IT security and control firm Sophos has announced the winners of
its Partner Awards 2008. The prestigious annual awards, which
recognise the achievements and commitment of top channel business
partners over the previous year, took place on Thursday 15th of May
at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London. The full list of
winners can be found below.
With top accolades going to N3K for new partner of the year,
Adam Price of Softcat for outstanding individual contribution and
Foursys for UK partner of the year, the awards ceremony was an
opportunity for Sophos to thank its channel partners for a
successful year and recognise noteworthy achievement and
success.
"Foursys is absolutely thrilled to be named top UK partner",
said Paul Prior, managing director of Foursys. "We're committed to
building and developing relationships that support the growth and
progress of our business. The fact that we've won this award every
year since 2001 validates our continued efforts and achievements in
winning new customers while ensuring the retention of existing
ones."
Adam Price of Softcat (centre), pictured with
Sophos's Jonathan Hughes and Sophos CEO Steve Munford.
The award for outstanding individual contribution was presented
to Adam Price of Softcat, recognising his continued commitment to
working with Sophos and successfully securing deals. Softcat was
also awarded SME business partner of the year.
"This is a great tribute to all the hard work that has gone into
making the relationship between Sophos and Softcat so productive
over the past year," said Adam. "With two awards under our belt, we
have a lot to live up to over the next twelve months but we're
certain we can continue to deliver exceptional business
results."
"The expertise of our partners is reflected in the success we
have enjoyed over the past year," said Andrew
Bradshaw, vice president, Sophos UK. "Increased investment in
the Sophos Partner Programme has been instrumental in the growth of
our business in the UK and I'm delighted to be rewarding the
excellence of its members."
Sophos UK Partner Award winners
EMERGING PARTNER OF THE YEAR
AIS
CORPORATE PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Trustmarque Solutions
SME BUSINESS PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Softcat
NEW BUSINESS GROWTH
Trustmarque Solutions
CUSTOMER RETENTION
Utilize
NEW PARTNER OF THE YEAR
N3K
UK PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Foursys
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION
Adam Price, Softcat
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.