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Global Textile Alliance Protects US and China Operations With Managed Security Solutions From Secure Designs
GREENSBORO, NC, Oct 05, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Global Textile Alliance Inc. (http://www.gta.com) is a
seven-year-old joint venture designed to unite the world's most
innovative textile mills under a single brand. The alliance offers
domestic and foreign mills the opportunity to band together and
market materials under the Global Textile Alliance brand name and is
headquartered in Colfax, NC.
With 200 employees and locations in both North Carolina and China,
the company relies on its robust IT network to enable seamless
communications and transaction processing, and from its early days has
looked to Secure Designs, Inc. (SDI; http://www.securedesigns.com) to
manage, monitor and update its network security functions. The
company uses TZ Series firewalls from SonicWALL to secure its US and
international operations.
IT Director Jay Gammon, formerly an IT executive at a prestigious US
foods company, joined GTA almost two years ago. His considerable
technical expertise has proven invaluable as the company continues to
expand, with each day bringing a new set of IT challenges. "Every day
is different," Gammon commented. "My role involves supporting
corporate business requirements as well as day to day user issues,
problem solving, ad hoc projects and research. The company
constantly looks for opportunities to do things more efficiently,
while working within the widely varied technical capabilities of our
customer base."
Familiar with all the latest security protocols and processes from
his previous role, Gammon saw immediately on joining GTA that SDI had
a robust security infrastructure in place -- "everything that I would
have used myself," he confirmed.
GTA's top IT security objectives are proactive intrusion detection,
closing holes against hackers, identifying and preventing hacking
attempts as soon as possible, and blocking the huge amounts of spam
-- all without inhibiting users from being able to access the network
from anywhere in the world.
GTA has two manufacturing operations in North Carolina, an operation
in Shanghai plus partners elsewhere in China, and sales people
traveling throughout the US. The company runs about 50 terminals in
total, for function including order management, shipping, invoicing
and accounting. "Network downtime is to be avoided at all costs,"
Gammon said. "We maintain spare equipment to ensure the network is
always up and running. Although there's a considerable time
difference between China and the US, SDI has always been very
responsive to our needs on both sides of the world."
Security is one of the most complex and dynamic areas of IT, and
Gammon observed that being able to rely on SDI for this function frees
him from having to hire staff or keep up-to-date with technology
changes. "From a technology knowledge standpoint security is the one
area that would take me the most time, so it is very cost effective
to let SDI take care of that," said Gammon. "They keep their
knowledge updated, and that's a tough job because the security
appliance space is always changing."
The SDI service for GTA continues to evolve as the company's needs
change. Ron Culler, CTO at Secure Designs, said, "We are undertaking
more and more proactive monitoring and dissemination of information.
Our goal is to think of everything on behalf of GTA."
Gammon concurs. "If there has been a major breach or attempt, SDI
will see it before I do and will call to tell me it has been fixed.
As their customer, we are protected from all of the difficulties of
monitoring and updating the system -- the ultimate goal of managed
security services."
About Secure Designs, Inc.
Secure Designs is founded upon the belief that smaller companies
deserve the same Internet security as big companies without having to
pay a premium price. Secure Designs is the premier, low cost/high
value Internet security provider for SMBs. For more information,
visit http://www.securedesigns.com.
Contact:
Mary McEvoy Carroll
Sand Hill Communications
Email Contact
Tel +1-650-691 4283
SOURCE: Secure Designs, Inc.
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