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Company Profile The Cloud Security Company Profile: Panda Security is a global leading provider of IT security solutions, with millions of clients in more than 200 countries and products available in 23 languages. Our mission is to develop and supply global security solutions to keep our clients' IT resources safe from the damage inflicted by viruses, intruders and other Internet threats at the lowest possible Total Cost of Ownership. Panda Security proposes a new security model, specially designed to firmly combat new types of cyber-crime. This results in technologies and products with much greater detection and efficiency rates than the market average, providing a higher level of security to our users. History: Founded in 1990 in Bilbao, Spain, by Mikel Urizarbarrena, the company has been called Panda Software for its first 17 years. Under this brand, it became market leader in Spain in 1995 and started its international expansion in 1996. It currently has direct sales presence in 56 countries through an extensive network of subsidiaries and franchises. The year 2007 has been an inflection point, opening a new era in the company’s history to consolidate its international expansion. To start, we have changed brand: we are now called Panda Security, a name that better reflects our commitment to providing global security. Furthermore, important investment groups, like Investindustrial and Gala Capital, have entered the company’s share capital. Products and solutions: Panda Security has various product lines, for companies and home users: security software, security appliances and managed security services. All of our solutions are backed by tech support, made up of an expert team of professionals available at all times. Recent milestones in technology and innovation: Our corporate slogan, One step ahead, sums up the competitive advantage that has characterized our company from the start: our commitment to continuous innovation and change, our capacity to keep one step ahead in the fight against computer threats. • 2007: Development of a new security model based on the combination of HIPS + In-depth Audits, which goes beyond and complements the traditional signature-based model and provides a much more effective response to new types of cyber-crime. • 2005: Launch of the Genetic Heuristics Engine technology • 2004: Launch of the first Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) for all types of computers, workstations or home computers, with TruPrevent Technologies and its autonomous behavioral analysis module. Management Team

Management Team

Mikel Urizarbarrena Honorary President

Mikel Urizarbarrena is the founder of Panda and the Honorary President. His intuition, vision of the market and sheer hard work have been fundamental in making Panda Spain’s leading software company and bringing it to a position where it now disputes [...] read more Kevin Dillon Chairman

Juan Santana CEO

Kevin has 24 years’ operating experience in the technology sector, including a total of 13 years operational [...] read more

Juan Santana has extensive experience in the technology and finance world. Juan joined Panda Security in 2006 [...] read more

Global Leadership Team Enrique Aguilera Online Business Director Enrique Aguilera is the Online Business Director and is in charge of the Panda Security website. [...] read more

Ignacio Manrique Business Operations Manager

Rick Carlson President of Panda Security US Rick Carlson oversees the operational activities and strategic direction in one of the company’s fastest [...] read more

Iñaki Urzay Chief Security Strategist

Juan Andrés Garcia CFO With long experience in financing and budgeting positions, Juan Andrés García has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics [...]

M. Arantza de la Llosa CIO

Ignacio Manrique de Lara joined Panda in 2006, where he has been in charge of Panda European Subsidiaries [...] read more

His interest in IT security arose in 1988, designing and developing the first antivirus products [...] read more

M. Arantza de la Llosa joined Panda Security in May 2005 and worked as

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Deputy Director of the Solutions and Services [...] read more María Álvarez CTO

María has more than 20 years experience in software development for businesses and the Internet. [...] read more

From Panda Software to Panda Security. From now on, our company will be called Panda Security. We have a new name that emphasizes our commitment to IT security and perfectly defines who we are: •

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It clearly reflects our mission: keep our customers' computers free from all types of security threats, providing global protection to both corporate and home users. It is a more appropriate name for our activities and our range of products and services. To offer global security to our customers, our company has various lines of business. Of course, we specialize in developing security software. But we also offer other types of solutions, such as security appliances and managed security. It connects directly with the needs of our users. Users have a basic and essential need: security. Panda Security does everything necessary to provide it as simply and effectively as possible.

