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SCADAfence Named An OT Security Market Leader In 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Report

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SCADAfence, the global leader in cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments, announced today that they were named a market leader in the new ISG Provider Lens™ – Manufacturing Industry Services 2021 report which was published by ISG, a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

Analyst firm ISG has recognized SCADAfence as the market leader in portfolio attractiveness & competitive strength in their latest ISG Provider Lens report

In this quadrant report, ISG lays out the current market positioning of providers of OT security solutions and how they address the key challenges that industrial organizations face. ISG observes that the traditional OT security market is niche and mature, with focused products that address legacy industrial platforms and networks. As these legacy systems evolve into cyber-physical systems, their security becomes strategically important for both OT and IT stakeholders. ISG’s 2021 report is relevant to enterprises across all industries that are evaluating solution providers of OT security solutions.

The ISG report commends SCADAfence for its unique approach to governance and compliance in OT security. SCADAfence’s industry-leading IT/OT governance and compliance portal takes the passive data existing in their networks and enables customers to find out their degree of compliance with their industry standards. The portal covers industrial compliance frameworks such as IEC62443, ISO27001, NERC, NIST, CMMC, and other important compliance regulations. ISG analysts view the governance portal as a true differentiator for SCADAfence in the OT security market.

ISG highlighted the different product strengths of SCADAfence in the OT security landscape such as the new multi-site portal and 100% deep packet inspection. The analysts noted SCADAfence’s multisite portal benefits their customers with central configuration, management, licensing, and centralized software updates all in one platform. The full report can be accessed here.

“We are pleased to recognize SCADAfence as a leader in our quadrant report,” said Avimanyu Basu, Senior Lead Analyst at ISG.

“SCADAfence’s OT security platform DNA is integrated with a product-led growth approach around IT/OT governance and compliance and proprietary DPI-based technology. With their advanced OT security capabilities, we expect SCADAfence to dominate the OT security market.”

“We’re honored to be recognized as a leader by ISG in their Provider Lens report for Manufacturing Industry Services 2021, OT security solutions,” said Elad Ben-Meir, CEO of SCADAfence. “This acknowledgment and industry recognition for our ongoing efforts in the OT & IoT security space is an affirmation of our hard work and the strength of our unique product vision in the OT security market.”

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About SCADAfence
SCADAfence helps companies with large-scale operational technology (OT) networks embrace the benefits of industrial IoT by reducing cyber risks and mitigating operational threats. Our non-intrusive platform provides full coverage of large-scale networks, offering best-in-class detection accuracy, asset discovery and user experience. The platform seamlessly integrates OT security within existing security operations, bridging the IT/OT convergence gap. SCADAfence secures OT networks in manufacturing, building management and critical infrastructure industries. We deliver security and visibility for some of world’s most complex OT networks, including Europe’s largest manufacturing facility. With SCADAfence, companies can operate securely, reliably and efficiently as they go through the digital transformation journey.

ESET Research investigates Donot Team: Cyberespionage targeting military & governments in South Asia

  • ESET has analyzed two variants of the yty malware framework: Gedit and DarkMusical. ESET researchers have decided to call one of the variants DarkMusical because many of the names the attackers chose for their files and folders are inspired by the movie High School Musical. 
  • These attacks are focused on government and military organizations, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and embassies and are motivated by cyberespionage.
  • Targets are primarily located in South Asia – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. However, targeting embassies of these countries in other regions, such as the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Latin America, has been observed.
  • ESET’s investigation spans more than a year from September 2020 to October 2021.
  • A recent report by Amnesty International links the group’s malware to an Indian cybersecurity company that may be selling the spyware.
  • The group has consistently targeted the same organizations for at least the last two years and it’s possible that the attackers have compromised the email accounts of some of their victims.

BRATISLAVA, MONTREAL — January 18, 2022 — ESET researchers have uncovered recent campaigns and an updated threat arsenal of the infamous APT group Donot Team (also known as APT-C-35 and SectorE02). According to research findings, the group is very persistent and has consistently targeted the same organizations for at least the last two years. For this research, ESET monitored Donot Team for more than a year from September 2020 to October 2021. According to ESET telemetry, the APT group focuses on a small number of targets primarily in South Asia — Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. However, targeting embassies of these countries in other regions, such as the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Latin America, is not outside the group’s realm. These attacks are focused on government and military organizations, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and embassies and are motivated by cyberespionage.

Donot Team is a threat actor operating since at least 2016 that is known for targeting organizations and individuals in South Asia with Windows and Android malware. A recent report by Amnesty International links the group’s malware to an Indian cybersecurity company that may be selling the spyware or offering a hackers-for-hire service to governments of the region.

