Industry colleagues select Sophos as Best Enterprise Vendor and Best Vendor Presentation at EnterpriseVision

Pasadena, CA and Lynnfield, MA - Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus solutions for businesses, announced today that the company has been named as the Best Enterprise Vendor and the Best Vendor Presentation at EnterpriseVision recently held in Pasadena, CA. Over 65 companies attended the two-day summit, which featured innovative technologies and advancing IT alliances.
"EnterpriseVision attendees are senior executives who strongly influence their enterprise customers' buying decision," said Sally Hewett, event director for EnterpriseVision. "As a result, recognition through a Best of EnterpriseVision award signifies a level of excellence for technology vendors in this competitive market."
A prequalified audience of approximately 45 IT service providers selects the award winners for the four categories. EnterpriseVision is focused on developing alliances and partnerships between IT consultants, systems integrators, total solution providers, e-business external service providers and technology vendors.
"Sophos has always been focused on fostering a strong relationship with the channel community, and we're determined to provide them with the tools - the best products, support and synergy - they need to succeed," said Stephen Orenberg, president of Sophos, Inc. "To be recognized by the industry and selected by our peers as the best in not just one, but two, categories is an incredible honor and a validation of our strategy."
To find out more about becoming a Sophos strategic partner, please contact David Keilman at 888-SOPHOS-9 or david.keilman@sophos.com.
EnterpriseVision is produced by Vision Events, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company.
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Mehr als 100 Millionen Anwender in 150 Ländern verlassen sich auf Sophos als den besten Schutz vor komplexen IT-Bedrohungen und Datenverlust. Sophos bietet dafür Security- and Data-Protection-Lösungen an, die einfach zu verwalten, zu installieren und einzusetzen sind und dabei die branchenweit niedrigste Total Cost of Ownership bieten. Sophos bietet preisgekrönte Verschlüsselungs- und Endpoint-Security-Produkte, darüber hinaus Lösungen für Web- und E-Mail-Sicherheit sowie Network Access Control (NAC). Das Angebot wird von einem weltweiten Netzwerk eigener Analysezentren, den SophosLabs, unterstützt. Mit mehr als 20 Jahren Erfahrung gehört Sophos laut den Top-Analystenhäusern zu den führenden Unternehmen für IT-Sicherheit und Datenschutz und hat zahlreiche Branchenauszeichnungen erhalten.
Sophos hat seinen Hauptsitz in Boston, USA, und Oxford, Großbritannien. In Deutschland ist das Unternehmen in Wiesbaden und in Österreich sowie der Schweiz je an einem Standort vertreten. Weitere Informationen unter: www.sophos.de.