Why we are no longer Panda Software. Panda Software, the original name of our company, was related to the origins of our company as a software developer. Sometime ago, we realized that in order to be truly effective and offer a better service to our customers, we must specialize. Therefore, we have focused exclusively on developing security solutions for all types of users, security for enterprise and antivirus. Thanks to Collective Intelligence, Panda's exclusive cloud-computing technology, the company's 2010 solutions leverage the knowledge gathered from the

community of millions of Panda users around the world. Each new file received is automatically classified within six minutes and the Collective Intelligence servers classify more than 50,000 new malware samples every day. These technologies correlate information on malware received from each computer to continuously improve the protection level for the worldwide community of users. Panda's 2010 solutions have continuous, real-time contact with this vast knowledge base allowing the company to offer users the fastest response against the new malware that appears every day.

About Panda Security Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the world. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corporate customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threats with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 56 offices throughout the globe with US headquarters in California and European headquarters in Spain.

Corporate Awards - Panda Security About Panda Security Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the world. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corporate customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threats with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 56 offices throughout the globe with US headquarters in California and European headquarters in Spain.

Awards These are just some examples of corporate awards received. Brand Centre award for internationalization

ESADE Spain July 2005 Internationalization Category PC World 2005 Best Initiative Award PC World Spain June 2005

Computerworld award for Technological Innovation 2005 Computerworld Spain June 2005

Spanish company with better renown Byte Spain April 2005

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Urizarbarrena, Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 award

Ernst & Young Spain March 2005

Excellence Award 2004 to the Business Development Dirigentes Magazine Spain January 2005

Prince Felipe Award for Business Excellence Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce Spain November 2004 Internationalization Category Thanks to Collective Intelligence, Panda's exclusive cloud-computing technology, the company's 2010 solutions leverage the knowledge gathered from the community of millions of Panda users around the world. Each new file received is automatically classified within six minutes and the Collective Intelligence servers classify more than 50,000 new malware samples every day. These technologies correlate information on malware received from each computer to continuously improve the protection level for the worldwide community of users. Panda's 2010 solutions have continuous, real-time contact with this vast knowledge base allowing the company to offer users the fastest response against the new malware that appears every day.

New Antivirus 2011 Product Line Panda Protects Your Online World. Real-time protection with the collective knowledge of millions of users. Thanks to our award-winning Collective Intelligence technology, millions of Panda Security users instantly share malware-related information, automatically improving protection across all connected computers. By leveraging community knowledge, our technology provides better, real-time protection with a minimal impact on your computer, leading to faster and more versatile products. To get real-time protection for your online world, join the Panda community!

Panda Antivirus 2011 Solutions

Panda Antivirus Pro 2011

Panda Internet Security for Netbooks

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Panda Antivirus Pro 2011 Install it and forget about viruses, spyware and hackers.

More than a simple Antivirus! The new Panda Antivirus Pro 2011 offers the easiest and most intuitive protection for your computer. Install it and forget about viruses, spyware, root kits, hackers and online fraud. Chat, share photos and videos, do online shopping and banking, read your favorite blogs or browse the web with total peace of mind and without interruptions. Thanks to the Collective Intelligence technology, this product is safer, faster and more complete than ever. Install Panda Antivirus Pro 2011 and forget about viruses, spyware and hackers.

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Panda Internet Security for Netbooks Maximum protection against all kinds of threats

Panda Internet Security for Netbooks allows you to get the most of your Netbook for any offline or online activity, like shopping and banking online, with total peace of mind and without any interruption. It protects you from viruses, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all the other known and unknown threats. In addition, it keeps your inbox spam-free, and allows you to browse the web privately and securely with the entirely new Panda Safe Browser. With the Parental Control, your children can browse the Internet safely. Maximum protection against all kinds of Internet threats with Panda Internet Security for Netbooks.

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Panda Internet Security 2011 Maximum protection against all kinds of threats.

