IT security and control firm Sophos today announced that it has
been recognized by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as one of North
America's top information-technology (IT) vendors for its Sophos Partner Program. Sophos was
certified as a Gold
5-Star Overall Winner in VARBusiness's 2008 Partner Program Guide
(PPG), a guide that acknowledges the commitment and strength of
a vendor's partner programs for its channel resellers, IT
integrators, and technology consultants. Sophos also received
VARBusiness Silver 5-Star status in specific areas of expertise:
Sales Support, Marketing Support, Partner Profitability, Channel
Operations and Partner Recruitment.
In addition to Sophos's industry-leading solutions that deliver
security and control throughout the network, the Sophos Partner
Program offers benefits to partners that reflect its commitment to
business growth and strong profitability. Sophos Channel Sales
teams provide a deep level of support and are highly responsive to
partners. The program features margin preservation, distribution of
high quality leads to qualified partners, online deal registration
and dedicated pre- and post-sale support. Extensive marketing
support and comprehensive training programs are available to enable
to partners grow their businesses through new customer acquisitions
and incremental sales.
Unlike its competitors, Sophos has structured a partner program
that promotes inclusiveness and benefits for partners at every
level. Partners at all levels are invited to sell Sophos's complete
line of products. As a result, resellers operating in various
regions and industries are able to offer their customers critical
security solutions such as comprehensive endpoint security, network
access control, web security and email security.
"The quality of a vendor's partner program reflects the true
commitment they have to the thriving solution provider channel, and
this year's 5-Star Partner Programs Guide winners are the cream of
the crop of channel-friendly vendors," said Robert C. DeMarzo, Vice
President and Editorial Director, CMP Channel.
"We are honored to receive VARBusiness's Gold 5-Star Partner
Program status as it validates Sophos's commitment to our partners
and the program that serves them, "said Michael Rogers, Vice
President of North American alliance, channel and OEM sales at
Sophos. "Sophos has a dedicated channel team that provides partners
with the level of attention that is unique within the industry,
extending comprehensive pre- and post-sales support, highly
competitive margins, demand generation funding and technical
support."
Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for this
year's guide, Sophos was one of only ten Gold 5-Star Overall
Winners chosen in this 14th annual VARBusiness Partner Programs
Guide survey.
The guide appears in the March issue of VARBusiness and can be
found online at www.channelweb.com
About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness's strategic resources have
been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or
government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusinessintegrated
platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for
technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth
editorial, channel events and innovative web services, enabling
these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their
businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead
vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most
powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusinesshas
been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial
content and design.
About CMP Channel
CMP Channel is the
'one stop shop' customers turn to in order to meet their global
sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of
its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness,
the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for
Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to
accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a
worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services,
lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events,
education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.
About CMP
CMP is a media and marketing
solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading
online, event and print brands in all technology market categories,
and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional
advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry
worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as
TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline;
produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo,
XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems
Conferences; and provides business information and marketing
services such as the International Customer Management Institute,
Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology
marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media, a
global provider of news distribution and specialist information
services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.
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.