Bata India opts for skyGate

Bata India, one of the largest retailers and leading manufacturers of footwear in India, has tied-up with Thinspace Technology Inc’s skyGate for hassle-free remote access capabilities, announced the latter.

Thinspace is a global provider of reliable, scalable and affordable application delivery, virtualization, and cloud client technology to public and private sector companies and organisations of all sizes.

Chris Bautista, Chief Executive Officer of Thinspace, comments, "Bata wanted a simple yet secure remote access solution and after comparing several products, found skyGate to have the right mix of features to suit their needs. skyGate can provide always-on seamless access to power users, while at the same time deliver on-demand remote access from unmanaged machines. This is much better than IPsec or legacy-based solutions, which provide only one way of running the VPN."

Bata India's developers looked to Thinspace skyGate to provide secure access to production and development to ERP servers from remote locations and help control user access from specific machines/locations.

Bata India has a retail network of over 1,200 stores. Its stores can be found in all the metros, mini-metros and towns. The company also operates a large non-retail distribution network through its urban wholesale division and caters to millions of customers via 30,000+ dealers.