ESET India backs Techfest 2010 arranged by IIT Mumbai

Delhi, Jan 20, 2010: In its endeavor to reach out to the tech-savvy students, ESS software Distribution & Consulting (P) Ltd, Exclusive Distributor of ESET products in India, has signed up as an ‘Internet Security Partner’ for the Techfest Event 2010, IIT Mumbai which will be held from 22 Jan 2010 to 24th Jan 2010 at IIT Powai Campus, Mumbai.

ESET found the Techfest platform extremely interesting and relevant to the product. Techfest is an event arranged by the students of IIT Powai and it reaches out to over 60,000 students from more than 2,100 colleges in India and 4,500 Faculty Members and Corporates.

ESET will join TATA DOCOMO, DNA, Google, Yahoo, Adobe, Intel and others as the sponsor for the event.

“ESET India is delighted to sponsor the Techfest Event. Techfest attracts students from various colleges as well as university. Students and educational segment have been always our target audience for ESET. Techfest would serve as good platform to create awareness among the students who would be the decision makers of tomorrow” said Amit Misra, Country Head, ESS Software Distribution & Consulting (P) Ltd.

ESET would be showcasing its entire IT security solution product portfolio during its participation in the event.

“Through the interactive platform of the Techfest event, we are seeking to communicate with the Tech-savvy students about the superior protection features of ESET NOD32 like Threatsense technology, smallest system footprint and comprehensive protection against evolving Internet threats” states Mr. Vaseem Shaikh, Technical Support Manager, ESS Software Distribution & Consulting (P) Ltd.

“We are pleased to welcome a global brand of the caliber of ESET as our Internet security partner for the Techfest Event 2010” said Sagar Sambrani, Manager, Techfest Event.

About Techfest 2010:

Techfest event is arranged by IIT Mumbai. IIT Bombay is one of the premier institutes of science and technology in India. It is known for the high quality of knowledge imparted to its students and its cutting edge research. Techfest was founded in the year 1998 with the dual aims of providing the budding engineers and scientists of the country a platform for sharing ideas and celebrating science and technology. The brainchild of the eminent Professors and a motivated group of students of the institute, Techfest is an organization managed by the students of IIT Bombay, working on a non-profit basis.

The primary objective of the Festival was to provide a national platform for students to showcase their talent. Techfest has successfully organized this Festival for 12 years.

Techfest, is the largest Science and Technology festival in Asia. It attracts a massive crowd of over 60,000 from all over the country and abroad including 4,500 corporates and faculty members, and features challenging events, competitions, eminent speakers from over the world, and professional technical displays and shows. This year, in its thirteenth edition, Techfest 2010 will be held from the 22nd-24th of January 2010

About ESS Software Distribution & Consulting (P) Ltd:

“ESS Software Distribution & Consulting Private Limited” is locally incorporated distribution company in India oriented towards promotion of the worldwide popular security software solutions of ESET Company. The company “ESS Software Distribution & Consulting Private Limited” is supplying ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus products to the Indian market. Main goal of “ESS Software Distribution & Consulting Private Limited” is ESET products promotion in the Indian IT security market. Primary tasks consist in creation and development of the Partner Network and provision of pre-sales, technical and marketing support. Key business initiatives are focused on small and medium business segments as well as on retail as it plays an important role in brand awareness and demand generation.

The Partner Program of the distribution company “ESS Software Distribution & Consulting Private Limited” consists in educating resellers in the licensing policy of ESET products and sales rules in India and includes information about marketing and technical support provided by assigned managers. For more information, visit http://www.esetindia.com/

About ESET

ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. ESET pioneered and continues to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus, its flagship product, consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing and is the foundational product that builds out the ESET product line to include ESET Smart Security. ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry. Both products have an extremely efficient code base that eliminates the unnecessary large size found in some solutions. This means faster scanning that doesn’t slow down computers or networks. Sold in more than 110 countries, ESET has worldwide production headquarters in Bratislava, SK and worldwide distribution headquarters in San Diego, U.S. ESET also has offices in Bristol, U.K.; Buenos Aires, AR; Prague, CZ; and is globally represented by an extensive partner network. For more information, visit http://www.eset.com/