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Performance like never before CP PLUS has recently launched the ultra HD analog range of cameras and DVRs, designed to offer high resolution imagery for revolutionary clarity. The Range marks a significant shift in the quality of imagery from its earlier counterparts. This range includes ultra HD 4MP cameras and DVRs that offer distinct, detailed images even in low light conditions. That’s not all; this solution range is equipped with edge analytics with features like trip wire, intrusion detection, face detection etc., which make them responsive to any unusual occurrences within a premises. Due to hit the market late this monsoon, these cameras will make upgrading in the existing analog systems hassle-free and cost-effective, thereby offering the best results without requiring major overhauls. “The Ultra HD Analog range is great for those who are looking for an amazing performance in analog. It offers excellent image clarity coupled with edge analytics for smart surveillance – a feature that was only available in IP thus far. What’s more, these cameras produce brilliant images even in low light conditions, while the edge analytics ensure no trespassing goes unnoticed.” – Yogesh B. Dutta COO – CP PLUS  

Planning to reach 100 Active Channel Partners in India by Mid-2018, and accelerate business growth VIVOTEK plans to reach 100 active channel partners by mid-2018. The company, which has successfully cleared numerous product trials as well as led several successful projects across the world, hopes to accelerate its business growth with its full-stack channel partner program for both new and existing partners. The program enables its partners to leverage the organization’s position as a leader in the IP surveillance segment, and in the process, further scale its business. Apart from channel partners, the program also includes dealers, resellers and system integrators. VICOTEK is currently working with 75 channel partners across India, and is promoting their growth under its partner program, which is available to all those who are purchasing from VIVOTEK authorized distributors. The program is designed in 3 levels, viz., Bronze, Silver and Gold, and offers various exclusive benefits to all VIVOTEK partners. To stay top of the industry and strengthen networks with partners, VIVOTEK created a global education initiative called VIVOTEK Warrior Academy. The program provides comprehensive courses for fundamental knowledge, system design, and technical details essential for IP surveillance systems to enhance professional expertise and maintain competitive edge in today’s market. “At VIVOTEK, we are always committed to provide our channel partners with extended services, resources, and margins to sustain their competitive advantage and ensure the success of our business in the long run. Moreover, our Partner Program enables all our channel partners to scale their own businesses by strengthening VIVOTEK’s position in the fast developing network video solution market.” – Sanjeev Gulati Country Manager, India and SAARC, VIVOTEK Inc.  

Schneider Electric appoints Meenu Singhal as the Vice President of its Industry business in India. In his new role, Meenu will be responsible for accelerating Schneider Electric’s growth of the business with a focus on automation of industries and will drive the push for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform across businesses for building greater efficiencies. Meenu’s joining comes at an exciting time in industrial automation, with the IIoT offering unprecedented possibilities of building efficiencies across an entire system of an industrial operation. Schneider Electric is at the forefront of this technology wave with its cutting-edge solutions and innovation at every level, which is being delivered through EcoStruxure™, an IoT-enabled, open and interoperable system architecture and platform for plants and machines. Speaking on the appointment, Anil Chaudhry, Managing Director and Country President, Schneider Electric India said, “Meenu joins us at a time when businesses are looking at leveraging the Make in India campaign to develop India as a hub of global manufacturing. Meenu’s immense experience will facilitate front end delivery from our businesses to this critical requirement in the market.” Meenu Singhal brings with him a rich experience of over 26 years in the field of automation. Following his graduation as an Electrical Engineer he took a post graduate degree in Marketing Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. “I am excited to take over as a leader of Industry and Automation at a time when businesses are looking at leveraging technology to automate and drive serious efficiencies in business. Schneider Electric is uniquely positioned as a global leader in automation industry and our focus as a team is to ensure business continuity and value creation through innovative offerings. I look forward to bringing in my experience on board at Schneider Electric to take the business forward.” – Meenu Singhal Vice President, India Industry Business, Schneider Electric  

Enters World Top 4 and Asia Top 2 Clubs CP PLUS is scaling heights and has recently won twin acclaims in the industry. As per the latest IHS Survey, CP PLUS elevates to Global Top 4 club having catapulted from Global Top 7 list just last year. CP PLUS has also secured a position in the Asia Top 2 Club. The company boasts of an expansive portfolio of products and solutions including analogue, IP, digital video recorders (DVRs), network video recorders (NVRs), mobile DVRs, video door phones (VDPs), video encoders, video management Software (VMS) and so on; and each of these products is exclusively designed at the CP PLUS TeknoLogix Labs and manufactured in the state-of- the-art manufacturing facilities. Furthermore, all CP PLUS products undergo stringent quality tests to meet international quality standards such as UL, CE, FCC etc. Today, CP PLUS range of solutions and products are monitoring millions of locations across the globe in diverse geographies, from highly sensitive defense locations, government buildings, vital infrastructures, transportation, hotels, educational institutes, to homes with satisfied customer base. “It’s been a story of hard work, dedication and determination. We’re blessed to have a great team at work without which none of these would have been possible. Also, our commitment towards serving in the best interests of our consumers is what paid off. Our sole focus was to bring value to our customers and we’ve always been driven towards making it better with the passing time.” – Aditya Khemka Founder & CEO – CP PLUS  

