility through Layer 8 technology. Hemal Patel, CEO, Elitecore Technologies, said, "Cyberoam is committed to become a leader in the UTM solutions space. The recent takeover of Sonicwall by Dell has created a good opportunity for us to increase market penetration of our UTM products and diversify across to new verticals and industry segments." Cyberoam will be providing a free one-year subscription on Web Content & Application, IPS & Anti-X subscriptions who trade in SonicWall appliances to buy Cyberoa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies, has started its 6-city seminar on UTM Security for its partners. The seminar was first kicked off in Delhi, but it is yet to roll out in other cities, including Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune. This seminar is based on the theme of "Securing You". Sunil Sharma, Vice-President - Sales, India & SAARC, Cyberoam, said, "The purpose is to roll out new incentive schemes and showcase its products. This forum provided hands-on experience to customers and demonstrated enterprise-class offering that drives productivity. Moreover, we have plans to cover all the other five cities by the end of March. The key takeaway of this seminar is to ensure that our partners get energized with our plans and at the same time partners can take their business to new heights." The company will be rolling out its partners incentive programme for the JFM quarter in the seminar, and will ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has announced a special feature of October 2011 Internet threats trend report, prepared in collaboration with Commtouch. The report has revealed that 70% spam attacks were launched on Yahoo (27%), Facebook (23%) and Gmail (19%). The fact highlights that the user of these mail accounts is prone to more attacks. Abhilash Sonwane, Sr. Vice-President, Product Management, Cyberoam, said, "Trust is a major factor behind spammers switching tactics to email and social media. Most of us will click on a malware link, if it comes from a close friend on Facebook. The use of these attacks for spam and scams are expected to increase in future. Users must take basic precautions when they access these in public domains as well as observing sound password management." Cyberoam recommends account-owners to consider using a password manager that stores all passwords, generates new ones and sync them between their PCs, laptops, smartphones an...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has appointed Cyberstar International, Singapore as distributor for its UTM appliance range across key countries in SAARC -Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan. A stocking facility has been prepared in Singapore for the same which will ensure faster delivery of products. With this move, Cyberoam is all set to strengthen its existing relationship with corporate and enterprise customers in the SAARC region, thus poised to capture a bigger market share. Hemal Patel, CEO Elitecore Technologies, said, "The idea of appointing a SAARC distributor came because we wanted to work with a Value Added Distributor (VAD), who could help us in getting more and more partners on board. We are a channel-centric company and after evaluating a few of the VADs, we found Cyberstar more promising. Its network in the entire region will definitely help us in the long run." Rajkumar Rathi, Managing Director, Cyberstar, said, "Cyber...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has announced a nationwide NetGenie Empowerment Program for its product NetGenie. The road shows will offer in-depth knowledge awareness into these new products for Home/SOHO security along with Cyberoam's extensive sales and marketing support to the partners. Bishwajit Sutradhar, National Sales Manager - NetGenie said, "Becoming a Cyberoam NetGenie partner gives our partners a unique portfolio with the first-of-its-kind offering for home and small office users, helping them create a new line of growth with increasing revenues and margins. This product is all set to create a new niche in the Wi-Fi router market and will benefit from Cyberoam's strong brand pull in UTM market." The roadshow events is to be conducted across four zones in 20 cities including, Delhi, Mumbai Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad. Cyberoam offers sales and marketing support to partners with its R&D and support center based in Ahmedabad. Cyb...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has appointed Supertron Electronics as National Distributor for its newly-launched smart router - NetGenie. NetGenie is a small wireless router with family protection for homes and Unified Threat Management appliances for small offices. NetGenie - Home is to offer a single-click solution for parents to implement age-wise, easy parental controls ensuring children are protected from harmful Internet content. In addition, small offices can put a complete stop to their employees spending time on non-productive sites using NetGenie's Internet controls. Supertron Electronics will push the smart router through its network of 27 branches and 9 satellite offices across the country. Besides, the product would be soon available at Large Format Retail (LFRs) outlets. "Supertron Electronics has vast experience in catering to India's IT hardware market and an excellent track record in promoting proprietary brands to home user. The ti...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has announced that the leading market research firm IDC had identified it as the No. 1 UTM appliance vendor in India based on factory revenue figures for Q3 2010 (July-September 2010 quarter). According to the data released in IDC's India Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, Q3 2010, December 2010, Cyberoam gained substantial market share over its competitors to become the leader in the India UTM appliance market in terms of factory revenue. Cyberoam recorded factory revenues of US$2.71 million out of a total India UTM appliance market size of US$11.52 million during Q3 2010, representing a 23.5% market share. Said Tushar Sighat, Vice-President - Operations, Cyberoam, "For the last two years, Cyberoam has been breezing ahead in its growth momentum with continued demand for its UTM appliances. Clearly, it reflects our ability to meet the growing requirements among SMBs and enterprises for comprehensive security through mult...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cyberoam has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionary quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management" report. A total of thirteen security vendors were included in the Magic Quadrant based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Says Hemal Patel, CEO - Elitecore Technologies, "We consider our position in the visionary quadrant as a testimony to our in-depth understanding of SMB security issues, and the amount of innovation we put into addressing those challenges. Cyberoam's product development efforts are directly driven by customer pain points and we stand out in the security space due to our timely ability to launch innovative products based on a well-defined market feedback analysis." With a deployment base now across 97+ countries, Cyberoam UTM secures global corporations in the manufacturing, healthcare, finance, retail, IT sectors and more in addition to educational instit...