Sunil Sapra, Country Manager India SAARC ,Astaro Corporation

New Delhi: HCL Infosystems, India’s premier hardware, services and ICT system Integration Company, today announced its partnership with Astaro, the leading European UTM security provider. The partnership intends to add protection through advanced security to mitigate possible network threats. The collaboration will enable customers to access highly secured cloud framework of HCL’s O’zone solution offering.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. George Paul, Executive Vice-President of HCL Infosystems, said “HCL Infosystems has always focused on bringing progressive changes in technology and our cloud offering, HCL O’zone is yet another step to exemplify our effort.  We are delighted to be associated with Astaro to enable secure deployment & implementation of our cloud computing services. This partnership further reiterates our commitment in providing world class business solutions in this domain”.

HCL’s O’zone has been developed to deliver increased data security, provide flexibility through server consolidation, reduce capital expenditure and promote green computing by reducing power and cooling. The solution is provided with 24X7 technical support to manage scalability and deliver optimum performance. Astaro’s VMware-certified virtual security appliances will provide advanced functionality and easy deployment across a huge number of users with each implementation.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sunil Sapra, Regional Director for India & South Asia, Astaro said, “We are excited to collaborate with HCL Infosystems in providing the state of the art cloud offering, O’Zone. Cloud computing opens up a whole new set of security challenges and this partnership will address this concern through a highly secured network.  Based on the outlook on the cloud computing market by various third party analysts, this industry will touch USD $1 billion mark in the next five years and HCL Infosystems as a company will play a major role in this surge in the market. In their drive towards enabling enterprises to transition to this new application delivery model, Astaro will support HCL Infosystems in making the service absolutely secure.”

This solution will be made available at a fraction of the cost of purchasing it outright and charged to the customers at a nominal monthly charge. Customers will have all the relevant security protection including antivirus scanning, web filtering, mail security, intrusion protection and advanced firewall functionality. This is a unique offering from HCL Infosystems catering to the rapid expansion of the cloud services market.