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Information Security Services

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  Distology: MSSP consolidation is a customer concern

  Distributor shares findings of research that gave customers an opportunity to say where they felt the disruption to the industry was coming from in the next few years

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  MSPs remain ransomware targets

  ConnectWise Threat Report reveals the extent to which managed service providers are in the crosshairs of criminals

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Exclusive Networks shares first public FY numbers

  Distributor’s strategy is paying off as the business records decent growth and shares a positive outlook for 2022

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  F-Secure rebrand should benefit channel

  CEO outlines reasons why the emergence of WithSecure will be a positive development for its partners

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  ECSC delivers a year of progress

  Security player ECSC delivers growth in its latest financial results, and has reasons to look at the rest of this year with a sense of optimism

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  Perfect Image adds MSP muscle with Technique buy

  Acquisition of managed services player adds more UK coverage and a dedicated MSP operation

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  Bytes trading update signals strong FY numbers coming

  Channel player Bytes updates markets ahead of more details of its fiscal year performance coming later this spring

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  Exclusive Networks expands Ignition reach across EMEA

  Distributor’s arm that helps bring startups to market announces plans to expand operations across EMEA

• March 10, 2022 10 Mar'22

  CrowdStrike ushers in new channel chief after decent growth

  Vendor shuffles its management pack after announcing triple-digit growth in its MSSP business in the last fiscal year

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Deep Instinct still on the hunt for MSSPs

  Security player has been building its partner base and continues to keep the door open for more to sign up

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Integrity360 acquires Caretower to bolster security market position

  Combination of the two security players will establish a merged operation that will be one of the largest channel players in the UK cyber market

• February 23, 2022 23 Feb'22

  The tensions behind that simple phrase ‘zero trust’

  NetEvents recently assembled a squad of experts to investigate the ‘myths of zero trust’ and we managed to ask them for their thoughts about just what the term means

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Exclusive upbeat after its Q4 breaks €1bn sales barrier

  Distributor gives investors cheer after sharing the first set of full-year numbers since it went public last autumn

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Check Point UK boss looking for channel growth

  Recently installed regional director for UK and Ireland will be tasked with growing sales via the security player’s channel base

• February 02, 2022 02 Feb'22

  My channel take: Jeremy Nicholls, Neustar Security Services

  Neustar executive, Jeremy Nicholls, shares his channel career story and his thoughts about what the future holds

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Kaspersky MSP growth plans are delivering

  Security vendor has been working for three years to grow its managed service base and the results show those efforts have reaped rewards

• January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22

  Datto CEO repeats need for MSPs to bolster security

  MSP player Datto recently made a security acquisition, and its boss outlines the rationale for the move and restates the need for service players to deliver better protection

• January 20, 2022 20 Jan'22

  What does the emergence of Trellix mean for the channel?

  The combined forces of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye should provide opportunities for partners, states Trellix’s CRO

• January 20, 2022 20 Jan'22

  MSPs alerted to costs of potential security regulation changes

  Government proposals to cover managed service providers in updated regulations come with the threat of eye-watering fines for those that fail to protect data

• January 14, 2022 14 Jan'22

  Sophos arms MSPs with more simplicity

  Vendor is expecting its partners to take advantage of its latest release at a time when many in the industry are noticing a surge in demand for tools that reduce complexity

• January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

  Security the top concern for the SME community

  Konica Minolta Business Solutions finds that there is still a lot the channel can do to help customers concerned about data protection

• January 04, 2022 04 Jan'22

  WatchGuard urges MSPs to tap into unified approach

  Security player has been adding more depth to its cloud offering and is encouraging its channel to take advantage of those efforts

• January 04, 2022 04 Jan'22

  Five-minute interview: Rob Billington, Netwrix

  Rob Billington, head of channel EMEA and APAC at Netwrix, shares with us his wanderlust, repeated brushes with death and a love of pudding

• December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21

  Dell CTO’s predictions focus on edge, mobility, data and security

  There will be plenty going on in 2022 as debates on some of the big topics evolve to meet changing trends