“We have been closely following the activities of Donot Team, and have traced several campaigns that leverage Windows malware derived from the group’s signature yty malware framework,” says ESET researcher Facundo Muñoz, who led the investigation into the group’s activities.

The main purpose of the “yty” malware framework is to collect and exfiltrate data. The malicious framework consists of a chain of downloaders that ultimately download a backdoor with minimal functionality, used to download and execute further components of Donot Team’s toolset. These include file collectors based on file extension and year of creation, screen capturers, keyloggers, reverse shells, and more.

Countries targeted in recent Donot Team campaigns

According to ESET telemetry, Donot Team has been consistently targeting the same entities with waves of spearphishing emails every two to four months. The spearphishing emails have malicious Microsoft Office documents attached that the attackers use to deploy their malware.

Interestingly, the emails that ESET researchers were able to retrieve and analyze did not show signs of spoofing. “Some emails were sent from the same organizations that were being attacked. It’s possible that the attackers may have compromised the email accounts of some of their victims in earlier campaigns, or the email server used by those organizations,” says Muñoz.

In the latest blogpost, ESET has analyzed two variants of the yty malware framework: Gedit and DarkMusical. ESET researchers have decided to call one of the variants DarkMusical because of the names the attackers chose for their files and folders: many are western celebrities or characters in the movie High School Musical. This variant was used in campaigns targeting military organizations in Bangladesh and Nepal.

For more technical details about the Donot Team’s latest campaigns, read the blogpost “DoNot Go! Do not respawn!” on WeLiveSecurity. Make sure to follow ESET Research on Twitter for the latest news from ESET Research.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.

ESET awarded for its Advanced Threat Protection solutions

ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has been awarded top marks for its business and consumer offerings in two separate AV-Comparatives tests. The ESET PROTECT Cloud solution ranked at the top among competitors in the AV-Comparatives Advanced Threat Protection Test – Enterprise. And ESET Internet Security for consumers was a high achiever in the AV-Comparatives Advanced Threat Protection Test – Consumer.

AV-Comparatives, a leading independent testing organization, well-known for offering innovative real-world environment testing, has subjected ESET’s enterprise solution to hacking and penetration techniques that allow attackers to access internal computer systems and which mimic threats used in the real world. ESET PROTECT Cloud came out of this rigorous testing with AV-Comparatives’ certification for Advanced Threat Protection, which is awarded to products that pass, and in ESET’s case the product not only passed but also achieved the top results among its peers, being the only solution that detected 14 out of the 15 attack scenarios.

ESET’s consumer solution was also put through rigorous testing in a separate AV-Comparatives test, which aimed to uncover how well the solution can protect the end user rather than simply detect threats. ESET Internet Security achieved solid marks for its protection and was awarded the Advanced Threat Protection certification Advanced+ level.

Juraj Malcho, ESET’s Chief Technology Officer commented on the achievement, “No cyber security solution is perfect but at ESET we always strive to be the best, and we are very happy to see that a highly respected independent testing organization like AV-Comparatives confirms that we are delivering on our promise.”

To learn more about ESET’s Advanced Threat Protection solutions for businesses click here, and ESET’s Advanced Threat Protection solutions for consumers click here. 

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.

High Availability: technology that guarantees productivity and credibility

Computer equipment is subject to failures that can bring great inconvenience and damage to companies. In this sense, high availability systems are essential for carrying out activities that rely on energy, location, operation, software, and hardware.

This technology ensures services are available 24/7 without interruptions or loss of information. For this reason, it is extremely important for large organizations, such as public agencies, critical infrastructure, and banks.

In this article, we dive deeper into the subject. Our text is divided into topics to make it easier for you to understand. These are:

  • What is High Availability?
  • What is a High Availability Cluster?
  • How Important is High Availability to Organizations?
  • Advantages of Infrastructure with High Availability Versus Infrastructure Without High Availability
  • High Availability, Redundancy, and Fault Tolerance: What is the Difference?
  • High Availability Products
  • Important Points for the Implementation and Maintenance of High Availability Systems

Enjoy it!

  • What is High Availability?

A high availability (HA) system consists of a technology that must be applied to the computer equipment of large companies and data centers in order to avoid the interruption of activities resulting from failures.

This is possible through an infrastructure designed for maximum uptime, known as 99.999 percent or the “five 9s”.

It works through the allocation of hardware and software, among other solutions, in a redundant way. In practice, this means they will work automatically if any of these items fail.

  • What is a High Availability Cluster?

