Exclusivity Agreement - Remote Desktop

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Pinnacle Technology Group PLC

20 August 2012

 



20 August 2012

Pinnacle Technology Group plc

("Pinnacle" or the "Company")

Exclusivity agreement for remote access gateway.

Pinnacle Technology Group plc, (AIM: PINN) the AIM listed provider of cloud based technology solutions, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an exclusivity agreement with DVS Soft Ltd ("DVS"), for its secure remote access virtual desktop gateway solution, which connects remote users to Windows desktops and applications, from anywhere in the world and from any device - iPods, iPhones, iPads, Android tablets and devices, Chrome books, PC, Mac & Linux desktops.

Under the terms of the agreement, DVS has granted Pinnacle exclusivity to market and distribute its secure remote access virtual desktop gateway solution in the UK. Pinnacle will also have the rights to distribute the product in the Broader European Region, its geographic area is defined as: Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Cyprus, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Russia.

The solution is a secure virtual desktop gateway, which delivers windows desktops and applications to the remote worker, providing better availability and agility of desktop services which is unmatched by traditional PC's. Remote workers will enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from anywhere in the world, whilst giving IT departments increased security, greater policy control and reduced total cost of desktop ownership. 

• Enables any Internet connected device running a Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or Chrome OS, to access your Windows desktops and applications from within the web browser.
• Html only, install nothing on client side and RDP host.
• No Java, Flash, Silverlight, ActiveX or any other underlying technology is needed.
• Security Key support added layer of security.
• Gives users the flexibility and mobility to access their desktops from anywhere in the world and from any HTML5 enabled device, including smartphones and tablets, e.g., iPad/ iPhone, Android etc.
• Enhanced Security - no need to open RDP ports as all traffic passes via the Gateway.
• Supports the latest bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives.
• 128 bit and TLS (SSL) encryption.

Commenting on the exclusivity agreement, Bill McCormick, MD of DVS, said: "We are delighted to be working with Pinnacle. Thanks to our gateway and our software solutions, employees can always be connected to the corporate network. However, security issues, bring your own device (BYOD) and data ownership, all add to the complexity of running an IT infrastructure when a company makes the move to a mobile workforce. With Pinnacle's experience in the areas of mobility, connectivity, IT support and security, we are convinced that we have chosen the right partner to attack a growing wider market."

Commenting on the exclusivity agreement, Alan Bonner, CEO of Pinnacle, said:" We are seeing an exponential need for a solution like this as the IT landscape continues to change, and the trend toward mobile working moves forward at a very fast pace. This latest partnership gives Pinnacle exclusivity over a solution that is the market's first high performance HTML5 Remote Desktop Client, providing browser access to applications and desktops (virtual & physical), running on Windows Terminal Services, RDS/VDI platforms, including Microsoft Hyper-V and other hypervisors such as VM Virtual and Citrix machines. Over the last few years, Pinnacle has evolved from a telecoms-centric business, into a premier provider of converged managed services and we are very excited to be working with Bill and his team at DVS. Preventing important data from falling into the wrong hands is one of the biggest fears in a move to mobile workers and this solution allows employees, regardless of the size of the business, to safely and securely connect to their company desktops from anywhere in the world, even from unsecured locations, which minimises the procedures required to prevent accidental data leakage when working remotely, or from a poorly secured home network. We will continue to seek best of breed solutions that add value to our service proposition and help differentiate us from our competitors."

 All Company announcements & news can be found on http://www.pinn.uk.com

For further information please contact:
Pinnacle Technology Group plc
Alan J Bonner, Chief Executive	0845 180 74 74
Zeus Capital Limited
Ross Andrews	0161 831 15 12
Newgate Threadneedle
Caroline Evans-Jones/ Robyn McConnachie	0207 653 98 50

Notes to editors

About Pinnacle

Pinnacle Technology Group plc (AIM: PINN) focuses on the business market across the UK. Driven by leveraging organic opportunities as well as through targeted acquisitions. We provide a wide range of converged managed solutions including Managed Support Services, Unified Communications and Collaboration, Communications and Mobility, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure services.

Broad experience, innovation and impartial expertise puts Pinnacle in best place to design and deliver cost effective new technology solutions for its customers. Pinnacle work with some of the most prestigious organisations in the UK, who rely on us to deliver robust technical solutions that deliver value.

The Company has very strong capability in advanced IT Security and is the UK and Ireland McAfee Partner of the Year, the EMEA CA Partner of the Year and a Platinum Partner for Sophos.

Pinnacle is a fully licensed Public Telephone Operator, has its own telephone network and interconnects with BT, Cable and Wireless and Virgin Media. It has its own hosted voice (VoIP) platforms and engineers and owns Scotland's oldest ISP and a founder member of Nominet, operating from its data centres in Glasgow, London and Brighton.

The Group has grown its revenues by 886% since Pinnacle's involvement on the Alternative Investment Market in 2007 and aims to build a £50m business, by leveraging organic opportunities as well as through targeted acquisitions. We create solutions that join together a company's three core networks (IT network, telephony network and mobile network). Our strategy of cross-selling the five elements of our converged managed services offering is now delivering positive results.

 

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