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MillenniumIT wins Regional Award for Partner Excellence

Millennium Information Technologies Pvt Ltd (MillenniumIT), a premier technology solutions provider and member of the London Stock Exchange Group, had been awarded the coveted Best Partner of the Year 2010 in the SAARC region by Check Point Software Technologies India at an awards ceremony held recently. Check Point Software Technologies, a worldwide leader in securing the internet, provides customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership.

At the Check Point Indian subcontinent Partner Sales Kick Off 2011 held in Goa, India, attended by over 150 partners from across the region, MillenniumIT was presented with Check Point’s Best Partner for 2010 for the SAARC region based on their superior technical skills and commercial success.

MillenniumIT Information Security Head Rahal Jayawardena said: “We are very pleased to receive the prestigious Best Partner of the Year award for the SAARC region from Check Point. This award is an acknowledgement of our technical excellence and reaffirms the trust placed in us by our customers to design and implement advanced security solutions. This year we aim to reach another important milestone with Check Point by completing the integration of their entire solution stack, including Check Point’s high-end solutions targeted at Managed Service Providers, a rare achievement for any systems integrator in Asia.”

India and SAARC Regional Director Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu at Check Point Software Technologies said, “MillenniumIT definitely deserves this award. They are constantly growing, evolving, both in consulting and delivering solutions around our various technologies. MillenniumIT played an essential role in Check Point’s success in Sri Lankan market in the past eight years. Check Point Partner Awards was instituted to recognize and honour our partners. We are committed in providing development opportunities in the industry for our partners and are keen in providing them constant support and training. MillenniumIT is one of our dedicated partners and we are confident of even better accomplishments together in future.”

WSO2 to expand global footprint

Charumini DE SILVA

With the recently received fund of US $ 6.5 million, WSO2 is planning to expand its businesses while further expanding its global footprint. The company recently opened an office in California and will setup another office in New York by the end of the year. The funding round was led by Quest Software Inc. and joined by investor-Intel Capital.

WSO2 CEO Dr Sanjiva Weerawarna said the company has performed steadily during the past five years. The company will use the funds to expand its global operations; grow its Silicon Valley based marketing, sales and support teams and extend its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings to support the rapid increase in global demand for its open source middleware platforms.

The company has performed significantly during the past five years. The company was able to perform steadily even during the recession. WSO2 during last year has doubled its business, while recording a growth of 95 percent. This year the company expects to grow at around 80 to 90 percent. The company has over 125 employees at present. With the expansion of the company; they hope to recruit around another 50; which consists 30 engineering employees and 20 marketing employees by the end of the year, he said.

“Our company has been recognized by pragmatic global leaders in business and technology such as Gartner and Forrester. While competing with companies such as IBM and Oracle the recognition received is a great achievement of the company. The recognition also helps to attract more customers to the company, while enhancing the brand in the global arena,” Weerawarna said.

“An enterprise investing on technology is a high cost and a long-term investment. With the implementation of new technology in a company; the clients expect smooth functioning and convenience, which WSO2 have been capable of providing to our customers,” he said.

“This year we will introduce new products such as complex event processing and the massage broker. Having a differentiated product portfolio has helped the company to outstand among other competitors. Thus, the company is practicing many research and development (R and D) activities with having an innovative marketing strategy to compete globally.

WSO2 caters to a world outstanding clientele such as eBay, Deutsche Bank, Mercedes Benz, Prudential, BBC, Microsoft, British Airways and many others.

He said to boost up the ICT industry in Sri Lanka creativity, value additions, innovation and a proper structure of salary scales is essential.

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Apple’s ‘iClouds’ launched

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