The word cluster (or clustering) is the same as “agglomeration”, as explained in this article. It is a term used in the most diverse contexts.

In the case of computing, it refers to a technology applied to two or more computers. We call these equipment nodes, and the number of nodes that can compose a cluster is unlimited.

A high availability cluster can be of two types: to be used in hardware and applications. In hardware high availability, we have a connection that makes it possible to change a component if there is an outage.     

In application high availability, the purpose is to ensure that applications work. As such, the cluster avoids long downtime when a system goes down. This model is useful with:

  • Monitoring tools;
  • Replication of systems and computers to replace equipment that may present problems; and
  • Power generators.

In application high availability, a database is synchronized with the instances that make up the cluster, which divides operations among them, assuring that the system will continue to function normally even if an instance is stopped.

  • How Important is High Availability to Organizations?

Regardless of the company’s industry, most of its departments need Internet access to function. A few examples are:

  • Employees responsible for the sales sector use emails and social media to communicate with clients; 
  • Those who lead the teams also use online means to communicate with their subordinates;
  • The purchasing sector needs to be in constant contact with suppliers; and
  • People who take care of marketing also access several platforms to carry out their activities.

We can conclude that high availability systems are of utmost importance to prevent loss of productivity related to time lost with IT disaster recovery.

Likewise, they preserve the credibility of the company, which is also critical, as damage to a brand’s reputation can be a major barrier to its growth. Key benefits of high availability include:

  • Reduction of scheduled downtime;
  • Guarantee of service continuity;
  • High-level performance;
  • Secure data.

  • Advantages of Infrastructure with High Availability Versus Infrastructure Without High Availability

High availability hosting providers perform the same hosting services as traditional infrastructure. However, this is done in a way that eliminates the possibility of downtime by almost 100%. 

What must be taken into account is the cost of this downtime, which is often much higher than most people realize.

A company with affected infrastructure could have impacts on productivity, reduced to almost zero while that infrastructure is down, or still have an interruption that leads to bankruptcy.

That is because the loss of productivity is a secondary concern to the loss of reputation caused by downtime hassles. 

After all, clients prefer to hire the services of accessible and prepared organizations to serve them whenever they need it. In other words, investing in high availability hosting is of paramount importance to keep your company and brand available to your audience.

  • High Availability, Redundancy, and Fault Tolerance: What is the Difference?

A system that features redundancy is not necessarily a high availability solution. For this, it needs to have means to detect failures, the possibility to perform high availability tests, and correct failures related to unavailable components.

Redundancy is hardware-based, while high availability strategies use software most of the time.

When it comes to the difference between high availability and fault tolerance, you should know that the latter requires complete redundancy in hardware. It is also essential to have hardware that identifies failures to ensure the entire system works together.

The advantage of this technology is the ability to retain memory and data for your programs. On the other hand, the adaptation to complex systems can take a little longer. Another problem is that the entire network can crash due to similar software failures presented by redundant systems.

Fault-tolerant systems are effective in preventing equipment problems, but in addition to being expensive, they do not prevent software failures, unlike high availability solutions.

  • High Availability Products

If you have understood the importance of investing in high availability, we cover features that are critical to achieving the performance your business needs in this topic. Among the aspects that should be considered, we highlight:

  • Hardware resilience;
  • Environmental conditions;
  • Data quality; and
  • Durable software.

To have an efficient, high-availability system that addresses these points, it is essential to have resources such as servers, network interfaces, and hard drives that are resistant to problems such as power outages and hardware failures.

Also, you should strategically install multiple web application firewalls on your networks, which enable you to eliminate failures. Another extremely important resources are software stacks capable of resisting failures that may eventually occur.

  • Important Points for the Implementation and Maintenance of High Availability Systems

High availability systems are adaptable to the needs of the organization hiring this service. Nevertheless, certain practices are widely indicated. Some of them are:

  • Redundancy of systems and data through different machines;
  • Deployment of applications on more than one server, in order to avoid machine overloads;
  • Use of components to ensure maximum stability and availability;
  • Spare resources for any failures;
  • Tests capable of guaranteeing availability, performance, and security;
  • Effective data backup and recovery strategies;
  • Conducting tests that help prevent failures related to confidential information; and
  • Use of 100% redundant router, load balancer, firewall, reverse proxy, and monitoring systems.

 

In this article, we discussed what high availability is and its importance to organizations, as well as the difference between redundancy and fault tolerance. We also pointed out aspects that are essential for the implementation of this technology.

If our text was helpful to you, please share it with others who might benefit from this knowledge. On our blog, you can find more content on high availability and information security, check it out. 

