BWI: UST Global Conferred with Edge Awards 2013 by InformationWeek

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Source: UST Global
Monday, November 11, 2013 04:40 PM IST (11:10 AM GMT)
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UST Global Conferred with Edge Awards 2013 by InformationWeek
Wins accolades for its cloud-based e-mail security solution, under the 'Security' category of the awards

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Monday, November 11, 2013 -- (Business Wire India) -- UST Global, an information technology solutions and Services Company for Global 1000 enterprises, today announced that it has been honored with the coveted EDGE Awards 2013 by IT publication InformationWeek for its e-mail security deployment on the cloud.

UST Global migrated from on-premise e-mail security to a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)-model in order to resolve concerns related to e-mail threats, misutilization of Internet bandwidth and reliance on a single technology without any guaranteed service-level agreement (SLA) and service availability. As part of the transformation, it made deployment of the e-mail content and malware filter on the Symantec cloud to enable better security posture, allow access to SLA-based services and ensure 100 percent availability and ease of management. The migration took about 48 hours to complete and the company experienced zero downtime without a single e-mail loss.

The deployment resulted in significantly upgrading performance and optimizing bandwidth, including a 40 percent decrease in e-mail flow as unwanted e-mails got stopped on the cloud. It benefited the entire staff working from multiple locations with different e-mail servers in reducing inflow of spam and malicious e-mails. UST Global has also fully automated Active Directory user and group synch with minimal hardware.

Basil Solomon, Group Manager, Infrastructure Services, UST Global, who led this project says, "It's very gratifying to be recognized by Information Week for our efforts in applying technology to transform our processes. UST Global is heavily leaned towards the cloud and has built robust capability in delivering services on the platform to customers across industries. As a company we have been investing in cloud to simply process and hence it was a natural progression for us to move to the SaaS model to improve the way we dealt with critical issues pertaining to e-mail security of our workforce."

Adding an insight on the benefits realized from the project, Basil added, "The multitenant model of the cloud has helped us dramatically reduce redundancy and data center costs. It has also lowered manual intervention in maintenance and support and enabled us to control data leakage over e-mails."

About UST Global

UST Global(R) (www.ust-global.com) provides information technology solutions and services for Global 1000 enterprises. It delivers business value through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks, and service delivery innovation. Its client-centric Global Engagement Model (GEM) ensures 24/7 delivery of services through onshore, near shore and offshore centers. It offers consulting, tech build, application development and maintenance, infrastructure, QA and testing, ecommerce, business intelligence, data management, social media solutions and BPO services. It serves clients in the healthcare, insurance, retail, financial services, manufacturing, telecom, media, utility and energy industries. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, UST Global and its offices in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Malaysia, Philippines and Mexico transform global innovation through technology, jobs and training.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Veena Srinath, PR Manager - India, UST Global, veena.srinath@ust-global.com
Dimple Khanna, Gutenberg Communications, +91 7709119956, dimple@gutenbergpr.com

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