• December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

  Barracuda CEO: We don’t exist without partners

  The recently installed boss at the security vendor has restated the importance of the channel to the firm’s prospects of success

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  Falanx security strategy starting to deliver

  Firm reduces losses and outlines the benefits of choosing to concentrate on the cyber security market

• December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

  MSPs improve security posture and channel challenges legacy tools

  Research from Kaspersky and Vectra lifts the lid on how the managed service community has responded to supply chain attacks, and how the status quo is no longer enough for many users

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  Westcon-Comstor invests in people and processes to support hybrid work

  Distributor Westcon-Comstor is ideally situated to support the customer shift to a hybrid-working world, but is making sure it can do so as efficiently as possible

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  Covid has hit contract values, says Osirium

  Impact of the pandemic has been seen in the time it takes customers to make decisions and the money they are prepared to spend

• November 26, 2021 26 Nov'21

  Cyren and S3 educate customers on inbox security

  Vendor and partner illustrate the continuing need for trusted advisers to hand-hold customers through their security options

• November 25, 2021 25 Nov'21

  My channel take: Michael O’Hara, DataSolutions

  How did O’Hara get to be running the security and digital workplace distributor and what does he think about the current state of the market?

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  Exclusive Networks continues global trend with Infinipoint

  Distributor seals third worldwide deal in a matter of a few weeks as it adds more depth to its security portfolio

• November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

  Illumio taps into rise in zero trust demand

  Security player has bolstered channel efforts to put itself in a good position to mop up market share

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Appgate cuts ribbon on MSP programme

  Zero-trust player rolls out increased support for managed service players as it continues to strengthen its channel proposition

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Nuvias expands and Westcon-Comstor builds on Zscaler relationship

  Distributors continue to invest in growth as they look to tap into the flourishing security market

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Exclusive Networks working with NightDragon startups

  Distributor chosen as partner to take emerging technologies out to the channel as the investment firm looks for more routes to market

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Dell expects user spending in security, cloud and 5G

  Vendor shares results of a survey of IT decision-makers that indicates where the priorities are over the next five years

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Being trusted advisors key for Dell’s channel

  UK channel boss provides update, with the vendor encouraging partners to deepen their relationships with customers

• November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

  Infinigate sets sights on UK growth

  Security distributor is keen to increase its business here and make a difference to the market dynamics

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  Exclusive Networks shares first numbers post-IPO

  Distributor lifts the lid on what happened to the business in the third quarter

• November 10, 2021 10 Nov'21

  Exclusive Networks extends F5 relationship globally

  Distributor will get the chance to handle the vendor’s portfolio on a worldwide basis

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  Rubrik paving steps for future

  The zero-trust player appears to be getting close to pushing on in its growth story as it makes hires and alliances

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  Forcepoint channel boss encouraging partners to line up behind SASE

  Since joining the company in May, much of Parag Patel’s time has been spent preparing an enhanced channel programme, which went live last month

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  GTDC Forum: Distribution investment must continue

  Industry organisation uses its annual event to talk of the progress made in the channel over this year and the prospects for 2022

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Cato Networks looks for growth after it lands funding

  SASE specialist Cato Networks is looking for growth and the chance to get its product into the hands of more partners

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Skout Cybersecurity boss exploits scale at Barracuda

  It has been four months since the firm was acquired by Barracuda Networks, but the founder and CEO of Skout is dreaming of painting on a broader canvas

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Marathon adds security depth with William Jarrod Partnership

  Acquisition comes on the back of strong organic growth and will arm the MSP with more options on the security front

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Datto CEO urges MSP world to talk security

  Tim Weller used his keynote at DattoCon to underline the sense that this is a moment for the industry to face up to the need to protect data through the entire supply chain

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Sophos opts to ratchet up UK distie numbers

  Security player adds a couple more distribution partners to its line-up as it looks for more growth

• October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21

  Q&A: Todd Thibodeaux, CompTIA

  Industry body’s boss was on stage this week to talk about the need for more diversity and for the channel to continue improving its skills