  Organisations in India are dedicating more budget to cybersecurity Palo Alto Networks, the next-generation security company, has recently announced the results of its report entitled ‘The State of Cybersecurity in Asia-Pacific,’ which reveals that cybersecurity budgets have increased for 92 per cent of organisations in India. This survey was conducted to help gain deep insights around behavior and attitudes towards cybersecurity throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including India. Key findings in India revealed: There has been recent growth in cybersecurity budgets: Businesses acknowledge the importance of ensuring business continuity amidst the persistence and growing sophistication of cyberthreats, and 92 per cent of organisations have increased their budget for cybersecurity in this financial year. Internal and external challenges contribute to cybersecurity issues: The three major cybersecurity challenges organisations face are employees’ lack of cybersecurity awareness (47 per cent), risk from third-party services (43 per cent) and migration to cloud (35 per cent). ‘Detect and respond’ approach overrules a ‘breach prevention’ strategy, but this needs to be revisited: 79 per cent of respondents indicated their organisations place more importance on detection and response of cyberthreats than prevention. Data breaches remain costly, meanwhile, with 41 per cent of respondents revealing they have lost at least INR 64,55,500 (US$100,000) in financial year 2016-17 due to such breaches. This raises question around the effectiveness of responding to threats only after incidents are detected, rather than taking a preventive stance. Cybersecurity measures adopted are rather basic: According to the survey, organisations predominantly adopt basic security measures. Respondents indicated the highest adoption rates for antivirus (77 per cent) and firewall (74 per cent); whereas anti-ransomware (37 per cent), two-factor authentication (35 per cent) and biometrics (46 per cent) have fallen on the lower end of the spectrum. Organisations are filling their need for dedicated cybersecurity talent: 95 per cent of Indian organisations feel they have a strong hold of dedicated IT teams against cyberthreats – a notably high figure compared to other APAC countries with only 84 percent. Manufacturing and finance sectors are the top verticals when it comes to ensuring they are well-equipped with a professional team to prevent cyberthreats. Across the Asia-Pacific region, the key finding from the report is the need to promote greater cybersecurity awareness and education among organisations. While budgets are increasing, 46 per cent of Asia-Pacific organisations are struggling to keep up with the increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats and finding the appropriate solutions to combat them. “Internal and external threats look like the biggest loophole causing organisations costly data breaches. Therefore, these organisations should revisit their cybersecurity strategy and assess whether the widely-adopted ‘detect and respond’ approach may be reacting to threats a little too late. As cyberthreats become increasingly sophisticated, businesses should ensure that networks are adequately secured with a next-generation security platform that looks at prevention rather than remediation.” – Sean Duca Vice President and Regional Chief Security Officer Palo Alto Networks, Asia-Pacific  

With a multi-site deployment consisting of Sophos SG UTMs, Vectus could move to a secure and productively running network environment Since 1989, Vectus has been involved in the manufacturing of various plastic tanks, piping systems and moulded articles. The company has a lion’s share of the market, enjoying average growth of 35% from last nine years, with present turnover of INR 600 Crores (USD90 million). Vectus attributes its success to understanding the needs of the target markets, coupled with placing technology at the core of its competitive differentiation. Challenges Vectus relies on efficient IT and networking to enable smooth and secure collaboration between its branch offices and field teams. Recently, it became imperative for Vectus to overhaul its network security while being able to restore IT productivity, which has been compromised due to unregulated internet access and poor visibility into user activity. Among other challenges included frequent occurrences of server downtime that led to loss of precious man-hours and unavailability of critical business applications. Moreover, absence of effective security controls for web, application and user activities added to increased threat exposure and heightened risk to data and critical network resources. The need for a monitoring tool emerged as the team further examined the environment. Vectus evaluated top 5 UTM vendors including Sophos but eventually chose Sophos SG UTM for its ‘all-in-one’ protection and a rich set of on-box features, which clearly ensured unmatched security, RoI and committed post-sales support vis-à-vis other UTM solutions. Solution Vectus replaced the existing appliance with Sophos SG UTM 220 in high availability (HA) for its ease-of-deployment, simpler management for day-to-day tasks, comprehensive threat coverage and reporting. Following the deployment of Sophos SG UTM 220 and 330 at datacenter sites and SG 115 at select branch offices, Vectus’ networking and IT teams could get up speed quickly and could resolve network downtime, and unproductive and risk-prone internet usage. Implementing Sophos SG UTM has enabled Vectus to save and increase precious bandwidth, manage connections and aggregate across multiple links safely, while supporting seamless failover options and high availability. Results With Sophos, Vectus Industries achieved the following benefits: End network downtime, improve visibility and performance for a distributed environment. Achieve reliable and comprehensive threat coverage against malware, spyware, proxy and other likely malicious activities or attacks. Successfully block network intrusions and unproductive apps and websites that were causing network slowdowns and might have caused data breaches. Smooth and secure transaction of data between branch locations. The ‘all in one box’ platform of Sophos SG UTM provides IT admins with quicker response times and a rich set of on-box capabilities to respond to all change requests, and any incidents that may occur on the network. With automatically updated IPS, advanced threat protection, user based URL filtering and built-in VPN, Vectus could put all malicious traffic at bay while enabling secure and authorized access for legitimate users to server and network resources. “We found Sophos SG UTM ticking all the checkboxes for ease of use, extent of threat coverage and availability of on-box tools. The all-in-one box dramatically reduced time spent in securing data and users. We saved 12 man days, which translates to annual gain of INR 1.2 crore.” – Manish Sinha Head IT, Vectus