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McAfee and the Risc Group protect professional users from the dangers associated with new applications of the Internet
As innovators in the distribution of SaaS services, the Risc Group and McAfee have developed administration, management and reporting tools to help to ensure the security of professional data.
With 24/7 access via a secure web interface, Risc Group's administration consoles were designed in France to allow our partners to pilot the distribution of our services. These partners benefit from a white-label console and distribute McAfee protection services directly to their clients, all under their own brand, through a policy of close collaboration. The consoles are intuitive and allow remote users to carry out tasks, such as installation, configuration, generation of reports, tracking the history of completed actions or even management of updates. They also allow the rights and granular access of every user to be managed.
A successful partnership
With extensive experience in the field of distributed SaaS managed services for the protection of the professional IT investment, the Risc Group has capitalised on the effectiveness and reliability of McAfee solutions over the last ten years, and has become the top Service Provider in France in 2009 and is already number two in Europe.
The McAfee Total Protection service managed by the Risc Group allows office computers, laptops, servers and emails to be secured effectively against external dangers by means of intelligent protection, which is simple, reliable and capable of automatically detecting and blocking new viruses and other threats thanks to automatic daily updates.
According to a McAfee report entitled: “Risk landscape: forecasts for 2009”, which described the current explosion in cyber crime during the economic downturn: “The companies consulted estimated that they had lost 4.6 billion dollars in intellectual property over the past year and spent approximately 600 million dollars to repair the damage caused by data leaks".
The latest surveys conducted by the Risc Group showed that many corporate managers tend to forget that they can be held responsible for misfeasance, negligence or failure in their duty to exercise caution and maintain security, as required by laws and regulations (article L121-3 of the Penal Code), but the use of managed security services, such as those developed with McAfee, allows companies to meet their legal obligations in terms of electronic data protection.
In this context, it seems more crucial than ever for Risc Group and McAfee to help companies protect their vital information by no longer viewing security as an expense, but instead as a genuine source of added value and increased competitiveness.
José Vasco, Vice President of McAfee’s EMEA Division, made the following statement about this partnership: The trust that has been built through our relationship with the Risc Group over the course of these past ten years is proof of the level of security and peace of mind enjoyed by the 350,000 users of McAfee licensed software, distributed and piloted by Risc Group, which enables users to work and to focus their energy on the development of their companies and generating value".
Phillippe Weppe, CEO of the Risc Group stated : “It is in the genetic makeup of the Risc Group to supply, in collaboration with our partners, the best managed service to professionals every single day. McAfee, with whom we have collaborated for nearly 10 years, illustrates perfectly the success we have had with both our distributors and our end customers in the supply of SaaS services designed in line with the most relevant solutions on the market. »
For Khalid Bourqia, Director of Risc Group Business Partners, indirect sales channel, the best proof of quality for these services is the many testimonies from clients such as the company Progee, an expert in professional applications and a partner of the Risc Group since 2003.
Alain Benita, Managing Director of Progee says: “Risc Group has enabled our company to expand our range of services quickly without the need to invest in a managed services infrastructure. The administration portal for retailers allows us to take orders and to deliver our products to our Customers immediately, to provide our services via a secure web space with real-time information on stock levels and to manage updates and security policies. With 10,000 work stations in use, Progee know that they can rely on the expertise of their partner the Risc Group for daily tasks relating to pre-sales, technical service and the piloting of managed services.
In this way, Risc Group Partners distributes more than 60,000 Total Protection McAfee antivirus licenses every year and the rate of renewal is just under 94%.
About McAfee
McAfee, headquartered in Santa Clara in California, is the largest in the world specialising in computer security. McAfee is committed to addressing the greatest threats to security. This company provides dynamic, tested solutions and services for securing systems and networks all over the world in order provide protection for web browsing and online purchasing. Supported by a team of highly competent researchers, McAfee creates innovative products to enable individuals, companies, public services and service providers to comply with regulations, protect their data, foresee disruptions, identify areas of weakness and constantly monitor security.
McAfee and/or McAfee products described in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks belonging to McAfee Inc, and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or in other countries. McAfee Red security solutions are separate from products under the McAfee brand. Any non-McAfee product, any trademark and/or any non-trademarked brand mentioned in this document is only cited as a reference and are the exclusive property of their respective owners. © 2009 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
About the Risc Group
Risc Group is the European leader in outsourced computer services.
The company provides both an infrastructure of interconnected networks to the largest IaaS[1] operators and a complete range of SaaS[2] managed computer services. In this way the Risc Group provides a perfect solution for its customers with numerous services including mobility, safeguarding, network protection, video-surveillance, information management, telecommunications and hosted applications. The company has both commercial and local support teams at the disposal of its 35,000 customers in Europe (small companies, SMEs, large companies and regional authorities) in all sectors.
The Risc Group is operated from two central sites and an indirect sales channel:
· Risc Group InBox : the site that serves small companies and SMEs with 5 to 100 workstations.
· RISC GROUP IT Solutions: the site that serves medium and large Companies with more than 100 workstations
· Risc Group Business Partners : the Risc Group’s indirect sales channel
‑{}‑RISC GROUP is a public limited company with a share capital of 36,996,185 Euros, listed in group C of the Euronext Paris Eurolist. The Group generated a consolidated turnover of €86.2 million in the last fiscal period of 15 months ending on 30th June 2008, with an operating profit of 10.4%. The Risc Group employs 550 people and has 32 offices across 7 countries (France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).
1 : IaaS : Infrastructure as a Service
2 : SaaS : Infrastructure as a Service
ISIN Code: FR0010542647 | MNEMO Code : RSC | Website: www.risc-group.com
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