AZM Data Processing Co. was established in 2002 mainly involved in the field of intelligent and automated home systems (IAHS). Our activities mainly focuse on design and manufacturing of intelligent control system devices and applications such as controlling lights, temperatures, security, kitchen appliances and all sort of detectors for home use. Our team was comprised of 3 Hardware Engineers and since we were positioned in a location with high demand for IT and Network Support we utilized an IT section with 2 Network Administrators.

Over time since we were involved with different aspects and scenarios of IT support and implementation that any company demands, our IT section grew and eventually due to increasing problems and obstacles against Hardware Design in Tehran, we decided to completely change our filed of work to Information Technology. Since 2 years we transformed into and IT Company for a large manager/owner shipping company called FTN Shipping.

We took over all their IT operations including their Internet Connectivity, Networking Processes and Web Application Development (producing “Ship Automation” software). In this ongoing process we were approached by other companies requesting us to handle their IT operations as well. That’s when we realized the potential of small to medium business’s demand for a virtual IT department who can’t afford to have a full IT section and staff onsite.

At the moment there are 3 skilled individuals working in the Network Support section of the company, recently a new product package was developed by the team called “Network Hardening”. With this package we offer small businesses IT services such as:

• Software and Hardware integrity and optimization
• Network and Internet connection consistency
• Data backup and Storage solutions
• Security policy implementation
• Employee monitoring and restriction
• Troubleshot and error handling
  

All provided with a lower cost and higher grantee and satisfaction for our clients.
Another important segment of our company is our software development department. Our projects so far include:

• Design and supervision of a Ship Management software
• Design and implementation of Virtual Office environment for an organization who required their employees to work online at Home

We have at our possession 4 skillful and knowledgeable programmers, with our strong point being our workflow. We have developed our own mini RUP thus our programming department is not based only on one individual at any given point of time, therefore we will handle and finish any task or project consistently without any problems or interruption.

This attitude runs through our company with emphasis on the importance of documenting.        

Another one of our main projects that we have handled in the past is implementation of a Security Surveillance Solution onboard a vessel. This included:

• Installation of IP Cameras on different sections of the vessel (including the rugged and harsh environments such as the engine room)
• Employing  an NVR to record any activity from the IP Cameras footage
• Installing a Firewall (Cyberoam UTM –Unified Threat Management-) in order to restrict and control the data flow over the Internet to and from the network (Note: The Cyberoam 15i employed has been operating around-the-clock in a humid and warm environment onboard a cargo vessel with no down time reported for over a year)

Following the success of the Cyberoam firewall on the vessel, we decided to utilize 4 more UTMs for the WAN connectivity of our parent company (FTN Shipping) with good results so far.

During the utilization of the UTM’s we came across some of our clients requesting a solution that would offer monitoring, logging and reporting of employee activities over the internet and also restrict their data access to sensitive data and information. This is when we found a Cyberoam solution called EPDP (End Point Data Protection) which we have been testing for over a month, and are ready to introduce and include it in our “Network Hardening” package and offer it to our clients.

Our team of 10 knowledge full engineers/developers who are graduated from top universities in Iran, U.A.E and U.S.A, are very well tuned in the work we are doing and because of the young atmosphere present in our company, we are very enthusiastic about the future and hoping that we would be a great partner for Cyberoam in Tehran, Iran.