Smoothwall has launched a new division specifically tailored towards the health and emergency services markets and has appointed Michael Peers to head up the department.
Michael has a vast amount of experience in this market having spent the last eight years selling and supplying network security products to both the NHS and Police, and he has previously worked across all areas of technology sales.
Smoothwall’s expansion comes after the Yorkshire based company was approached by a number of NHS Trusts and emergency services following the Government’s decision to decentralise public services and impose spending cuts.
Mike explains: “The tender process combined with a big emphasis on cost reduction can make selling to some public sector organisations a difficult job - Smoothwall’s Guardian technology holds genuine appeal in this market because it increases security, improves productivity, is simple to manage and is very cost-effective. As a result Smoothwall is already winning business including recent contracts with Newcastle, Shewsbury and Telford, Cheshire and Wirral NHS Trusts.
“It is an ideal time for public sector organisations to invest in improving productivity whilst saving money. Controlling and managing web access delivers immediate benefit by ensuring that online time and resource wasting activities can be actively monitored or stopped completely.”
Smoothwall’s Guardian Web Security system is designed, engineered and supported in the UK and uses the best filtering technology in the world to monitor the content, context and construction of every webpage in real-time rather than just blocking URL addresses. It is also used by branches of the US Government, in American financial markets and in thousands of schools throughout the UK.