Panda Internet Security 2011 allows you to use the Internet for anything, like shopping and banking online, with total peace of mind and without any interruption. It protects you from viruses, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all the other known and unknown threats. In addition, it keeps your inbox spam-free, and allows you to browse the web privately and securely with the entirely new Panda Safe Browser. With the Parental Control, your children can browse the Internet safely.

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Panda Global Protection 2011 Enjoy total security and ensure information integrity.

Protect yourself from all kinds of online threats: virus, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other known and unknown malware. Keep your inbox spam-free and navigate safely and privately on the internet with the new Panda safe Browser. Your children will navigate safely on the Internet with the improved Parental Control, while the Panda Secure Vault will allow you to encrypt private folders and files or eliminate them forever.

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Panda Services Panda has pioneered the concept of antivirus protection as a suite of integrated products and services. Tech Support Updates|SOS Virus|More information

"Tech support is very thorough; we are always able to get a hold of someone with very little wait time, if any. This is a real plus point as it is important to us to know we can get the help we need, when we need it". Dale Bastow. The Stichler Group. USA.

What our services have to offer

Our technical support services are always ready to resolve any problem concerning Panda Security solutions and products. The answer to most of your questions can be found in the Support section of this site, but if you still can't find what you are looking for, use any of the services included with your product to contact us. With Panda, you can always rely on quick, friendly and effective help, provided by highlyqualified professionals. Tech support services

Telephone Tech Support 24h-365d*. Round-the-clock, personal attention. Our experts are always on-hand. Tech Support via e-mail. Send a detailed e-mail explaining the question or problem you have and you'll get a prompt, effective reply. Panda's award-winning services.

Panda's personal attention. At Panda, our experts will personally deal with your inquiry and follow it up until all your questions have been answered or your problem resolved. Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year*. Viruses don't keep office hours and neither do we! Our round-the-clock services are always available. Expert help at your service. Our Tech Support staff is composed of highly-qualified experts, whose in-depth product knowledge guarantees a rapid solution to any difficulties you might have. Free! One month's trial

Tech Support services are included in all Panda Security solutions. If you would like a FREE one-month trial, with no obligation, of our product and services, ask for an Evaluation CD-ROM of any of our corporate solutions.

Alliances & Partners

Technology Providers

IBM ISS provides security products and services that preemptively protect enterprise organizations against Internet threats. The company integrates the URL filtering of Cobion in our internet security suites and gateway solutions.

Commtouch® Software Ltd. is dedicated to protecting the integrity of the world's most widespread form of communication, e-mail. With fourteen years of expertise in the development of email software, Commtouch provides spam and Zero-Hour™ virus outbreak protection for 50 million users in 130 countries.

Cloudmark provides intelligent messaging security solutions that enable service providers to prevent messaging abuse from impacting their infrastructure, operations and subscribers.

Mailshell (www.mailshell.com) provides anti-spam and anti-phishing engines for OEMs. Via its global network of OEM partners, more than 6,000 companies and 10 million consumers rely on "Powered by Mailshell" filters.

SMART-SOFT Ltd. – is a team of experts in development of server and network applications, which has been operating within the software market since 2003. strategic Alliances and Partnerships

Panda collaborates actively with many players in the security industry in order to establish profitable relationships that allow us to improve our product line and the final service offered to our customers.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types.

AV- Test is a leading company in the range of testing and analysing antivirus software. They design and implement international tests and analyses for any kind of antivirus and security applications.

AVIEWS is an international on-line community dedicated to a cooperative, grassroots information sharing effort to reduce the impact of malicious code and other related vulnerabilities

Panda is a member of TSANet, the largest multi-vendor support alliance in the technology industry. TSANet assists the technical support departments of different vendors to work co-operatively around mutual customer issues, and helps ensure fast resolution for multivendor problems.

The European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) has been founded in 1991 and is representing an independent and impartial platform for IT-Security experts in the field of science, research, development, implementation and management.

Panda collaborates with Microsoft in order to provide the end user with detailed information on significant viruses that are affecting Microsoft products and customers.

