Tata Communications Positioned in the Challengers Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant
for Managed Security Services
MUMBAI, Apr. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications,
today announced it has been positioned by industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc.
in the Challengers quadrant of its "Magic Quadrant for Managed Security
Service Providers (MSSPs) in North America" report. The Magic Quadrant
evaluates MSSPs such as Tata Communications on completeness of vision and
ability to execute, and uses selection criteria based on service and product
capabilities and other factors.
"In just one year, we have launched and scaled our managed security
services business, and are now focused on meeting the highest expectations
that our customers have from us, and validating our customers' choice of Tata
Communications as their choice for managed security services for their sites
in developed and emerging markets worldwide," said John Landau, senior vice
president of Global Managed Services for Tata Communications. "We believe
that our placement in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Security
Services reflects the trust that our customers have placed in Tata
Communications and its ability to deliver world-class security services."
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is widely recognized as one of the most
influential reports for enterprises seeking to evaluate managed security
service vendors. It evaluates vendors according to ability to execute -
including overall viability, product capabilities, quality, feature sets,
skills, market responsiveness and track record - as well as the
completeness of vision, which includes innovation and product strategy among
other criteria.
Tata Communications' focus on managed security services allows
enterprises to reduce costs by outsourcing the increasingly difficult and
expensive task of both monitoring and managing their security infrastructure,
while simultaneously delivering higher levels of coverage and protection. The
suite of security services, which includes managed and monitored Firewalls
and Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems, Intrusion Detection and
Prevention systems, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Detection and
Mitigation, Vulnerability Management, email security and filtering, and
Penetration Testing, offers customers proactive detection and evaluation of
information security threats, accompanied by swift incident response and
remediation actions.
The services are overseen by an experienced, globally distributed support
team using state-of-the-art systems, processes and tools. Tata
Communications' wide range of supported vendors and solutions, combined with
its globally consistent and efficient service delivery model, meets the
security needs of businesses.
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About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 16th April 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis
of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as
defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service
depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to
select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a
specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or
implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
1. Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America" by Kelly M.
Kavanagh, John Pescatore, April 16, 2009.
About Tata Communications
Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group,
is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. The emerging
markets communications leader leverages its advanced solutions capabilities
and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver
managed solutions to multi-national and Indian enterprises, service providers
and Indian consumers.
Tata Communications' range of services include transmission,
IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosting and
storage, managed security, managed collaboration and business transformation
for global enterprises and service providers, as well as Internet, retail
broadband and content services for Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network
encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a
Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300
Pops, and more than 1 million square feet of data centre and colocation
facilities.
Tata Communications' unique emerging market depth and breadth
of reach includes a national fiber backbone network and access to network in
over 60 cities and 125 Pops in India, strategic investments in South African
converged services operator, Neotel, Sri Lanka and Nepal and, subject to
fulfilment of conditions precedent, a 50% ownership in China Enterprise
Communications (CEC) providing full country VPN coverage in China.
Servicing customers from its offices in over 80 cities in 40
countries, Tata Communications is the number one global international
wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long
distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the Company was
named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006,
"Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2006 and 2007 Capacity Magazine
Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards and was awarded "Best Progress in
Emerging Markets" at the 2008 Mobile Communication Awards.
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on
the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata
Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those
relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business
strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the
general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including
financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to
industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results,
performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The important factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic
on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services
that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to
successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information
systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission
services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on
certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate
strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of
India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata
Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit
conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include,
but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications'
various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no
obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its
forward-looking statements.
Media Contacts:
S Ravindran,
Tata Communications,
+91-9223306610
ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com
Abhishek Prakash
Tata Communications
+65-9728-3020
abhishek.prakash@tatacommunications.com
Media Agency
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SOURCE: Tata Communications Limited
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