Security news
Security news15 March 2004
Sophos earns a five-star rating from VARBusiness magazine in the annual business partner program guide
Lynnfield, MA - Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and viruses, today announced that it has been rated as a five-star vendor by VARBusiness, CMP Media's award winning biweekly publication that covers the business of technology integration, in the tenth annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide.
The VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide is the definitive directory for vendors' partner offerings. It is an ideal resource for companies seeking to form lasting relationships with VARs, integrators and solution providers. Companies rely on the guide every year to evaluate new and existing vendor partnerships.
"The VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide is an invaluable reference tool, one that Sophos is honored to be a part of," said Steve Munford, president of Sophos, Inc.. "This five-star rating reinforces Sophos's commitment to building strong relationships with the Channel community. The Channel is one of the most critical factors in the growth of Sophos globally, and we are dedicated to providing the necessary tools, training and resources required to get our partners ramped up quickly in every aspect of the technical, sales and marketing process."
Sophos recently announced that it has increased the financial rewards for Sophos partners to help encourage partners to produce consistent new business revenue. The program affords both new and existing partners an automatic 20% margin and offers quarterly rebate targets based on new business quotas. This enables Sophos partners to gain more profit from reselling Sophos than from reselling other vendor products because of fewer competing partners in local geographies and single tier distribution, both of which translate to a higher margin retention.
"Sophos has proven itself over the years as a vendor that values the relationships with its partners," said Stuart Maskell, President of Networking Technologies. "They've put a lot of effort into developing a rewarding and collaborative partner program, and they continue to be a great pleasure to work with."
The VARBusiness five-star rating is just the latest recognition that Sophos has received for its partner program. Most recently, Sophos was also recognized last August with two "Best of EnterpriseVision" awards at the EnterpriseVision conference in Pasadena.
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About VARBusiness
For the past 17 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness 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 has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.
About Sophos
Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos's network access control, endpoint, web and email solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com
