Sophos Receives Multiple Top Honors in CRN 2014 Annual Report Card
Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 10:43AM Boston – August 20, 2014 – Sophos today announced it has taken the highest awards in the CRN 2014 Annual Report Card (ARC). The company was named overall winner in the Client Security Software and Network Security Appliances categories and swept the subcategories of product innovation, support and partnership. It is the first time in the history of the ARC that a company has swept both awards. For nearly three decades, this distinguished study has served as a benchmark for excellence throughout the IT channel, recognizing the technology vendors most highly praised by their solution provider partners.
Honorees were selected based on the results of an in-depth survey by The Channel Company’s research team. More than 2,500 solution providers were asked to evaluate their satisfaction with 81 vendor partners on each of the 18 criteria in terms of product innovation, support and partnership. The winners were honored by CRN, the top news source for solution providers and the IT channel, on Aug. 19 at The Channel Company’s XChange conference in San Antonio. To view the results of the study as well as the list of this year’s ARC honorees, visit www.crn.com.
“IT today is about solving business problems, and it requires more than just stellar products. Solution providers are looking for vendor partners that embrace the IT channel, working with them hand-in-hand to meet their customers’ needs,” said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company, publisher of CRN. “CRN’s Annual Report Card is the definitive word on who those vendors are, coming straight from the solution providers themselves. The ARC has been recognizing the vendors that deliver their solutions through the channel in the most effective ways for 29 years, and we congratulate Sophos as one of 2014’s top honorees.”
Sophos is dedicated to the channel, as evidenced by the company’s channel-first reseller strategy. We assist our partners in identifying opportunities to retain and grow their customer base and increase profits. In an increasingly complex security environment, we work with partners to make security simple to deliver, implement and manage. Our Partner Program provides partners with protection for deal registrations, attractive margins and joint lead generation initiatives. We also provide up-to-date certification, to ensure partner sales and technical teams are fully trained across our latest solutions.
“It’s an honor to sweep these important security categories,” said Michael Valentine, senior vice president, worldwide sales, Sophos. “At Sophos, 100 percent of our focus is on the channel. These awards are a testament to the trust of our partners, the strength of our solutions, and the investment that we continue to make in our partner organization. We are excited for the future as we continue to innovate to make security simple to manage, deploy and use.”
