Home Decorators Collection Designs Compliance, Marketing and Security Strategies with Cymtec Systems

February 4, 2008

St. Louis, MO – February 04, 2008 – Cymtec Systems, Inc. customer Home Decorators Collection is dramatically improving network security, protecting bandwidth and managing compliance – all with Cymtec Sentry® and Cymtec Scout®.

With over 75,000 items for sale, Home Decorators Collection is one of the nation's largest direct sellers of merchandise for the home. In addition to its catalog and website, retail stores are located in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Home Decorators Collection is a subsidiary of The Home Depot (NYSE:HD).

 

Jeffrey M. Nolle, Home Decorators Collection Manager of Technical Services, said, “Compliance is a serious issue for retailers. You need an IT strategy for handling compliance. No company wants to pay fines. You also need to prevent and handle credit card fraud, which is a big problem. Cymtec Systems products are an excellent solution. They help you address IT and compliance issues, and block potential fraud activity.”

 

Nolle explained that managed solutions from other vendors did not offer the same control and low cost of ownership as Cymtec Systems products, which are easy to install and use. “They make it easier to manage the IT environment,” Nolle explained. They give us a good level of comfort that we’re being productive on compliance issues, and the security aspect is like having someone constantly watching your front door.”

 

Home Decorators Collection uses Cymtec Scout at both headquarters and several remote locations. “One of the best aspects of Cymtec Scout is its ease of use,” Nolle said. “We organized the management console to make it fast and easy to monitor. Cymtec Scout can catch a virus just as it’s introduced, so you can squash it before it spreads. Instead of hiring a dedicated person to watch your network, you can install Cymtec Scout, set your views and alerts, and work on your strategic projects.”

 

The company also uses Cymtec Sentry appliances which are strategically placed around the U.S., with one main switch which monitors network traffic. Nolle commented that large marketing organizations can benefit from deploying Cymtec Sentry in part because its excellent traffic shaping module allows you to conduct massive email campaigns without slowing bandwidth. “Cymtec Sentry’s traffic control capabilities are critical to keeping inappropriate content out of the network and for squashing spyware and malware before they spread through the network,” he explained.

 

Nolle concluded, “If you need to address compliance, network security and performance take a look at Cymtec Sentry and Cymtec Scout."

 

Andrew S. Rubin, President and CEO of Cymtec Systems, said, “We’re excited that a retail pacesetter like Home Decorators Collection is using our products to design and deploy not only innovative network security initiatives, but trendsetting marketing strategies as well.”

 

About Cymtec Systems, Inc.
Cymtec Systems develops network security and performance management products and services that deliver unmatched simplicity of use and the industry's lowest cost of ownership. These qualities are fueling rapid growth in markets that have been burdened by overly complex and expensive security and performance solutions that were designed for organizations with very different functional needs. Cymtec Systems is broadly and strongly endorsed by customers in industries including finance, datacenters, legal, IT, and manufacturing. For more information, visit www.cymtec.com.

Cymtec Sentry/Cymtec Scout is/are registered trademarks of Cymtec Systems, Inc. Other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations.

 

Contact:

Brenda Nashawaty for Cymtec Systems, 617-688-3253, bnashawaty@cymtec.com

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