Bitdefender Partners With Tech Data To Virtualise StreamOne Solutions Store

Bitdefender has announced that Security for Virtualised Environments (SVE) is now available in Tech Data’s StreamOne Solutions Store, an end-to-end supply chain platform. With SVE by Bitdefender, Tech Data’s channel of more than 60,000 U.S. resellers has immediate access to security technology specifically designed for virtualised environments. VARs are able to select Bitdefender’s enterprise technology directly from the StreamOne Solutions Store to include in an overall end-to-end offering or to sell as a single solution to customers.

As enterprises turn to more cost-efficient platforms in virtualisation and cloud technologies, protecting valuable data with traditional security impedes application and system performance. The Bitdefender SVE solution was built to sustain unique performance in these environments.

Now VARs that utilise StreamOne can help their customers reduce the financial, logistical and performance costs associated with traditional security approaches with ‘ready-built’ technology. By incorporating Bitdefender SVE into the overall security posture, organisations ranging from SMEs to large-scale enterprise deployments now have full protection on all major platforms and operating systems, including VMware vShield 5 Endpoint, XenServer and Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Hyper-V, other virtualisation platforms and integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

“We’ve found that those who attempt to use traditional security approaches in these environments are having performance breakdowns as they ramp up virtual users and machines. This runs counter to the very systems that were to supposed to bring them improved consolidation ratios,” said Robert Krauss, Director Enterprise Sales and Alliances, North America, Bitdefender.