Security news24 April 2007
Sophos launches new global partner program
Sophos has launched its new global partner program.
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has today announced the launch of its new global Partner Program. The new program is designed to bolster the delivery of real and measurable benefits to Sophos's Partners, reward value exchange between Sophos and its partners, as well as offer flexible ways of earning revenue margin.
The Sophos Partner Program brings with it a global consolidation of partners into three tiers, enabling Sophos to deliver valuable resources on a global level, backed up by first-rate localized support. The status of existing partners will be transferred to one of the new partner levels - Platinum, Gold, Silver. In addition, Sophos has also adopted a 100 percent channel strategy in North America.
"Sophos has emerged as a major security vendor throughout the world offering an alternative to Symantec and McAfee in enterprise and SMB markets. With increased investment and commitment, our partner program now offers best in class support and value to our partners" said Peter Norman, VP of strategy, Sophos. "Market leading products in hot areas like NAC and web security are opening customers' doors, and we've got a remarkably simple new partner program which will help the best partners make the most of these opportunities."
The program allows Partners to take control of how they engage with Sophos, based on their own business needs. Partners will be given the opportunity to work closely with dedicated Sophos account managers, and enjoy benefits such as the distribution of high quality leads, marketing support and extensive training programs.
"We welcome Sophos's commitment to providing the resources and unique programs that help partners like Softchoice grow their business," said Steve Leslie, Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Softchoice. "By offering deal and lead registration, protection of margins and having a strong account management team in place, partners can concentrate on the customer and less on the logistics and backend of the business – that is paramount."
"Choosing providers is more than just selecting top technology. I look for partners that give Insight Enterprises an opportunity to excel," said Steve Gagliano, Vice President of Software Product Management, Insight North America. "Knowing Sophos's past commitment to our mutual success, I am looking forward to the benefits available to us through the new program."
More information about the global Partner Program can be found at: www.sophos.com/partners/channel
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About Sophos
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.
