Communiqué de presse: F-Secure acquiert Steek SA
July 10, 2009
10 juillet 2009 Une acquisition qui renforce l’offre globale et la compétitivité des services à valeur ajoutée de F-Secure à destination des opérateurs.
F-Secure Corporation annonce aujourd’hui l’acquisition de Steek SA, un éditeur de logiciel leader européen du stockage de fichiers en ligne et les solutions de gestion de données à destination des opérateurs de télécommunication fixe et mobile. Steek SA est reconnue pour ses services qui permettent aux utilisateurs de stocker, partager et gérer tous leurs contenus digitaux depuis leur ordinateur ou leurs téléphones mobiles.
Cette acquisition renforce significativement la position de F-Secure en tant que fournisseur de service en mode « Logiciel sous forme de Service » (SaaS – Software as a Service) pour les opérateurs. Les solutions techniques de Steek SA ainsi que son portefeuille de partenaires sont totalement complémentaires à l’activité actuelle de F-Secure. La synergie des deux activités donnera à F-Secure des opportunités de croissance liées au développement rapide des services Internet Haut Débit à la fois sur le fixe et le mobile.
Kimmo Alkio, PDG de F-Secure Corporation indique: “En apportant à F-Secure la technologie de Steek et ses partenariats avec les opérateurs de télécommunication, nous renforçons notre compétitivité dans le marché des fournisseurs de service SaaS (Software as a Service). Cette acquisition est un pas en avant naturel pour F-Secure dans sa stratégie d’élargissement de sa gamme de Service à Valeur Ajoutée à destination du marché Grand Public. Le développement rapide du marché du stockage en ligne nous donne de grandes opportunités pour accélérer la croissance de notre revenu avec les opérateurs. Cette acquisition renforce fortement notre volonté constante d’apporter de l’innovation et de la croissance pour les services Internet.”
Durant le deuxième semestre de 2009 (après la consolidation) l’acquisition devrait améliorer d’environ 2 à 3 millions d’EURO le revenu du Groupe sur le marché opérateur selon les estimations et ne pas avoir d’impact sur le bénéfice par action de la société. Au long terme, la direction estime que cette acquisition augmentera de manière significative le revenu du Groupe sur le marché opérateur et qu’elle devrait avoir un effet bénéfique sur le bénéfice par action dès 2010.
Selon les termes de l’accord, le montant de l’achat est 27.5 millions d’EURO auquel pourra être adjoint un montant additionnel maximum de 2.5 millions d’EURO basé sur les performances de l’activité achetée. Cette transaction sera payée en cash et financé par les liquidités du Groupe. L’acquisition est définitive, la société acquise sera consolidé dans le Groupe dès juillet 2009.
Steek SA a été fondée en 2002 à Bordeaux (France) et était financée par des sociétés de capital risques Innovacom et AGF Private Equity ainsi que le management.
Steek a une stratégie centrée sur les opérateurs de télécommunication pour développer et fournir des services logiciels et de stockage pour les particuliers et les toutes petites entreprises. La liste des clients opérateurs de Steek inclut SFR (France), Virgin Media (UK), TDC (Danemark), Singtel (Singapour) ou Terra (Espagne) et représente pour la totalité plus de 2,2 millions d’utilisateurs actifs. La société a connu une croissance de ses revenus 2008 de plus de 300% à 2,5 millions d’EURO pour une perte nette de 0,7 million d’EURO. La société emploie actuellement 50 personnes.
A propos de / About F-Secure Corporation
Innovation, fiabilité et rapidité de réponse sont les qualités qui ont fait de F-Secure un des leaders mondiaux des fournisseurs de services de sécurité informatique depuis que la société a été fondée en 1988. Aujourd’hui les produits F-Secure, simples à utiliser et lauréats de nombreux prix sont reconnus par des millions de foyers et d’entreprises tout autour du monde. Nous fournissons une protection en temps réel qui fonctionne en arrière plan et sans perturbation pour que les utilisateurs d’ordinateurs ou de téléphones portables puissent apprécier totalement les bénéfices d’une vie connectée. Les solutions F-Secure sont disponibles comme service à abonnement pour plus de 180 Fournisseurs d’Accès Internet ou Opérateurs mobile à travers le globe faisant de F-Secure le leader mondial pour ce marché. F-Secure est coté sur le marché NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd depuis 1999. La société a constamment été une des sociétés cotées avec la plus forte croissance dans cette industrie. Les dernières informations sur les virus sont disponibles sur le blog F-Secure Data Security Lab http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/.
F-Secure acquires Steek SA
July 10, 2009
More informations here: http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/about-us/pressroom/news/2009/fs_news_20090710_eng_01.html
Steek announces the release of Steek Backup, the service that saves ALL files continuously online: pay once a year to be positive all your loved records are saved!
June 5, 2009
For one off payment, Steek Backup is offering:
- ALL your data from your PC: pictures, video, document or music whatever the size. All your data are also available for restoration at any time.
- CONTINOUSLY: The software works continuously and transparently. Steek Backup can automatically identify the most important files and starts to back them up immediately. Simply install the backup application on the PC, and Steek Backup will do the rest.
