21.05.2003
GlobalGold selects Advascan for antivirus and antispam managed service
Advascan has announced today that it has signed its first major channel partner, GlobalGold. The partnership comes after a very successful internal trial, which dramatically reduced inbound and outbound email spam and viruses.
Debra Hastings-Henry, managing director of GlobalGold said:
"We have initially been using Advascan internally, which has made a huge difference to the way we manage our emails. It adds value by taking away the pain of spam and viruses, cleaning out the nonsense and making the decisions for you. It has made email useful again."
"Having seen the benefits internally, we are now in discussions with some of our current customers, as well as looking to see how we can integrate this into other GlobalGold solutions."
GlobalGold's purpose is to migrate and help build businesses on the web simply, constructively and cost-effectively. Working with Advascan, the company has now developed a premium email solution for its customers, adding to its comprehensive range of products.
Henry Forde, sales director at Advascan said:
"We are delighted to be working with GlobalGold. The beauty of reselling our managed service is that there is no hard sell. There are immediate opportunities to up-sell to an existing client base, with no capital outlay, training or need for support provision. And with a solid recurring revenue stream and margins up to 50 per cent, this is the ideal service to add to any portfolio."
Benefits of the Advascan service include:
Single inexpensive integrated solution for email integrity - antivirus and antispam
Fully outsourced, managed service
Heuristic analysis identifies and traps new viruses before signatures are available
Improves employee productivity by cutting spam and downtime caused by viral attacks
Releases bandwidth and network resources otherwise occupied by spam
Sophisticated web-based statistical tool gives customers instant analysis of email and viral traffic
Management tools give customers direct control over their viral and spam scanning
Frees up in-house IT staff to focus on other projects
Additionally, an Advascan server can be deployed on-site for customers who need scanning carried out at a specific corporate location. This server can be co-managed by local IT managers as well as Advascan's technical centre, which monitors all traffic for new threats.
Advascan's centred approach means that customers are instantly and globally protected as soon as a viral threat is identified in any part of the network.
About Advascan
Advascan is an Internet technology and software development company, specialising in the areas of network security, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, antispam, and email policy management. Its service, Advascan is an online managed service providing a complete solution for email security, antivirus and antispam, protecting data and enhancing the efficiency of email as a business medium. Advascan is part of Adva Technologies Ltd. To contact Advascan call 08450 539331 or visit the website www.Advascan.com.
About GlobalGold
GlobalGold provides a range of managed, dedicated and shared hosting and domain solutions to SMEs in the UK. The company has a development division specialising in the delivery of relevant, actionable ecommerce solutions, as well as intra and extranets, bespoke databases and database development solutions. The company has won several awards for Customer Service excellence and was recently voted E-Business partner of the year. To contact GlobalGold call 0870 0044444 or visit the website www.globalgold.co.uk
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