Panda is a Certified Partner of Microsoft. This state represents a high degree of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies

The project “Nano-antivirus based on collective intelligence” has been cosponsored by the Ministry for Industry, Trade and Tourism, in the framework of the Spanish National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011, within the ‘Avanza I+D’ Subprogram

Panda is a technological Partner of Citrix Business Alliances Program.

OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) guarantees that our antivirus software integrates seamlessly with Check Point's security solution Firewall-1®.

As an Associate partner, Panda can optimize its solutions in order to offer the best results when using Intel multi-core technology.

Panda Security uses the Intel Multicore Technologies to optimize our software solutions so that they can deliver the maximum level of efficiency improving our clients’ computing experience, for home and home-office environments..

OEM Partners

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat’s family of appliances and client-based solutions – deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers – provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Bluecoat incorporates Panda’s antivirus engine (signature and heuristics based) in its Proxy AV appliances and also in its WinProxy solution for Gateway protection.

Entensys develops innovative technologies and software products with the mission to respond to the most vital needs of modern corporate IT infrastructures. Entensys has partnered with Panda Software to provide Antivirus scanning functionality for UserGate. The Panda antivirus engine is integrated into UserGate Proxy so that Panda Software works as a filter intercepting all data transferred through various Internet protocols.

Aker Security Solutions, a Brazilian manufacturer of Information Security solutions, is the only national company specialized in firewall and VPN (Virtual Private Network) product development to generate maximum protection and security for connections among networks. Aker incorporates Panda’s AV engine in its antivirus module which protects the corporate perimeter.

UTI is a national cutting-edge technology company, providing innovating solutions to civil society. At the same time, UTI is a strategic partner, providing its clients, from a unique source, with a wide range of services including all the required stages: design, implementation and commissioning.

Over 1,700 IT Support Companies and Managed Service Providers are using HoundDog to build recurring revenues and deliver best-of-breed service using HoundDog’s award winning Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solution. By concentrating on the key things that cause support companies the most hassle, HoundDog delivers really useful

features such as server and workstation monitoring, remote support, asset/inventory tracking and reporting, patch management and client reporting – at only a fraction of the effort and expense of other more bloated systems. With HoundDog, IT Support Companies can monitor all aspects of network security including antivirus products such as Panda Security. When it comes to IT Support, we make it easy to be Top Dog! www.hounddogiseasy.com

Tucows inc provides internet services and download libraries through a global distribution network of 6,000 service providers. Tucows incorporates Panda’s AV engine in its Email Defense product. Tucows Email Defense is a spam, virus and attack protection solution built on leading technology. Messages are filtered in milliseconds using multiple spam, virus, phishing and worm analysis techniques.

Comendo delivers Managed IT-services to public or non-governmental companies and organisations in selected geographical areas. Commendo partners with Panda in order to protect their users against the latest malware threats. Product Certifications

Panda Security's integrated solutions are certified by Checkmark.

Panda Security's integrated solutions have passed the tests carried out by ICSALabs, which guarantee their effectiveness.

The NSS Group is the world’s foremost independent security testing facility. The NSS Group security testing laboratories are for fully independent testing of networking,

communications and security hardware and software.

Panda offers a NAC certified product with its corporate solution ClientShield 4.0. Panda has obtained the “Works with Vista” logo for all its security solutions for PCs (consumer and corporate).

Panda Security Forays Into Indian Market

Monday, December 06, 2010: Panda Security, the world’s leading provider of cloudbased security solutions, today formally announced its foray into the Indian market.

As a first step, the company announced the appointment of Cyberstar Infocom, the emerging distributor of IT peripherals in the Indian Subcontinent, as exclusive distributor for India. Panda Security, with millions of customers spread across 195 countries in the world, offers an extensive range of real time security solutions for small to mid-sized enterprises home users, online shoppers and netbook users. Panda’s extensive range of security solutions for small and mid-enterprises covers the protection needs of the organization at different levels of the network, from endpoint to perimeter including ‘in the cloud’ services.

