ValidSoft is a more recognized name in the USA and Australia than India.
Is creating awareness for your product a challenge?
In the last two years we have tied-up with several companies in various
parts of the globe, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. As a result, we have
presence in many countries including Singapore, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
We are renowned in our domain area. Recently in India, we have tied with Allied
Digital Services (ADS) distribution arm, Allied CNT. This is a non-exclusive tie
up, and we look forward to a great future in India.
Do you feel that working with just one distributor will get you the
desired penetration in the market?
It is not the number of partners you have in a region, but the kind of
partners you have. Even one partner can manage your business successfully if you
choose one which shares your ideologies, drive and business ethics. ADS is
providing us all sort of services, unlike most partners in other countries who
provide only sales service. I hope that after tying up with ADS we do not need
any other partner in the country. Rather, we see ADS as an extension of our own
family. Since we do not have plans of opening an office in India soon, we have
trained the people of ADS, so that they can transfer the complete information
about ValidSoft to customers.
Who are your target clients in India?
We provide authentication, transaction verification, business automation,
transaction data signing for Internet banking, telephone banking, mobile banking
as well as card transactions. These solutions suit the need of corporates
offering financial service to anyone looking for security of all kinds of
transactions. But to be specific our key customers are banking, finance,
insurance, online traders, e-commerce portals, and especially the government.
Is this the right time to enter India?
Frankly speaking I think this is the perfect time to get into the Indian
market. To begin with, the Reserve Bank of India has issued strict guidelines to
companies offering automatic transaction that they should have at least
two-factor authentication process in place, so that frauds could be checked.
ValidSoft offers three-factor verification of every type of transaction.
Akhilesh Shukla/DQC
maildqindia@cybermedia.co.in