"ASBIS Hungary, the local arm of the leading distributor of IT products in the CEMEA region, decided to add VirusBuster's software to its portfolio. In this way, the product range of the internationally renowned IT security specialist is now available to customers from another source of high reputation.VirusBuster is committed to continuously develop its sales network. Joining in April, ASBIS is the latest member of this growing chain. "This is an important step for us. ASBIS Hungary's decision opens the way for our software to more than 1,000 potential resellers and thousands of end users," said VirusBuster CEO Julianna Bozsó. "VirusBuster's security solutions fit well into our portfolio of leading brand IT products", commented Andrey Velesko, the head of ASBIS Group's Hungarian subsidiary.
Founded in Cyprus in 1995, today the ASBIS Group (www.asbis.com.cy, Hungary: www.asbis.hu) has over 30 offices in 26 countries throughout Central Eastern Europe, the Baltics and ex-Soviet states, the Middle East and North Africa. It is the only distributor which is represented in the overwhelming majority of East European countries, and the third largest wholesaler of hard disk drives and processors in the region. The group serves its customers from four main logistic centers, based in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Finland and Dubai. Its dynamically growing revenues totaled nearly $1.5 billion in 2008, with significant part of that amount coming from online sales.
About VirusBuster Ltd.
With its over 15 years of experience, VirusBuster Ltd. (www.virusbuster.hu) has international reputation in the field of IT security. Based in Budapest, Hungary, the company delivers full-fledged anti-virus and other security solutions on all major platforms to its customers on five continents. Virusbuster's software has been recognized with numerous prizes and certificates from many independent testing organizations. Its flagship product, VirusBuster Professional, has won several "Virus Bulletin 100%" awards, "Checkmark Anti-Virus Level One" and "CheckVir" certifications. It received the "Desktop/Server Anti-Virus Detection" certification, and, in 2007 and 2008, the "Desktop/Server Anti-Virus Cleaning" certification from ICSA Labs.
The company also attained OESISOK certification in 2008, which proves that its applications are fully interoperable with the network devices of market-leading technology vendors, such as Cisco, Juniper, NORTEL, 3Com and F5, and they are compatible with network protection (endpoint health validator) systems, including NAP, NAC and TNC.
VirusBuster's experts have gained worldwide recognition, and are regular presenters at international conferences. CEO Julianna Bozsó received the "The IT Director of 2008 award" from the Hungarian Association of IT Companies (IVSZ).
The company was awarded the "Innovative business solution" prize in 2003, and was named as an "IT Hopeful" in 2004. It won two "Distinguished Software Exporter" titles from IVSZ. VirusBuster has been certified as meeting the ISO 9001:2001 quality assurance standard since 2005."
Source: Virus Buster
29.04.2009