Initially, Panda Security will offer the following products in the Indian market:

* Panda Antivirus Pro 2011 offers most intuitive protection against viruses, spyware, root kits, hackers and online fraud. * Panda Global Protection 2011 provides total security and information integrity against all kinds of online threats and malware with parental security and secure vault features. * Panda Internet Security 2011 provides maximum Internet protection during transactions like shopping and banking. * Panda Internet Security for Netbooks enables tension-free netbook usage for offline and online purposes without interruptions. A regular winner at security product shootouts, Panda Security was recently ranked as the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions by AVTEST.ORG in its August 2010 edition. Panda Security received the highest certification level of Advanced+ and performed better overall than all of the competition. Performed over a period of 12 weeks, the test reviewed the impact of security suites on system performance, and underscored the effectiveness of Panda’s proactive and cloud protection technologies in detecting new malware while minimizing impact on users’ PCs performance. Panda Security was also recently name runners up in The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards 2010. “The perfect combination of software solutions, hardware appliances and ‘Cloud’ services from us would enable partners to extract a great wallet share of an enterprise customer,” said Chin Yoke Mon, Marketing Director, Panda Security. “Our extensive range of software solutions and perimeter security appliances would cater to Indian market of any size,” she added. Talking about the partnership with Cyberstar, she shared, ”Though we have been in India for a few years now, we felt this is the right time to expand and partner with Cyberstar as an exclusive distributor to offer the Panda Security products and customer support that will enhance and complement our business. Cyberstar is very aggressive on the marketing front and we felt that they would be the perfect platform to showcase our products.” “We are bullish about Panda Security and see this new business line adding tremendous topline and bottom line value for us,” said Raj Rathi, Managing Director, Cyberstar Infocom, “We are gearing up our channels, training them on how to capitalize on the Panda business opportunity and have on a war-footing begun appointment of at least one sub-disti across 50 leading cities in India,”he added.. Cyberstar Infocom has established a post sales tech support centre in India exclusively for Panda customers and will offer toll‐free pre & post sale support through this service. Well trained engineers have been deployed by the company at its key offices to offer real time partner and customer technical support.

The security market share according to Oesisok

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Oesisok, the independent international software certification institution, published its Worldwide Antivirus Market Share Report just a few days ago. This study analyzes the security solutions installed or used by 50 million computers around the world, the vast majority in the United States. Even though the sample of the study is not clearly specified, the software found seems to indicate that it was home users (most applications being either free or retail solutions). The data gathered offers a view of the current consumer solution market, or at least gives an idea of each vendor’s market share. I’d like to highlight the fact that 50% of the antivirus applications used belong to European vendors, whereas only 30% are American brands. This is very significant, especially if you consider that most computers in the report were based in the US. Also, the freemium model (already covered on this blog) is a very valid option: 42% of all PCs had a free application installed. Actually, vendors offering free antivirus applications capture 40% of the market share. Given that Panda is the only company with a traditional business model that has released a free antivirus to the market (and I don’t mean a promo version of our products with free services for a certain period of time, something we all do), I wonder what criteria have been applied to classify Panda… In any event I am very pleased to see we occupy a very good position in the report. Actually, our market share is substantially larger, as the study does not contemplate antivirus solutions installed in companies.

We hope our colleagues at Oesisok repeat this study in the next few months so that we can also analyze the market trend, especially at the end of the year, when we all launch the new versions of our products for home users.

Antivirus June 2010

Introduction Although the true market share of security applications often remains hidden, software vendors will claim to dominate a market based on their sales numbers vs. the reported sales numbers of their competitors. However, as a unique alternative, we are able to present the following report based purely on the detection of the applications that tens of thousands of users actually have installed on their endpoints.

