Bitdefender

A Romanian entrepreneur Florin Talpes, recognized for his contribution to add value to the national product. He also managed to take the trade outside the country and shortly firm acquired the trust in the international market. It’s not easy to acquire the trust of people when it comes to security. Yet, Bitdefender’s digital guarding software has been exported on a large scale for its excellent digital security. With this, it set the record and became the most exported Romanian product. 400 million-plus population rely on Bitdefender antivirus solutions in the present situation.

Also Read: Cloud-Troopers- How Cloudflare Keeps the Internet and Your Data Safe

Not only personal users but also leading firms prefer Bitdefender to protect their digital data. All credit goes to Florin Talpes for his business venture started in 2001. In just 7-10 years, the company flourished its business all across the continents. It is surely the finest example of strategic and visionary leadership to excelling in the enterprise. Today, Bitdefender is globally known as one of the finest IT solutions. Talpes helped to set the name of Romania in the list of top IT security solution providing countries.

Glimpse to the life of mastermind behind Bitdefender

He is among the list of pioneers in the digital security industry as well, he managed to trade it outside the country. Talpes was in the founding body of the National Association of Software Services Industry/ASSI, Romania. As well, he served as a president in there and guide to set the national Strategy for software services in the country. In 2001, he set up Bitdefender and changed the history of the Romanian software industry.

Education and early business ventures

He attended the “Avram Iancu” National College Brad for his graduation. Later on, he attended the University of Bucharest and study mathematics. The area of his specialization is operator theory.

During 1990, he co-founded a software services firm, Softwin along with his wife. It became one of the 1st Romanian(post-communist) IT start-ups.

Backstory of Foundation

In the era of 90s, computer development was at a peak. But that time one more problem arises i.e. a rise in computer viruses. On this background, Softwin developed AVX, the antivirus expert.

Later on, in 2001, this antivirus software development unit is known as AVX solutions, renamed and rebranded as Bitdefender.

Achievements

No doubt, Talpes played an important role in shaping the future of the IT industry. For his contribution, he honored with several titles and awards. In 2018, CRN named Florin Talpes in its list of Top 100 Executives. Also, he was on the list of most admired CEOs in 2016. Talpes also set his name in Top 100 Most Admired CEOs in Romania in 2015’s list. All and all, F. Talpes always will be one of the top pioneers in the IT security field.

About Bitdefender

It is an antivirus software solution provider that acquired domestic market share and global market share of 30 and 2 percent respectively. Being one of the most trustworthy IT security service firms, more than 400 billion customers rely on its service.

Initially, it was Romania based start-up headquartered in silicon valley. Later on, the firm explored the business outside the country. Presently, it has offices in several regions of Romania, the US, the UK, and Germany. In 2007, Bitdefender became a separate firm entity.

The firm updates its strategy and the solutions from time to time as per the present market situation. B2B segment security products launched in 2012 are one of the parts of this strategy. In fact, it turned out as super successful for the business of the company.

Also Read: Eugene Kaspersky : Russian Entrepreneur & Cybersecurity Expert

Transformations in the Bitdefender

The foundation of the firm is based on strong strategies and optimistic views. Bitdefender managed to find the security solutions as per the changing IT Industry, and obviously the needs of personal users.

From launching B2B offer to the Forrester WAVE Evaluation for Endpoint Security Suites, Bitdefender shows the excellence. As well, the firm used an acquisition strategy for the technological development of the company. Recently, it acquired network guard analytics company RedSocks.

Innovative approach

The firm held 100 patents for core technology as well, more than 230 parents are filed for examination. It will be no wrong to say that about 10% of the patents related to malware section, online threats, and other online security-related issues are named by Bitdefender.

Bottomline

Since the establishment, Bitdefender provides miscellaneous service and the innovative approach of the firm adds value to its products. The best part, it’s a vast range of IT security solutions that cover businesses as well as personal users. Today, more than 1300 employees are part of the group, and many wish to join it. It is one of the most innovative firms in the world, dominating the IT security software industry.

Also Read: Avast : Largest Security Company in the World, Fighting the Cyber Attacks