Tata Comm's Internet cleansing soln for SMB

NEW DELHI, INDIA:Tata Communications Ltd., a provider of a new world of communications, today said it has launched its “Internet Clean Pipe Solution” for the small and medium business segments.

The solution ensures clean Internet traffic by eliminating malware, spam and virus without the customer having to incur capital expenditure on security hardware.

The initial demand from customers for the solution has been very encouraging and sales for this solution are expected to ramp up rapidly, said a press release.

Internet traffic contains data flows and traffic like spyware, malware, worms, trojans, and virus, which besides compromising the data security of the organization, also chokes the available bandwidth.

Tata Communications’ Internet Clean Pipe, service utilizes a network based all-in one Fortinet Unified Threat Management device which includes anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention and web filtering capabilities, under which the Internet traffic is checked for vulnerabilities before it enters the customer’s premise, thereby ensuring optimal utilization of bandwidth purchased without any unwanted traffic.

This also eliminates the need for investment in security hardware and costs associated with maintenance and management, the release said.

Sunil Joshi, president, Enterprise Business Unit, Tata Communications said, “Data security is a prime concern for organizations given the serious security threats that exists in today’s environment. Tata Communications’ Internet Clean Pipe Solution is a high speed Internet solution built on a global Tier-1 IP backbone that offers sophisticated security options that have been simplified for use by our customers.”

He added that they have endeavored to reduce the complexity of the security, de-risk it for their clients and make it easy to manage with meaningful services levels – they manage it all for their customers. 

The Customers gain peace of mind and are fully confident that their bandwidth is utilized for genuine purposes only.

Available 24x7x365, the Internet Clean Pipe solution provides users with multiple bandwidth speed options backed by Service Level Agreements (SLAs) guaranteeing better network uptime, zero latency and packet drop amongst many other advantages, added the release.