Baguio City, Philippines - Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus
protection for businesses, announced today that it is now marketing
its solutions in Northern Luzon, Philippines, with the appointment
of Bitstop Inc as its business partner in the region. This will
expand Sophos's sales network in the country and provide businesses
with reliable anti-virus solutions, protecting networks against
computer viruses, worms and Trojans.
The IT market in the Philippines is continuing to grow steadily.
According to the Department of Trade and Industry, the first
quarter of this year's investments in IT and IT-enabled services
accounted for 15 per cent of total foreign capital to enter the
country.
"As an IT company, Sophos is committed to the Philippines and
will continue to appoint partners to raise business security
standards," remarked Charles Cousins, managing director of Sophos
Anti-Virus Asia. "As more companies invest in the Philippines,
having reliable anti-virus solutions available is critical to
protect their investments. With the appointment of business
partners Bitstop in the Northern Luzon region, - Sophos now has a
presence not only in Manila and Cebu but in Northern Luzon as well
has greatly increased its coverage of the Philippine market
opportunity."
Bitstop Inc. was first established in 1989, selling computer
accessories and systems to corporate clients. Since 1990, Bitstop
has also offered high-quality computer solutions and services to
all businesses. As the only Microsoft Certified Partner and Cisco
Premier Partner in Northern Luzon, the company offers design,
implementation products into client systems as well as providing IT
consultancy to educational institutions.
"Sophos Anti-Virus solutions are well known in the Philippines
as they offer integrated cross-platform support for servers,
desktops and laptops, as well as timely, regular and transparent
updates to its customers. We are confident that we can work with
Sophos to penetrate the enterprise market in Northern Luzon, and we
believe that many businesses can benefit from the partnership by
minimizing their security risks," stated Wilson Chua, President of
Bitstop Inc.
Bitstop presently has a team of 40 experienced staff
implementing a range of telecommunications, internet and IT
services to enterprises. It is the only Windows Media Service
Provider in the Philippines to offer webcasting. Bitstop offers
services to businesses in Dagupan City, Baguio, La Union, Ilocos
Sur and Ilocos Norte. It is also an authorized reseller of the
following companies: Intel, HP, Epson, and IBM, Autodesk, Borland,
Lotus, Adobe, Novell and MYOB. Its customer-base represent a
variety of industries, from food and beverage, technology to power
companies. They include San Miguel Corp, Texas Instruments, San
Roque Power Corp, Mirant Sual and Tarlac Electric Corp.
A free email notification service for new virus threats is
available from www.sophos.com/virusinfo/notifications/.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.