DeviceLock announces distribution partnership in China with PC Stars

(28/11/2008)

DeviceLock has announced a distribution agreement with PC Stars, China's biggest online software distributor and leading software as a service (SaaS) provider.
Under the agreement PC Stars will distribute, market and support DeviceLock endpoint security software products throughout China.

As a member of the global DeviceLock channel partner community, PC Stars will receive partner benefits including access to the DeviceLock partner web portal, product training, sales assistance and quality technical support. In addition, the companies will implement a joint marketing program across the target market.

DeviceLock-based software solutions proactively protect organisations of all sizes across all sectors against data leakage and prevents the infiltration of corporate network by malware through local ports of employees’ computers. It reduces business risks resulting from insider negligence, errors or malicious actions.

DeviceLock software is designed for Microsoft Windows operating systems and features a comprehensive central management that is natively integrated with Microsoft Active Directory®. It enables users to precisely control, log, shadow-copy and audit end-user access to the ports and peripheral devices, including local, network and virtual printers, as well as Windows Mobile® and Palm® OS based personal mobile devices, of any type of computer.

DeviceLock also integrates with encryption products from PGP, Lexar, and TrueCrypt, in order to protect data on removable storage devices. In addition, DeviceLock blocks operations of USB and PS/2 hardware keyloggers.

PC Stars commits to be the biggest online software distributor and leading SaaS provider in China through continuous innovation and re-constructing the value chain of software distribution and online applications. PC Stars focuses on enterprise software products developed abroad, and aims to be the largest source of foreign software products for the Chinese corporate market.

“We are proud to have the biggest online software distributor in China as our authorized distributor and looking forward to becoming a valuable partner to them,” said Ashot Oganesyan, DeviceLock CTO and founder. “With the wide network of software resellers and systems integrators that PC Stars has established in China, we believe this partnership will become a vital instrument for accelerating DeviceLock expansion across the Chinese corporate IT security market.”

“In these times of rapidly increasing demand for endpoint, data leak prevention solutions on the Chinese corporate market, our partnership with DeviceLock will allow us to offer to our customers and sales channel a leading endpoint device control and context-aware DLP software that has been reliably protecting millions of computers in security-sensitive organisations and businesses across the world,” said Steven Cui, License Department General Manager at PC Stars.

“Through our joint efforts and commitment, we will work together to satisfy the immediate and future needs of our customers within the dynamically growing information security market in China.”

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