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Segura®
Segura® strive to ensure the sovereignty of companies over actions and privileged information. To this end, we work against data theft through traceability of administrator actions on networks, servers, databases and a multitude of devices. In addition, we pursue compliance with auditing requirements and the most demanding standards, including PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Are there good hackers?

Hello and welcome back to our “Mystery Jet Ski.” Much better than those programs about supernatural stuff and alien suppositions. Today we will continue with our exhaustive investigation on the hacker world, and we will delve a little more into the concept of “ethical hacker.” Is it true that there are good hackers? Who are the so-called “White hats”? Who will win this year’s Super Bowl?

Do you already know who the so-called “White Hats” are?

In this blog we never stop saying it: “No one is free from EVIL, because EVIL never rests”, and if in previous articles we saw that a bad hacker, broadly speaking, is a person who knows a lot about computers and uses their knowledge to detect security flaws in company or organization systems and take control of them, today we will see who is the archenemy of the bad hacker or cracker, the superhero of security, networks and programming… “The White Hat Hacker.”

White Hats are “evangelized” hackers who believe in good practice and good ethics, and who use their hacking superpowers to find security vulnerabilities and help correct or shield them, whether in networks, software, or hardware. “Black Hats” would be the rogue hackers we all know for their evilness, and the “White Hats” would be their honest and do-gooder counterpart. Both hack systems, but White Hat hackers do it with the goal of favoring/helping the organization they are working for.

White Hats, ethical hackers

If you thought that piracy and honesty were antonyms, you should know that, within IT, they are not necessarily so. As we pointed out, White Hats do their thing but in an ethical and supervised way, all with the aim of improving cybersecurity, not damaging it. And, dear friend, there is lots of demand for this. White Hats are not short of work, they are in high demand as security researchers and freelancers. They are the candy of organizations to strengthen their cybersecurity. Companies, in fact, take white hat hackers and make them try to hack their systems over and over again. They find and expose vulnerabilities so that the company is prepared for future attacks. They show the ease with which a Black Hat could infiltrate, and even get to the kitchen, in a system, or look for “back doors” within the encryption determined to safeguard the network. We could almost consider the White Hats as another IT security engineer or an insightful network security analyst within the company.

Some known white hat hackers:

  • Greg Hoglund, “The Machine.” Mostly known for his achievements in detecting malware, rootkits, and hacking online games. He has worked for the United States government and its intelligence service.
  • Jeff Moss, “Obama’s Right Hand (on the Mouse)”. He came to work on the US National Security Advisory Council during the Obama term. Today he serves as a commissioner in the World Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace.
  • Dan Kaminsky, “The Competent.” Known for his great feat of finding a major bug in the DNS protocol. This could have led to a complex cache spoofing attack.
  • Charlie Miller, “The Messi of hackers.” He became famous for highlighting vulnerabilities in the products of famous companies like Apple. He won the Pwn2Own edition in 2008, the most important hacking contest in the world. 
  • Richard M. Stallman, “The Hacktivist.” Founder of the GNU project, an essential free software initiative to understand computing without restrictions. Champion of the free software movement since 1980.

Are there more “Hats”? 

We have already talked about the exploits of these White Hats, but what about the previously mentioned “Black Hats”? Are there more “Hats”?  Let’s have a look:

  • Black hats: Well, these are the bad guys, the computer criminals, the ones we know and take for granted. The villains of this story. They start out, perhaps, as inexperienced Script Kiddies and end up as crackers. Pure jargon to designate how bad they are. Some do it alone, selling malicious tools, others work for criminal organizations as sophisticated as the ones in movies.
  • Gray hats: Right in the middle of computer morality, we find these hats, combining the qualities of black and white. They are usually devoted, for example, to looking for vulnerabilities without the consent of the owners of the system, but when they find them they let them know. 
  • Blue hats: These are characterized by focusing all their malicious efforts on a specific subject or group. Motivated perhaps by revenge, they dominate it just enough to execute it. They may also be hired to test specific software for bugs before it is released. They say that their name comes from the blue emblem of the Microsoft employees.
  • Red Hats: The Red Hats do not like the Black Hats at all and act ruthlessly against them. Their life goal? Destroy all evil plans that bad hackers have in their hands. A good Red Hat will always be aware of the initiatives of the Black Hat, their mission is to intercept it and hack the pirate. 
  • Green hats: These are the “newbies” of the hacking world. They want to go further, for their hat to mature into an authentic and genuine Black Hat. They will put effort, curiosity and boldness in said company. They are often seen grazing in packs within hidden hacker communities asking their elders for everything.

