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Canon IT Solutions to Deliver Clavister Network Security Solutions to Japanese Market
Clavister (STO:CLAV) signs distribution agreement with Canon (News - Alert) IT
Solutions to deliver advanced, high performance security technologies to
the Japanese market
Clavister, a leader in high performance network security, today
announced a distribution agreement with Canon IT Solutions, a core
company of the Canon Marketing Japan (Canon MJ) group.
Canon IT Solutions has a significant share of the $360M market in Japan
for security appliance sales (according to IDC (News - Alert) Worldwide Quarterly
Security Appliance Tracker (http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=38),
Q1 2015), and will initially sell and distribute Clavister's (News - Alert)
next-generation security solutions to the Japanese SME sector, expanding
to the enterprise market. Canon IT Solutions has secured an initial low
seven-digit SEK order for Clavister solutions, with further significant
orders anticipated.
Shinya Kondo, Executive Officer, Group Executive Security Solution
Business Division at Canon IT Solutions commented: "Our partnership with
Clavister will enable us to offer a solution that is clearly
differentiated in the market. The innovative and advanced technology, in
addition to the strong level of support and close relationship Clavister
has demonstrated has been impressive, we feel confident that we will be
successful with Clavister's offering."
Canon IT Solutions will incorporate Clavister's solutions into its
existing solution portfolio in order to better meet the ever-increasing
functionaliy and capacity demands of its customers. Canon IT Solutions
chose to partner with Clavister following an in-depth evaluation of its
solutions, which showed that their performance and feature set far
exceeded that of rival products, making them ideal for meeting the
rigorous requirements of the Japanese market. Clavister will invest in
market-specific solution and services development to support the
partnership with Canon IT Solutions.
"Japan is a key growth market for Clavister," said Jim Carlsson, CEO at
Clavister, "With Canon IT Solutions, we have definitely found a partner
which matches all of our expectations as a high profile brand, and it is
with great pride, honor and respect that we start this journey together.
We believe the relationship will be a key contributor to Clavister's
future growth."
Canon IT Solutions, is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Canon MJ group
which has over 18,000 employees worldwide and is one of the most
influential system integrators and resellers of IT services in the
Japanese market. Canon MJ group is rapidly increasing its efforts to
consolidate its position as a leading security solution provider.
It is expected that the Clavister products will be introduced in Japan
by Canon IT solutions in Q4 2015. The partnership agreement is a
non-binding contract with regards to sales quantities, but is
anticipated to have a substantial impact on Clavister's net sales in the
region.
Clavister's solutions range entry level next-generation firewalls (NGFW)
in desktop-sized packages, to Virtual Series Gateways that enable the
highest levels of throughput, offering six nines (99.9999%) availability
for carrier-grade security in the most demanding network environments.
Clavister recently introduced a range of solutions for mobile network
operators to secure 4G and LTE (News - Alert) networks, enabling mobile network
operators to secure their networks against cyberattacks and data
interception. Clavister solutions run on Intel Architecture, utilizing
DPDK and hardware accelerators in order to achieve exceptional
performance levels far in excess of products from other vendors.
About Clavister
Clavister is a leading supplier of security for fixed, mobile and
virtual network environments. Clavister is offering small and medium
enterprises, telecom operators and suppliers of "Cloud" solutions
market-leading security solutions for facing today's security threats.
The Clavister Holding AB share is listed on NASDAQ First North under the
name of Clav and has approximately 5,400 shareholders. Remium Nordic AB
is the company's Certified Advisor. For more information about
Clavister, visit www.clavister.com
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