Because application detection relies on the detection capabilities of the OESIS Framework, data is limited to applications that are included in the framework’s libraries. Antivirus vendors looking for inclusion in the OESIS Framework are free to partner with OPSWAT through the OESIS OK Certification Program, which offers interoperability certification for security applications. The following charts break the data down by both vendor and product. Antivirus Vendor Data

This graph breaks the data down by vendor. Though it might not be expected, companies that offer free products represent a majority of the market. It is interesting to note that Microsoft, not typically associated with antivirus application success, has captured a significant share with their recent antivirus solutions. And that brand awareness, even with the significant amount Symantec and McAfee have does not necessarily translate into having the most installs.

Antivirus Product Data

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This graph breaks the data down into individual products. Note that specific versions have, for the most part, been eliminated. That is to say, as long as the product name has stayed the same, the data has been combined. For example, AVG AntiVirus Free would include version 8, 8.5 and 9. Here we see the free products capturing the top 4 spots. Also worth noting is that Kaspersky’s Internet Security product suite is more popular than its individual antivirus application. Kaspersky is unique in this regard. Symantec’s success on the vendor chart is explained by the appearance of 5 different Symantec products on this graph: Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Endpoint Protection and

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Norton 360.

Antivirus Vendor Data by Continent This graph breaks the data down by the vendor's primary nationality. European vendors, which include: AVAST, Avira, AVG, ESET, Panda, BitDefender, G Data and Sophos total just over 50% of the market. Whereas US-based vendors, which include: Symantec, Microsoft, McAfee, PC Tools and Sunbelt make up just over 30%.

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Conclusions It is useful to see the sheer variety of vendors that are occupying a 1-6% antivirus application market share. Though, in the United States, Symantec and McAfee are often positioned as the top choices, the reality is that competition is alive and well in this highly-fragmented sector. Innovations in anti-malware products are therefore, likely partially a function of the increasing variety/intelligence of malware authors as well as a desire to stay afloat in a highly competitive marketplace. European vendors, which include: AVAST, Avira, AVG, ESET, Panda, BitDefender, G Data and Sophos total just over 50% of the market. Whereas US-based vendors, which include: Symantec, Microsoft, McAfee, PC Tools (acquired by Symantec), Sunbelt and Comodo make up just over 30%.

Microsoft has established itself as a significant competitor in the security application space, making the WA-based giant a legitimate challenger to pure-play security players Symantec and McAfee.

42% of the product market is controlled by free products, while vendors that primarily offer a free product have a 48% market share. It would appear that end users have as much faith in the ability of free antivirus applications to keep them secure as they do paid antivirus.

The Research Out of the 50 million endpoints that employ the OESIS Framework, OPSWAT collected data from tens of thousands of volunteers. The information collected from OPSWAT’s various tools had a high rate of correlation. That is to say, when comparing reports, despite these tools having different uses, percentages of antivirus product usage were consistent. This consistency would suggest our data has a high degree of reliability.

Contact and Reproduction Information Please contact [email protected] for more information on the OESIS Framework, the OESIS OK Certification Program or questions about additional market share data. Parties interested in hosting this report are free to do so as long as credit is given to OPSWAT, Inc. and a link is provided to http://www.oesisok.com.

A PDF version of the report is available for download

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Panda Security, a cloud-based security solutions provider, today appointed of Cyberstar Infocom, an IT peripherals distributor in the Indian Subcontinent, as exclusive distributor for India.

Talking about the partnership with Cyberstar, Chin Yoke Mon, MD, Panda Security shared, “Though we have been in India for a few years now, we felt this is the right time to expand and partner with Cyberstar as an exclusive distributor to offer the Panda Security products and customer support that will enhance and complement our business. Cyberstar is very aggressive on the marketing front and we felt that they would be the perfect platform to showcase our products.” Initially, the security provider will offer products like Antivirus Pro 2011, Global Protection 2011, Internet Security 2011 and Internet Security for Netbooks in the India. “We are gearing up our channels, training them on how to capitalize on the Panda business opportunity and have on a war-footing begun appointment of at least one sub-disti across 50 leading cities in India,” remarked Raj Rathi, MD, Cyberstar Infocom. The distribution company informed that it has established a post sales tech support centre in India for Panda customers to offer tollfree pre and post sale support. Well trained engineers have been deployed by the company at its key offices to offer real time partner and customer technical support. Cyberstar Infocom Ltd Back to list Address

