Rotterdam, 26 april 2007
– Het Finse beveiligingsbedrijf F-Secure heeft in het eerste kwartaal van 2007 sterke resultaten neergezet, zowel qua verkoop als qua winstgevendheid. De omzet steeg met 23% ten opzichte van hetzelfde kwartaal in 2006.
Dankzij de groeistrategie om veiligheid als een dienst via ISP’s aan te bieden, heeft F-Secure het leiderschap in dit segment duidelijk vergroot. In Nederland levert F-Secure internetbeveiliging aan Internet Service Providers als Casema, Het Net, KPN, Multikabel, Planet en UPC. Daarnaast is niet alleen de verkoop via de ISP’s maar ook de meer ‘traditionele’ verkoopkanalen beter dan verwacht. ----
(het originele persbericht)
F-Secure off to a good start for the year with a strong 1st quarter
Revenues reach record level with improved profitability
F-Secure Corporation today announced solid growth in both sales and profitability for its first quarter results. The total Q1 revenue increased by 23% compared to the same quarter last year, and reached a record level of 23.1M€. At the same time EBIT increased by 38% to a record level of 4.1M€, representing 18% of revenues.
The execution of the company’s growth strategy of offering security as a service through ISP's (Internet Service Providers) continued as planned with strengthened leadership in Europe while the growth of traditional product sales was better than expected.
The company continues to grow its strategic ISP channel sales. The company further strengthened its leadership position in providing security as a service through both ISP's and mobile operators. At the end of 2006 in the European market F-Secure security services were offered by ISP's that cover 34% of the total amount of broadband subscribers in the region, making F-Secure the clear leader in this market. F-Secure is also a strong player in this market in the North American region, and has made a good entry into the Asia-Pacific region with several ISP partnerships signed in that region. The company now has a total of 143 ISP partners in 34 countries around the globe.
Revenues through other channels, including Value Added Resellers, IT Service Providers, Managed Security Service Providers, e-Store and Retail channels were 15.4M€, representing a growth of 18%. "We are pleased about the balanced execution we had during Q1, with good growth in both the strategic ISP channel, and in the significant traditional product sales channels that still represent the majority of our sales", said Kimmo Alkio, president and CEO of F-Secure Corporation. "We also now see the positive effect of the innovative technology development and the product launches we did in Q1 and the previous quarter, with our customers now fully embracing the benefits of these new award-winning products in Q1", continued Alkio.
Revenues for mobile (smartphone) security solutions continued to grow at a steady pace. F-Secure security solutions for mobile subscribers are offered through several major mobile operators, including Orange UK, Orange Switzerland, T-Mobile Germany, T-Mobile UK, Swisscom, TeliaSonera and Elisa. The company also continued its close co-operation with Nokia. F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus was the first antivirus software for the S60 3rd edition operating systems and it will be available for the majority of the currently shipping or upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices, Nseries & Eseries.
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Over F-Secure
F-Secure Corporation beschermt consumenten en bedrijven tegen computervirussen en andere risico’s bij het gebruik van internet en mobiele netwerken. F-Secure is in 1988 in Helsinki (Finland) opgericht en het bedrijf heeft de ambitie om de meest betrouwbare leverancier van veiligheidssystemen op de markt te worden. De oplossingen van F-Secure zijn beschikbaar voor werkstations, gateways, servers en mobiele telefoons. Ze omvatten antivirussystemen en firewalls met inbraakpreventie, antispam en antispyware-oplossingen, evenals netwerkcontroleoplossingen voor ISP’s.
Het hoofdkantoor van F-Secure is in Helsinki gevestigd; F-Secure heeft daarnaast wereldwijd regionale kantoren. De veiligheidssystemen van F-Secure zijn ook beschikbaar via grote ISP’s als Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, PCCW en Charter Communications. F-Secure is de wereldwijde marktleider in de beveiliging van mobiele telefoons via operatoren zoals T-Mobile en Swisscom en GSM-fabrikanten zoals Nokia. Voor meer informatie en updates:
www.f-secure.com.
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