BigFix partners with 3 IT service cos

BANGALORE, INDIA: In an attempt to tap Indian and global market, BigFix, a US based security management solutions provider, announced its key business relationship with three IT service companies - HCL Comnet, Paladion and Wipro Infotech. With this pact, BigFix eyes the Indian and global market to will deliver managed services and desktop outsourcing along with its partners.

George Billman, vice president (business development), BigFix, said: “A common theme runs between us and all our partners, and we see these partners as a platform for our global business. It is high time that small and medium businesses (SMBs) also go in for managed services."

"BigFix manages eight million PCs, servers, and mobile devices globally and is all set to run 8,57,000 PCs from India alone in the next couple of years," he said.

"BigFix is all set to penetrate into every service sector, be it BFSI, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, electricity or telecom with a focus on local presence. So, we are on the look out for more such partnerships in India in future to gain access to the innovations and tap the expertise here," Billman added.

"BigFix is a unified management platform providing real time visibility and control through a single infrastructure, single agent and unified console. It has heterogeneous platform support - Windows, Unix, Mac, Mobile - to manage laptop, desktop and servers," he said.

Amrit William, chief technology officer, BigFix, said: "BigFix is all about making business more effective and agile. Eighty five percent of all external attacks are opportunistic and take advantage of our weakness, known vulnerabilities, misconfigured and poorly administered system. BigFix does not need dedicated management resources as it automates patch management, power conservation, asset management, policy enforcement without compromising on network production, end-use productivity or security."

India entry

“BigFix is ready for Asia. Security regulatory compliance and operational excellence have become high priorities in India as with the rest of the world. Furthermore, BigFix offers attributes ideally suited to Indian and South Asian technical conditions such as ability to operate under narrow bandwidth or high-latency network conditions, minimal memory and processor bandwidth footprint, multi-platform Window-Unix-Linux-Mac OS support and readiness for delivery as a managed service to organisations of any size," Williams added.