Cyberstar Infocom Ltd 1st Floor - South Block 'Surya Chambers' - 124 Airport Road IN-560-017 Murugeshpalya India Phone : +91 (0)80 3296 6296 Fax : +91 (0)80 4126 6801 Website : http://www.cyberstarindia.com E-mail : [email protected] Other offices IN-110-020 New Delhi Phone : +91 (0)11 5162 9979 Gurgaon

Phone : +91 (0)124 408 4447 IN-141-120 Ludhiana Phone : +91 (0)161 322 6099 IN-160-036 Chandigarh Phone : +91 (0)172 500 9998 IN-201-301 NOIDA Phone : +91 (0)120 302 7231 IN-302-001 Jaipur Phone : +91 (0)141 236 3614 IN-452-001 Indore Phone : +91 (0)141 320 2090 Jammu Phone : +91 (0)94197 97 799 IN-560-027 Bangalore Phone : +91 (0)80 4114 4075 IN-500-003 Secunderabad Phone : +91 (0)40 5549 2573 IN-600-086 Chennai Phone : +91 (0)44 2835 1157 IN-641-012 Coimbatore Phone : +91 (0)422 325 5765 IN-682-036 Kochi Phone : +91 (0)484 232 3216 IN-700-013 Kolkata Phone : +91 (0)33 3295 9997 IN-751-007 Bhubaneshwar Phone : +91 (0)93380 24 737 IN-781-003 Guwahati Phone : +91 (0)361 246 3545 IN-834-001 Ranchi Phone : +91 (0)651 233 1913 IN-380-015 Ahmedabad Phone : +91 (0)79 5531 3518 IN-400-059 Mumbai Phone : +91 (0)22 2838 6711 IN-401-210 Thane Phone : +91 (0)93221 22 283 IN-440-023 Nagpur Phone : +91 (0)7104 324 841 IN-411-042 Pune Phone : +91 (0)20 3091 7648 IN-173-220 Parwanoo IN-248-001 Dehradun

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CEO : Mr Raj Rathi Sales manager : Mr Suresh Kandukuri

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Creation year : 1999 Annual turnover 2013 : 153,00 M€ 2008 : 38,12 M€ 2007 : 35,67 M€ 2006 : 24,44 M€ Active resellers : 3400 Indirect turnover : 100% Specialist : Cabling and connectivity, networks, peripherals Main brands : Alvarion, Belkin, HP Networking, Panduit, WatchGuard Clients : Assemblers, associations, cabling companies, central purchasing companies, corporate resellers, dealers, department stores, e-commerce, hypermarkets, IT consulting and service providers, mail-order resellers, multispecialists, outlets, semi-distributors, service providers, specialized resellers, specialized retailers, superstores, systems integrators, VAR Employees : 170 people

Panda Partners With CyberStar By Preethi J, CRN, November 01, 2010

In a bid to breathe life into its India business, Panda Security has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Cyberstar Infocom.

Cyberstar will distribute Panda’s entire portfolio including Panda ActiveScan 2.0 range of endpoint security, UTM appliances under the GateDefender brand and cloud security offerings in form of CloudOffice Protection and CloudEmail Protection. “Though we have been in India for a few years now, we felt this is the right time to expand and partner with Cyberstar as a distributor to offer installation and customer support that will enhance and complement our business,” said Chin Yoke Mon, Marketing Director, Panda Security. Cyberstar will appoint a set of authorized sub-distributors for market coverage and penetration

for Panda products. “We will be appointing one sub-distributor in each of the leading 50 cities. We have established a call center in Chennai exclusively for Panda customers and will offer tollfree support. We have deployed 15 engineers for partner and customer support, and plan to double the team soon,” said Raj Rathi, Managing Director, Cyberstar Infocom. Cyberstar plans to sell 50,000 boxes of Panda’s consumer antivirus per month. The consumer offerings consist of Panda Antivirus Pro 2011, Internet Security 2011 and Global Protection 2011. Yoke Mon informed that Panda will launch its UTM appliances—GateDefender Performa for large enterprises and GateDefender Integra for small businesses, and its cloud offerings—six months later.

