The Grapevine

What does Code Android, NUS Malay Language Society and Generasi ME have in common?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Amsterdam servercluster in its own rack
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They are all hosted by Verbeter Group! We’re about to release our own nirvanic web hosting service soon running on Linux. Watch out for true web hosting bliss!

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Scientec Consulting continues renewal of Avast Antivirus

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)

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Kaplen IT Services Pte Ltd, a Verbeter Group reseller, helped with the renewal of Scientec Consulting Pte Ltd, a Medical Talent Search and Placement company in Singapore. Scientec’s deployment of Avast consists of 4 SBS Servers and more than 20 Professional Edition licenses. Avast still remains the choice for growing and small and medium businesses.

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Forship Asia Pte Ltd purchases more Avast Antivirus licenses

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)
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Kaplen IT Services Pte Ltd, a Verbeter Group Reseller, helped confirm a sizeable order for Forship Asia Pte Ltd, a Brazilian shipping company with operations in Singapore. Forship Asia now has more than 20 licenses of Avast in their operations here.

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Avast the answer to scareware

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
BSOD
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In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed a surge in Scareware. A Scareware is a program that displays bogus virus detection messages, locking up the system, and duping the end user to go to a website to purchase a “magic” remedy that will remove all the viruses on your computer.

I had to come over to a client once, and was surprised to find the system supposedly filled with viruses. The desktop background was removed, and the system refused to behave properly. A popup kept reminding me to go to a website to purchase some kind of antivirus that will remove the infections. Something didn’t feel right the moment I saw that. There was a branded antivirus already installed, and I was wondering why it didn’t detect approximately 1034 malware?

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Can Desktop Security be simpler?

Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Apparently sacrilege
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Reminding users to be safe on their computers is an arduous task. We try to make them remember acronyms in the hope they know what to do to ensure their internet safety.

Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has organised an Infocomm Security Awareness campaign, mainly targeted to civil servants, using the acronym FASTEN UP! Singapore has a tendency of creating fancy acronyms for big words and what’s another acronym to remember?

Managed by SingCert, FASTEN UP! stands for:

  • F – Firewall
  • A – Antivirus
  • S – Scams
  • ten (no meaning)
  • U – Update
  • P – Password

It’s a basic attempt at helping people to remember what to do, but we at Verbeter feel that Desktop Security can be even simpler to do.

Take a look at our 3 Simple Steps to Desktop Peace page.

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TDK Group deploys Avast in Singapore operations

Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)
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The Japanese storage media giant has made a major security move deploying Avast Antivirus to its entire Singapore operations consisting of 90 workstations and 20 servers. TDK‘s procurement of Avast with the help of Verbeter Reseller, Japanese Online, is the 2nd biggest after NCS helped clinch the Maldives Government deal last year. Home-grown Verbeter Group is becoming the trusted name in Internet Security faster than ever with the latest major clientele.

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PACE Organization Dynamics extends relationship with Verbeter Group

Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)
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PACE Organization Dyanmics renewed their subscription of Avast Antivirus, proving once again that Avast is the choice antivirus among well established Small and Medium Businesses. For a Human Resource company, managing the bottom line is no easy task, and Avast’s low cost makes the choice easy. After a year using Avast, PACE decided to extend the subscription for another year, making Verbeter Group the biggest distributor of Avast Antivirus in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

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ApexLink Pte Ltd trusts their security with Avast Antivirus

Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)
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Kitchenware supplier, ApexLink Pte Ltd scoured the web for a low-cost, yet powerful antivirus and found Avast. ApexLink recently made extra purchases to protect newly acquired PCs. The trend among Small and Medium Businesses using Avast Antivirus is growing as we prove to be a better and reliable brand.

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Singapore Bible College purchases Avast Antivirus in bulk

Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Avast! (antivirus)
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Singapore Bible College recently made the switch to Avast Antivirus, trusting Verbeter Group to supply them with 100 licenses to protect their computer desktop equipment on campus. After trialling the software for a month, Singapore Bible College was satisfied with the results and proceeded to invest in Avast Antivirus for their digital protection.

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Work In Progress – Brand and Site Revamp

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

We’re currently revamping our website and it’s a work in progress. Most of the links won’t be ready until I get back from military reservist this Saturday.

Stay tuned though. A new Verbeter Experience awaits.