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Security news30 May 2007
Evolution and Foursys share accolades as Sophos's UK Partners of the Year Sophos rewards successful business partners at UK Partner Conference
Sophos's Peter Norman presenting the award to James Miller and Jez Turner of Foursys.
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has announced the winners of its Partner Awards 2007, designed to showcase its top performing UK channel business partners.
The title of 'UK Partner of the Year' was jointly awarded to Evolution Security Systems and Foursys.
For Foursys, it is the sixth year in a row that the company has picked up Sophos's top UK honour, which is awarded to partners that have demonstrated a dedication to building advantageous, successful and profitable relationships, both with customers and the Sophos sales team.
In addition to 'UK Partner of the Year' Evolution also picked up the title of Sophos's 'New Business Growth Partner of the Year', having achieved above average growth and success in new business sales.
"We're delighted that our efforts over the past twelve months have been recognised by Sophos - to win two awards emphasises the significant effort we've made both in winning new business and retaining strong customer relationships, and hopefully we can build on this further in the year ahead," said Stephen Bourne, Sales Manager at Evolution Security Systems Ltd.
Peter Norman presenting the award to Stephen Bourne and Mark Heather of Evolution Security Systems.
The 'Special Achievement' award, which recognizes outstanding sales success and commitment to Sophos, was given to Caretower, for its continued proactive engagement with Sophos around training, incentives and new business development.
The awards took place on 24 May at the Belfry Hotel, Oxford, as part of the Sophos UK Partner Conference 2007. This annual event gives Sophos partners an insight into the company's future plans and developments, and follows on from the recent launch of Sophos's new global Partner Program, designed to bolster the delivery of real and measurable benefits to partners.
"Both Foursys and Evolution have been impressive - their ambition, their understanding of the market, and of course, their commitment to Sophos are worthy of praise," said Annie Gay, vice president, EMEA at Sophos. "The Partner Conference has emphasised just how like-minded our partners are in their desire to grow their businesses with us. As our product offering moves into newer areas such as web security and network access control (NAC), the opportunities for all our partners will continue to grow. All I can say is watch this space!"
The full list of winners is as follows:
UK PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Joint Winners - Foursys & Evolution Security Systems
Commended - Softcat, Insight
NEW BUSINESS GROWTH PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Winner - Evolution Security Systems
Commended - Datasharp, Civica, Ramsac, Insight, SBL, Morgan Wylie
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Caretower
CORPORATE PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Winner - Civica
Commended- SBL, Phoenix Software, Trustmarque Solutions
SME BUSINESS PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Winner - Softcat
Commended - Datasharp, Misco, TSG, PCWB
SMALL VAR OF THE YEAR
Winner - Utilize
Commended - Ramsac, Hollinbay, JAY by JAY
NEW PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Winner - Shop 4 IT
Commended - Caretower
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
