MicroWorld South Africa signs deal with Atlantic ISP

Johannesburg, 26 Feb 2009

MicroWorld, the advanced anti-virus and content security solution developer concluded a multimillion-rand deal with Atlantic for offering the eScan security suite solution to its Internet customers.

MicroWorld's entire range of anti-virus and content security solutions, such as eScan, MailScan, X-SPAM and eConceal, are powered by several unique native technologies that have been consistently winning several awards for their superior performance.

Sunil Kripalani, Vice-President, Global Sales & Marketing of MicroWorld, said: “This partnership with Atlantic will help us to reach out to over 160 000 of their customer base and provide them with proactive protection with our award-winning and highly appreciated eScan version 10, along with the excellent services of Atlantic.”

Nazir Kazi, Head of International Sales, MicroWorld, added: “Such tie-ups with ISPs are a natural choice, as ISPs provide Internet services and MicroWorld provides Internet security services. In today's scenario, more than 80% of malware infections and attacks are via the Internet.”

Commenting on this deal, Neil Meyer, MD of Atlantic, said: “This deal shows the trust we have in eScan as an anti-virus solution for our consumer customers and also the faith we put in MicroWorld as a business partner."

Atlantic

Atlantic is one of the largest Internet service providers (ISP) and has around 195 franchised branches nationwide. Atlantic offers high quality Internet solutions to home users as well as to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Atlantic has more than 160 000 customers and is the biggest supplier of OEM eScan licences in South Africa. Atlantic and MicroWorld have a six-year relationship.

MicroWorld

MicroWorld (www.microworld.co.za) is the developer of the world's first real-time anti-virus and content security software eScan for desktops and servers. MicroWorld Winsock Layer (MWL) is the revolutionary technology underlying the eScan product range. Combining its powerful scanner with MWL technology, MicroWorld solutions provide real-time proactive security to the computer systems. MicroWorld's communication security software, MailScan, is the first comprehensive e-mail scanner for SMTP and POP3 mail servers. For network security of enterprises, eConceal Firewall is the latest powerful offering from MicroWorld.