- ONLINE: Steek Backup stores online your data to provide a full secure service and access from any computer connected to Internet. Of course, you can restore any file from the online backup to your PC at any time in a completely secure process.
Steek today unveils Steek backup, a new online service that stores in a continuously and secure method all your precious files whatever the size!
The space available for the data is virtually unlimited and as it is stored remotely, it is in many ways more secure than a PC’s hard drive. Pay once for an unlimited and secure service to keep all your valued memories and to not loose them never ever again. Pictures, videos, emails…all saved, you will never be less worried!
‘I am very proud to announce the release of the new service Steek Backup’ explained Christophe Camborde, CEO of Steek. He added ‘my mother can sleep now that she knows she won’t loose my kids’ pictures’.
How does Steek Backup Work?
The files are copied from your computer to a secure server hosted on a data center directly accessible from your ISP network. Steek Backup automatically selects the important files and will back them up silently, but customization of the selection can be done at any time.
The backup is a continuous process, working as a background task. The software monitors for file changes or file additions on the PC and adds them automatically to the upload queue.
The restore process can be performed in exactly the same way. You can restore automatically all the files or select one or more specific items.
How to subscribe to Steek Backup?
Steek Backup is a subscription service, € 59 per year. To subscribe you need to first visit the Steek Backup web site at www.steekbackup.com and complete a form to make an online payment of 59 € (Visa, CB or Master Card). Once the payment is confirmed, you will receive an activation key and a link to download the software Steek Backup. You can then install Steek Backup on your computer and start saving all your personal files.
About Steek
Provider of the “Steek” software solution and the leader in the supply of online data storage for the residential market via Internet Service Providers, portals, security software editors and storage hardware manufacturers. Steek solutions allow Telco operators to increase their revenues, improve their customer loyalty (retention rate), to offer alternative solutions to web competitors and to monetize their audience.
The Company is headquartered in Bordeaux Bruges, France. The Sales Office and the permanent show room are located in Paris. The Company also has sales offices in London, New York and Toronto. Steek already operates service platforms in Bordeaux, Paris, Washington DC and Singapore.
For more details visit www.steek.com
To request further information and/or pictures http://www.steek.com/company/contact/
Note to Editors: Steek and the Steek logo are the trademarks of Steek SA.
Virgin Media Backup by Steek is online !
April 9, 2009
Steek is proud to present Virgin Media V Stuff: http://www.virginmedia.com/myvirginmedia/vstuff/find-out-more/. Virgin is the biggest broadband provider in UK.
“No one likes losing stuff. Especially when it’s photos that can’t be replaced, an entire music collection or key files and folders. That’s why Virgin Media offers a free back up service.” We cannot agree more!
TerraGiga is live!
April 8, 2009
Steek is proud to power TerraGiga (http://www.terra.es/giga/), the online storage service with Terra, the Internet portal of Telefonica in Spain!
The 5GB offer is visible directly from the home:
Terra blogs the service and the features: http://giga.blogs.terra.es/
The TerraGiga launch has been noticed by the major spanish blogs:
- http://www.idg.es/pcworldtech/Telefonica-lanza-su-servicio-de-disco-duro-virtual/doc78714-seguridad.htm
- http://loogic.com/terra-giga-el-disco-duro-virtual-del-portal-de-telefonica/
- http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2009/04/01/terra-lanza-terra-giga-un-disco-duro-virtual-que-permite-almacenar-y-compartir-hasta-100-gb/
- http://www.igluub.com/2009/03/30/terra-giga-el-nuevo-servicio-de-terra-un-disco-virtual-de-100gb-para-compartir-y-almacenar/
- http://www.loquelegustaamishijas.com/2009/03/disco-duro-virtual-gratis-terra-giga.html
- http://www.dosbit.com/2009/03/30-terra-giga-almacenamiento-gratuito
- http://www.casadomo.com/noticiasDetalle.aspx?id=11699&c=1&idm=5&pat=5
- http://www.enchilame.com/story/terra-giga-disco-virtual-100gb
- http://www.nivmar.com/2009/03/terragiga-nuevo-servicio-de-almacenamiento-como-rapidshare.html
- http://noticiasmix.com/archives/terra-giga-servicio-de-almacenamiento-online-de-telefonica/
- http://www.elcachondeo.cl/foro/showthread.php?t=83818
- http://www.mantenimientodeordenadores.es/2009/03/terragiga-almacenar-archivos-en-internet/
- http://amuzigi.com/2009/03/30/terra-giga-almacenamiento-online-y-sincronizacion/
- http://www.adslnet.es/index.php/2009/03/30/terra-se-reconvierte-hacia-el-negocio-de-las-descargas-directas-con-terra-giga-hasta-5-gb-gratis-para-usar-en-tu-blog/
- http://jaznar.es/blog/?p=1624
- http://www.xgil.com/noticia_9772.html
- http://tesisymas.net/terra-giga-nuevo-sitio-para-guardar-archivos/
- http://www.taringa.net/posts/downloads/2363971/Nueva-Opcion-para-subir-archivos-en-la-web,-Terra-Giga.html
- http://www.telecompaper.com/news/SendArticle.aspx?u=False
As TerraGiga launch has been especially “loud” these links are only a small part of the buzz and the following google searches will give a bigger picture 
- http://www.google.es/search?q=terragiga&hl=es&start=0&sa=N
- http://news.google.es/news?q=terragiga&hl=es&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
- http://blogsearch.google.es/blogsearch?client=news&um=1&hl=es&q=terragiga
Also especially noticeable, Terra has asked the users to interact with the evolution of the service by providing them with a forum to tell us whatever they think of TerraGiga. The url for the forum is:
Steek announce BigSister, the generic digital life storage.
