BitDefender Announces New Philippine Distributor for Antivirus Products

BitDefender, a global provider of security solutions for the protection of today's computing environment, announced today that local company IPSYSTEMS, Inc. has signed an agreement to distribute its antivirus and anti-spam solutions for the Philippines’ market.

“BitDefender is a prestigious brand, worldwide famous not only because of the quality of the security solutions we offer to the market, but also due to the excellent partners we have recruited throughout the years. We can say at this point that by combining one of the best antivirus products available with an experienced partner and a growing reseller chain, we are looking at the prospects of success in the Philippines ‘ Market”, said Rully Hossu, BitDefender Regional Sales Manager, Asia Pacific.

Patricia B. Celis, Vice-President of IPSYSTEMS said, “We are enthusiastic about our new alliance with BitDefender, because they provide an excellent and cost-effective alternative to the existing security solutions available in the Philippine market today. Our goal is to increase the Filipino’s awareness of the powerful solutions which BitDefender has to offer, and to make BitDefender a leading provider in the region.”

About BitDefender®
BitDefender delivers products and services to over 41 million home and corporate users in more than 180 countries. BitDefender has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Romania. Further information about BitDefender can be obtained by visiting: http://www.bitdefender.com.
In mid-2006, TopTenREVIEWS, Inc., an Internet publisher of expert technology and entertainment reviews, awarded BitDefender a “#1 antivirus ranking”, which quickly ensued and sparked heavy demand for its products across the Philippines and beyond.

The BitDefender range of products include antivirus, firewall, antispyware, antispam and parental control for corporate and home users. They are also intended to be implemented on complex IT structures (work stations, file servers, mail servers and gateway) on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD platforms.

About IPSYSTEMS, Inc.
IPSYSTEMS, Inc. is an Open Source solutions provider and systems integrator. Incorporated in 1998, IPSYSTEMS first carried BitDefender products as a reseller in 2004 in order to complement and protect the server solutions offered to their clients. The company is the first and only solutions provider to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) explore and utilize open source technology by offering rental and lease-to-own corporate servers running on open source. For resellership opportunities, please send an email to info@ipsystems.ph Additional information is available at http://www.ipsystems.ph