Cyberstar Appointed Panda Exclusive Distributor Panda Security’s Foray into Indian Market will surely make the competition hot Dec 16, 2010

Panda Security makes a foray into the Indian market. As a first step, the company announced the appointment of Cyberstar Infocom, the emerging distributor of IT peripherals in the Indian Subcontinent, as exclusive distributor for India. Panda Security, with millions of customers spread across 195 countries in the world, offers an extensive range of real time security solutions for small to mid-sized enterprises home users, online shoppers and netbook users. Panda’s extensive range of security solutions for small and mid-enterprises covers the protection needs of the organization at different levels of the network, from endpoint to perimeter including ‘in the cloud’ services. “The perfect combination of software solutions, hardware appliances and ‘Cloud’ services from us would enable partners to extract a great wallet share of an enterprise customer,” said Chin Yoke Mon, Marketing Director, Panda Security. “Our extensive range of software solutions and perimeter security appliances would cater to Indian market of any size,” she added. Talking about the partnership with Cyberstar, she shared, ”Though we have been in India for a few years now, we felt this is the right time to expand and partner with Cyberstar as an exclusive

distributor to offer the Panda Security products and customer support that will enhance and complement our business. Cyberstar is very aggressive on the marketing front and we felt that they would be the perfect platform to showcase our products.” “We are bullish about Panda Security and see this new business line adding tremendous topline and bottom line value for us,” said Raj Rathi, Managing Director, Cyberstar Infocom, “We are gearing up our channels, training them on how to capitalize on the Panda business opportunity and have on a war-footing begun appointment of at least one sub-disti across 50 leading cities in India,” he added. Adding its national reach, Cyberstar Infocom is also opening its branch office in Patna – a move to further expand its operations and gain a better foothold in the East. Rajesh Sinha has been appointed as branch head with a mandate to roll out business strategy and expand base in the eastern region, one of the growing markets in India. Apart from the company’s headquarters in Bangalore, Cyberstar has fully operational branch offices in 19 locations all over India.

About cyber star Our Aspirations are Our Possibilities Founded in 1999, Cyberstar is emerging as the most promising distributor of IT Peripherals, Networking products and Components across India, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Nepal. Over the period of last 8 years, we have expanded to 36 locations, to reach out to over 3700+ valued channel partners. Cyberstar prides itself in providing its customers with best quality Products from 14 International Manufactures, Marketing programs, pre & post Sales Support. For our vendors, Cyberstar acts as a value added sales force, leveraging its well-qualified team, technical capabilities, logistic services and customer relationships to distribute their products in the most cost effective manner. We firmly believe that our success lies in creating true partnerships with our Customers, Vendors and Employees for mutually beneficial long term relationships. With your help we aspire to become one of the most admired IT Distributor. Cyberstar Management

An Engineer from BITS Pilani and MBA from IIM, Bangalore. Worked with HCL and Wipro, the best IT companies in India. Managed business as a Director for 6 years for ACI Infotech, a distribution company having products such as Seagate & Intel in Indian Subcontinent. During this time, the group grew from USD 10M to 70M. Raj Rathi (Founder, Cyberstar)

Qualified Chartered Accountant and Management Professional with over 16 years of work experience. Worked with Electronic Component Mfg. and Automobile Company Affiliated to General Motors at Senior position. Prakash Reddy (Director, Finance & Admin)

ME (Electronics & Computers) from College of Engineering, Pune. Over 15 years experience in IT Solution companies like Infosys India, Siemens Business Services Singapore. Has handled projects in Knowledge Management, E-business solutions, ERP etc.

Mamta (Director, Technology)