Price Waterhouse teams up with CA and LoxInfo for push into Thailand
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has teamed up with Computer Associates (CA) Thailand and Loxley Information Service (Loxinfo), a Thai Internet service provider, to promote its outsourcing-diverse e-security solution. Their first collaboration in this arena, which is limited only to the Thai market, is aimed at creating an awareness among Thai businesses of the importance of e-security.
According to International Data Corp, the world's leading IT research agency, the global e-security market is estimated to be worth about US$5.1 billion (Bt 227 billion) this year and is expected to jump to $14 billion by 2005. The partners hope to cash in on the untapped e-security market in Thailand, which it believes will register significant growth soon, added Soontorn Dentham, lead partner of PWC, Global Risk Management Solutions...
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"Our objective is to leverage CA's industry-leading security solution, eTrust, with PWC's leadership in management and business consulting, together with Loxinfo's service to make a substantial value proposition to our clients," said Satish Chavali, CA's director of business development for Asean.
However, the alliance will launch the diverse services of PWC, known as Security Integration Services (SIS), as a first step before going into high gear to promote its comprehensive SIS solution early next year.
"We want to educate and hype up the demand first at this stage," Soontorn said.
The initial diverse solution package, which was unveiled yesterday, includes network protection, anti-virus, content inspection, Internet access leased lines and vulnerability assessment.
PWC will take care of management, business consulting, and e-security policy, while CA, a leading e-security provider, will provide the license for eTrust, and Loxinfo will offer implementation and 24-hour system maintenance.
The alliance targets banks, Internet service provider clients, telecom operators, and application service provider clients, which have lacked access to high-skill human resources to implement and handle e-security for them.
"We'll outsource the service for them," Soontorn said.
Tachapong Hotrabhavananda, chief executive of Loxinfo, said that the company s jumped on the bandwagon because it has found a high demand for its e-security service among its customers.
"The pervasive growth of the Internet affects the way people do business. Most enterprises are now focusing on security issues, the next step is the integrity of their security," he added.
