Fiberlink Helps Davidson Companies Secure and Mobilize It's Workforce

Fiberlink Provides Ongoing Security and Software Management, Information Protection and Greater Visibility Into Davidson Companies? Network

BLUE BELL, Pa., October 16, 2008 – Fiberlink Communications, the trusted provider of enterprise software and services that solve mobility issues, today announced that Davidson Companies, a regional financial services company based in Montana, has implemented Fiberlink’s MaaS360™ Platform.  Fiberlink helps Davidson Companies ensure the IT security of its desktops as well as support its growing mobile workforce by protecting and mobilizing the company’s laptop users.

Davidson Companies offers a full menu of integrated brokerage, capital markets, money management, and trust and wealth management services.  In an industry that is heavily regulated where confidentiality is of the utmost importance to clients, Davidson Companies turned to Fiberlink to help bolster IT security while granting employees mobility to remain productive outside the confines of headquarters.

“The privacy of our clients’ information is imperative.  At the same time, mobility is an essential part of our strategy and helps us increase productivity and achieve our goals,” said Donn Lassila, vice president, chief information officer for Davidson Companies. “To tackle the challenge of maintaining mobility while also ensuring that information is secure, we turned to the experts at Fiberlink who helped us protect information on and off the network.  Fiberlink’s services allow us to continuously inspect, monitor and manage critical security services on all of our computers, while we mobilize a portion of our staff.  Further, the Fiberlink management center offers visibility into our computing environment and allows us to generate connectivity and security reports that improve compliance.”

Fiberlink’s mobility platform increases both employee productivity and IT control by ensuring that information flow occurs in accordance with Davidson Companies’ IT security policy.  Fiberlink’s Professional Services team spent time with Davidson Companies crafting IT policies around data in motion and at rest to ensure their security needs would be met at all times, regardless of location.

According to Forrester Analyst Natalie Lambert (September 11, 2008, Inquiry Insights: Market Overview: Client Security) stated, “Fiberlink’s [and another vendor] service offerings bring a new deployment model to the table. There are several vendors out there trying to break the traditional client security paradigm. These vendors absorb many of the operational issues, relieving IT departments from the responsibility of deploying, updating, and managing the security agent and back-end infrastructure. Fiberlink [and another vendor], for example, (is a managed services provider that offers) managed security solutions via partnerships with a variety of vendors…Fiberlink partners with multiple vendors including Check Point and GuardianEdge. As with most managed service providers, these vendors decrease back-end infrastructure and its associated management, which compresses both capital and operational expenditure.”

With Fiberlink’s help Davidson Companies is able to combine seven different security and management products into one easy to use solution. Fiberlink’s MaaS360 Platform is the only solution on the market to consolidate access and security operations into a single web-based portal, helping customers react quickly to security threats and increasing operational efficiency without adding additional hardware.

About Fiberlink
Fiberlink simplifies and secures mobile working with innovative software and services, built for the enterprise. Today’s enterprises require both security and mobility, and Fiberlink delivers both without compromise.  Fiberlink’s advanced technology protects mobile workers from hackers, viruses, loss, theft, “data leakage” and other hazards brought on by mobile computing. Market research firm Current Analysis recognizes Fiberlink for its leadership in delivering secure mobility solutions. Fiberlink is the trusted mobility provider for companies such as Continental Airlines, and Grant Thornton. Additional information about Fiberlink is available at www.fiberlink.com.

For Additional Information Contact:
Schwartz Communications
Joe Palladino or Lesley Cannata
MaaS360@schwartz-pr.com
(781) 684-0770

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