Conclusions

Sorry for the Manichaeism, but we have the White Hat that is good, the Black Hat that is bad, and a few other colorful types of hats that fall between these two poles. I know that now you will imagine hackers classified by colors like Pokemon or Power Rangers. If only achieved that with this article, everything was worth it.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About PandoraFMS
Pandora FMS is a flexible monitoring system, capable of monitoring devices, infrastructures, applications, services and business processes.
Of course, one of the things that Pandora FMS can control is the hard disks of your computers.

5 Reasons Why Scale Computing HC3 is the Perfect Edge Computing Infrastructure

The key drivers for edge computing.

Edge computing allows applications to run outside of the data center or cloud, close to where they are used and data is generated. Though edge environments are supported by some form of centralized processing, running applications locally, on-premises solves many of the intrinsic challenges of data center and cloud computing.

Data Explosion: More devices generating vast amounts of data.

IoT devices, video systems and environmental sensors are just some of the many technologies saturating our physical spaces. These devices generate massive amounts of data, much of which has value when it can be properly collected and analyzed. But bandwidth isn’t free and transferring all that data to the cloud for processing is both impractical and cost-prohibitive. Edge computing allows all this rich data to be collected and processed locally.

Resiliency: Having applications available when they are needed.

Reliable connectivity is key when applications are running from a centralized location. Whether it’s a complete outage, occasional drop or simply high error rates, any interruption is bound to affect the availability and performance of applications relying on that connection. Running applications locally means they can continue to operate as expected, even without a connection to the cloud or data center.

Latency: The impact of network distance and congestion on application response time.

Information takes time to travel across a network. The longer it takes, the more it impacts end-to-end processing times. Expectations for application response times vary from one application, and organization, to the next. However, the more an application experience benefits from a real-time response, the more important it is to remove distance as a factor. Edge computing brings applications closer to where they are used, reducing lag time and improving efficiency.

Regulation: Protecting privacy and maintaining data sovereignty.

Complying with data security and privacy regulations is both serious and non-trivial. The risk of interception and potential for regulatory non-compliance increases every time data is moved. By definition, the cloud is a fuzzy place, making it difficult to know exactly where data is and where it has been. The more data can be collected and processed on-site, the simpler maintaining compliance becomes.

How Scale Computing HC3 Edge is answering your needs.

1. HC3 Edge is right sized and edge ready.

Scale Computing HC3 Edge meets the definition of edge-ready, right-sized computing. Unlike competitive alternatives, it is not adapted from infrastructure solutions built for another purpose. It has been optimized for non-stop computing in uncontrolled, non-IT environments. Everything that can operate autonomously, does. Everything that can be fixed automatically, is. The architecture makes the platform so lightweight it utilizes a fraction of the resources of other solutions. Simply put, HC3 Edge lets you run the most applications on the smallest hardware with the most reliability and least amount of effort.

2. We remove the barriers to edge computing.

Large-scale, on-premises, distributed infrastructure deployments are the definition of an IT nightmare. Siloed, point solutions each supporting a unique application. Complex virtual environments modeled after those found in the data center. Systems that require skilled onsite support personnel. Architectures that inflate costs and underutilize resources. HC3 Edge replaces all of that with a powerful, cost-effective platform that makes edge computing easier than ever and is unmatched for reliability and availability.

3. We bring a cloud-like experience to on-premises computing.

Most of the infrastructure available for edge computing was not designed for the unique needs of the edge. Edge infrastructure should extend the best elements of both the cloud and data center to local, on-premises computing. Centralized management and monitoring with cloud-like orchestration brings the simplicity of the cloud to the world of edge computing.

4. We deliver the lowest TCO and highest ROI.

With Scale Computing HC3 Edge you eliminate cots from your application infrastructure every step of the way—purchase, deployment, management and maintenance. At the same time you maximize application uptime, use compute resources more efficiently and drastically improve IT team productivity. Add it up and you will see why Scale Computing is the only solution you can bank on.

5. We are recognized as a leader in the industry.

Scale Computing is recognized across the industry by experts such as Gartner, Forbes and IDC. We appeared in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software the year it was first introduced and every year since. Our edge capabilities set us apart from our competitors in this market and year after year our award-winning solution is recognized for product excellence.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions. Scale Computing HC3 software eliminates the need for traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, the HC3 self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects infrastructure problems in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime. When ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO matter, Scale Computing HC3 is the ideal infrastructure platform. Read what our customers have to say on Gartner Peer Insights, Spiceworks, TechValidate and TrustRadius.