Stuart Small, UK Sales and Marketing director at Sophos
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against computer
threats, has announced the launch of its Partner Advisory Board.
This forum allows representative members of Sophos's UK partner
network to provide feedback on critical Sophos issues, such as its
channel strategy, as well as provide views on the IT security
industry as a whole.
The first forum took place on 29 June, 2006 at Hilton London
Paddington. Attending partners represented those who concentrate on
new growth, as well as more established partners. Sophos set up
this initiative to further underpin its dedication to improving the
highly-rated channel process and better communicate its future
developments. Coordinated by an independent facilitator, the
Partner Advisory Board aims to be a professional sounding board,
which provides feedback on upcoming channel plans.
"We applaud any vendor that embraces discussion with its
channel," said David Simpson, commercial director at Softcat. "The
topics covered at the first meeting of the Partner Advisory Board
were pertinent to our business issues and we're confident Sophos
understands these and will take on-board the key points raised.
This move will set the standard for a better way of working
together."
"We set up the Partner Advisory Board because we pride ourselves
on our strong partner relationships, as well as the support and
assistance we provide to our channel," said Stuart Small, UK sales
and marketing director at Sophos. "By establishing open discussion
and really listening to our partners, we can ensure our efforts
match their needs and enable them to be more successful."
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.