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Exclusive Networks to push on services
2012-03-30
In order to drive its future growth, French network and security VAD Exclusive Networks is investing in a new infrastructure and new services to optimize and automatize the order processing and technical support on the European scale, starting with Scandinavia. The distributor also plans to launch in the coming months its own offer of managed services, in order to help its resellers generate recurring business. This offer may very well look like the Alvea offer of its competitor Computerlinks. Currently, Exclusive Networks is present, beside France, in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Computerlinks unveils new Alvea Authentication Service
2011-11-15
Network and security VAD Computerlinks has previewed on "Capitalise on Cloud" event its new Alvea Authentication Services. Alvea Authentication is an automated two-factor authentication service that manages user access to business applications and data. It allows resellers to tap into a growing market without the cost or risk of developing their own in-house delivered services. The ALVEA Authentication Service delivers a flexible, managed, automated and highly secure service that delivers high data integrity with a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Key features include:

• No servers, hardware or capital expenditure
• Reduced infrastructure, technical resource and management costs
• Fast, simple deployment
• Widest possible range of token, tokenless and SMS strong authentication
• Global, scalable and resilient infrastructure

Its infrastructure is based on fully redundant, strategically located global Authentication Points-of-Presence, which are co-located in both European and North American data centres, each complying to relevant data centre standards and carrier grade practices such as TIA-942 and ISO27001. This new service is immediately available in Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. The other countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland) should follow within the next quarter.

Exclusive Networks hires from SecureSoft
2010-10-28
France : pan-European network and security VAD Exclusive Networks has hired Mikko Vaajamo as Product Marketing director. Mikko is not a newcomer as he is the founder of pan-Scandinavian distributor Securesoft, which was acquired in 2005 by German-based pan-European VAD Computerlinks. Among his tasks, he will have to apply the product strategy of the company in all its subsidiaries, to manage relationships with vendors on group level. He will also be in charge of the technology intelligence of the group.

Computerlinks and Optenet team up in global distribution partnership
2009-12-02
SaaS security vendor Optenet has entered into a distribution partnership with IT security and networking VAD Computerlinks to deliver a comprehensive channel partner program worldwide. As part of the agreement, Computerlinks will offer Optenet's security solutions to its channel partners and enterprise customers through its offices in Austria, Bahrain, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, as soon as local teams are trained. Optenet's solutions include Web filtering, anti-spam, anti-virus, email and Web security as a fully integrated and comprehensive suite of high-performance security services designed to dynamically and proactively protect against the latest and most aggressive Web 2.0 threats.