April 1, 2009
Steek BigSister is a system that is about to be deployed to aggregate and record all your digital life.
“We strongly believe that BigBrother time has come: our life is fully digital now and everything needs to be aggregate and stored.”, explained Christophe Camborde, CEO of Steek,”Everyday, you take the metro and your metro trip is logged. You take your car and your GPS logs your travel, you use itunes and itunes records your MP3 playlist, you send or receive SMS and so on.”
Steek BigSister will be connected to the major digital information providers like transportation or metro system, ISP, Mobile operators, insurance systems, banks, etc…
“We think we can compete with Google! Google already store and gather all these informations, we, Steek, can provide a better organized and explicit system for the well being of everybody.” also added Chrstophe Camborde.
System will be first deployed in France and then Europe. Autorisation by the CNIL (independent French administrative authority whose mission is to ensure that data privacy law is applied to the collection, storage, and use of personal data) is currently under consideration. Steek also has opened a complaint to the European Commission in order to stop data removal. “Data removal is a major loss for everybody”, added Christophe Camborde “this is our life, may be even more important that our real life, we cannot accept that digital stuffs are deleted. Especially as we are ready to store everything!“.
Soon to come, an IPO will cover the financing of this major storage operation on the Paris Stock Exchange, HKSE in summer 2009 for a value exceding €500M.
Steek setups a storage platform in USA to develop American operations
November 13, 2008
Steek has installed a full storage platform located in Washington DC to support Steek north American operations. This platform already provides online storage service to local customers.
“I am very pleased: Steek is now fully operational in North America, we have the service operational and also organized a local support to push the development of Steek here”, explained Christophe Camborde, CEO of Steek. “USA and Canada are a major target in the development of Steek. My aim is to drive Steek to the worldwide leader position in the retail online storage business. And this requires a strong position in the US.”.
Steek hits the 2 million users mark
October 8, 2008
Steek S.A. the leading provider of online storage solutions to Telco operators, ISPs and integrators, says it now reckons with more than 2 millions users of its online storage & backup services.
Paris, France – October 8th, 2008 – Steek says it now has more than 2 million users. The company explains that the growth is fuelled by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) implementing its solutions and by the increasing number of ISP subscribers constantly producing content and seeking to share and protect that content from loss and theft.
Christophe Camborde, Steek CEO explains “our objective is to convince more ISPs and integrators to implement our platform so that they get a decisive competitive advantage against pure players.”
Jean-Michel Gobet, Steek Marketing Director adds “Steek Backup, the Company’s online backup service, provides the right Premium offer for any ISP: it offers a really simple online backup service to end-users: installation with no user intervention required and all the personal documents stored on the Mac or PC hard disk backed up without limit”. Gobet concludes “in the coming months, Steek will dramatically increase the number of users simply because we offer the right set of online services to ISPs.”
The company has recently taken steps to muscle up its worldwide presence. Steek now operates datacenters in Paris, Bordeaux, Washington DC and Singapore to provide local service to its global customers.
Steek SA, snaps up Amiz social networking Platform.
October 1, 2008
Steek is adding social networking capabilities to its online service portfolio with the purchase of Amiz.fr, the French teen social networking platform. (Version française)
Paris, France – October 1st, 2008 – Steek today announced the completion of the purchase of Amiz.fr the teenage social networking platform.
Steek, better known for providing its online storage services to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) / Telcos and integrators, said the purchase would strengthen its services offering. The 2million+ subscribers site has developed valuable tools most of which are related to online storage (video, pictures, blogs…).
The buyout is “a small, targeted acquisition” that has just been finalised, advised Christophe Camborde, Steek CEO. He further adds “Amiz.fr brings greater end-user exposure to online storage related services. We believe the technical synergies are awesome and can greatly benefit our ISP customers”.
About Steek
Provider of the “Steek” software solution and the leader in the supply of online data storage for the residential market via Internet Service Providers, portals, security software editors and storage hardware manufacturers. Steek solutions allow Telco operators to increase their revenues, improve their customer loyalty (retention rate), to offer alternative solutions to web competitors and to monetize their audience.
The Company is headquartered in Bordeaux Bruges, France. The Sales Office and the permanent show room are located in Paris. The Company also has sales offices in London and Toronto. Steek already operates service platforms in Bordeaux, Paris, Washington DC and Singapore.
For more details visit www.steek.com
Note to Editors: Steek and the Steek logo are the trademarks of Steek SA.
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