ITS achieves Symantec specializations in data protec-tion, high availability and storage management

Press release

Published December 20th, 2011 - 05:52 GMT

Al Bawaba

International Turnkey Systems Group (ITS), a leading integrated information technology solutions and software services provider today announced it has achieved three Symantec Specializations in the areas of Data Protection, High Availability and Storage Management. The company, with its key focus on the banking, education and enterprise offers solutions that enable organizations to keep pace with the evolving changes in today's competitive business environment.

Commenting on the achievement, Khaled Faraj Al-Saeid, Managing Director and General Manager for ITS said: “We are proud to attain this level of specialization for our customers. These achievements reflect the determination of our strategic partnership with Symantec and the quality of engineers and consultants employed by ITS.”

Symantec Specializations, which recognize partners with a proven expertise in a particular area of business, provide partners with the skills and experience required to deliver differentiated service to their customers. Symantec partners achieve Specialization by meeting certain requirements that deepen their knowledge and proficiency in a solution family, and Specialized Symantec partners receive exclusive benefits as a result of their investment.

By achieving this Specialization, ITS have demonstrated an investment and expertise in Symantec Data Protection, High Availability and Storage Management solutions. With this Specialization, ITS will be able to better meet the needs of its customers by delivering high-value solutions to protect and manage their information.

“Symantec Specializations recognize partners’ investment in Symantec and reward their expertise in Symantec technology,” said Johnny Karam, Regional Director, Middle East & North Africa, Symantec Corp. “ITS have demonstrated significant investment, deep understanding and solid expertise in delivering solutions and services that protect customers’ most critical information.”

With data growth being pegged at 30 to 60 percent per year, Symantec Storage Management solutions help organizations manage data growth and improve operational efficiencies. Storage Management specialist partners have demonstrated an ability to deliver solutions and services that reduce their customers’ capital costs and risks for storage; while High Availability Specialization highlights ITS’ ability to deliver solutions and services that keep their customers’ data and applications continuously available. The Data Protection Specialization has been awarded to ITS for their ability to deliver solutions and services that protect the value and integrity of customers’ critical data.

ITS has consistently worked closely with Symantec to successfully deliver and support most of Symantec solutions — solutions that address today’s IT challenges of data protection, disaster recovery, storage, and compliance. ITS, as a Symantec Platinum Partner, has the capabilities to deliver a streamlined support experience for end users of Symantec technology through a single-point-of-contact and highly-qualified solution provider.

Background Information

International Turnkey Systems

ITS portfolio comprises of world-class solutions and services in a wide range of industries including banks, investment companies and other financial institutions. We also serve Education, Enterprise and Government as our lateral strategy.

ITS ETHIX financial product is a leading corporate, Islamic and retail, banking solution, enabling institutions to maximize their returns while optimizing cost.

ITS services portfolio comprises of strategic outsourcing, managed and professional services. We are able to support or customers’ critical business services through our strong industry-specific competencies.

Company Profile

Symantec Corp.

Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber security company, allows organizations, governments, and people to secure their most important data wherever it lives.

Our Integrated Cyber Defense (ICD) Platform unifies products, services, and partners, protecting enterprises against sophisticated threats across endpoints, networks, applications, and clouds.

A global community of more than 50 million people rely on Symantec’s Norton and LifeLock products to help protect their digital lives at home and across their devices.