01 June 2021 – CALGARY, Canada and GREATER MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Connected Technology Solutions and Services (CTSS Technology), a trusted technology partner with focuses in the Medical Technologies, IT and Telecom, and Cyber Security fields, headquartered in Greater Manchester, UK, announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Wedge Networks, Inc. to offer the Wedge Absolute Real-time Protection™ (WedgeARP™) solution and its real-time threat prevention abilities across the expanding UK market. With expertise and experience in project management and consultancy services, and alliances with major international companies, CTSS will provide a strong customer base for Wedge as it expands the reach of the WedgeARP™ platform into the UK.
WedgeARP™ provides network-based, real-time threat protection for all types of endpoints in a wide range of networks (mobile data, 5G, SD-WAN, SASE, enterprise and carrier networks, SDN, and smart-city/IIoT). With an embedded deep learning AI engine and patented real-time deep content inspection technology, WedgeARP™ can detect never-before-seen malware in milliseconds. Running on an orchestrated threat management platform, it is an effective and autonomous approach to enable large-scale real-time threat prevention.
By deploying the WedgeARP™ platform as part of CTSS’ cybersecurity offerings, real-time threat prevention can be immediately offered as a key value-added service to the company’s growing client base.
"We pride ourselves on being early adopters and instigators of new technologies in novel and innovative settings. We were very impressed with Wedge’s Absolute Real-time Protection platform and the cutting edge cyber security services that it enables.” said Ramzi Zeid, Managing Director of CTSS Technology Ltd. “WedgeARP™ will provide us with a solid base for our security offerings as we expand our reach in the UK market and continue our aim of bringing digital transformations to improve business, health and social functions for organizations and society.”
CTSS started project management and consultancy services in the Middle East and in alliance with major international companies. It recently transferred its technological services and solutions expertise to the UK and has been growing rapidly.
“The UK is a well-established market that continues to look for innovative cyber security solutions. CTSS has a long track record of bringing novel and cost-effective solutions, such as WedgeARP, to their extensive customer base,” stated Dr. Hongwen Zhang, CEO & CTO at Wedge Networks. “With a foothold in several of the industries that Wedge excels in, such as Med Tech, Telecom and Cyber security, our companies share a vision of providing real-time threat prevention to protect the organizations and users in these areas. Wedge is excited to be working with CTSS and to have the WedgeARP™ security platform provide the underlying base from which CTSS can grow its presence in the UK.”
CTSS Technology will distribute, market, and promote the Wedge solutions across the UK.
About Connected Technology Solution and Services (CTSS Technology Ltd.)
CTSS is a trusted technology partner that draws on many years of knowledge and experience to solve complex technical challenges in Medical Technologies, IT and telecom and Cyber security represented by SPEAK, SPOOL and SPARK respectively. CTSS started project management and consultancy services in the Middle East and in alliance with major international companies. It recently transferred its technological services and solutions expertise to the UK.
CTSS has also partnered with Project Infinity to bring the future of digital cash processing to life. Working towards providing convenient, fast, and cost-effective solutions to the unbanked population and those looking for a better solution for international transfers.
For more information on CTSS, visit https://ctsstech.co.uk/
About Wedge Networks
Wedge Networks, Inc. is a Real-Time Threat Prevention solutions company. Its innovative technology platform, Wedge Absolute Real-time Protection (WedgeARP™), is a software defined orchestrated network security system. Deployed, via the cloud, on premises, or in a virtualized environment, in data centers by enterprises, governments, and managed security service providers, WedgeARP™ inspects, detects, and blocks in real-time, malware and cyber threats (known, unknown and customized). Wedge does this through its patented Deep Content Inspection (DCI) technologies, combined with artificial intelligence and best-of-breed security functions.
Awarded a Gartner Cool Vendor designation, and twice bestowed with Build-In-Canada Innovation awards, Wedge Networks is headquartered in Calgary, Canada with international teams in the North America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa regions.
For more information on Wedge Networks, visit http://www.wedgenetworks.com/
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