News in the Channel - October 2022

PARTNERSHIPS

Exertis Enterprise expands partnership with NetSecOps

Exertis Enterprise has expanded its partnership agreement with Progress, a provider of infrastructure software, to extend the coverage of Progress’ leading NetSecOps products in the UK. Through this expansion, Exertis Enterprise will have increased access to customer-valued Progress® WhatsUp® Gold IT infrastructure monitoring software and Progress® Flowmon® network visibility and security solution, after having previously offered Progress® Kemp® LoadMaster® load balancer for many years. The Progress portfolio offered through Exertis Enterprise includes the following products: l  WhatsUp Gold: A unified and easy-to-use IT infrastructure monitoring solution that helps IT staff proactively find and fix problems fast while providing outstanding value in time and cost savings. Customers have an at-a-glance dashboard and an interactive map for visibility into the status and performance of networks, servers, storage devices, network traffic,

device configurations and applications across on-premises and in the cloud with a single network interface l  Flowmon: A comprehensive network security and visibility solution with automated response across hybrid cloud ecosystems l  Kemp LoadMaster: Flexible application delivery and security solutions offering cloud- native, virtual and hardware load balancers. “We’re excited to extend our Progress portfolio, and we are looking forward to providing new and existing partners with access to its world-class infrastructure solutions,” said Dominic Ryles, director of sales and commercial – security at Exertis Enterprise. “Progress strengthens our security portfolio, and the two new additions, Flowmon and WhatsUp Gold, gives us the opportunity to better service our partners and their customers with Network Detection & Response services and Observability and Monitoring tools, in order to defend against the emerging threats which we see in the landscape.”

Dominic Ryles

exertis.co.uk

Ingram Micro partners with Vestel

Ingram Micro has announced a new collaboration with technology provider Vestel focusing on leading- edge AV products. The collaboration creates a new opportunity for Ingram Micro resellers, within the Pro AV division, through Vestel’s extensive product portfolio, which includes a digital signage and interactive displays to support businesses across a variety of use cases. Jamie Fernandez, business manager at Ingram Micro, said the company was “delighted” to be working with Vestel. “Offering a range of 32in to 98in digital signage as well as interactive touch sisplay in stock ready for next day delivery, Ingram are supporting with an exclusive one year free Now Signage License on selected models providing the complete hardware and software solution.”

ingrammicro.com

Mimecast partners with Exclusive Networks to combat cyberattacks

Email and collaboration security company Mimecast has partnered with cyber security specialist distributor, Exclusive Networks, to enable more companies to work protected against cyberattacks. To support the UKI launch, Exclusive Networks has recruited and will continue to expand and enable a team that is dedicated to Mimecast. Once fully in place, it is hoped the extended channel team across both organisations will increase new business performance by more than 50% over the next two years and beyond. This partnership announcement forms a key pillar of Mimecast’s growth plans and is being rolled out in the UK and Ireland, the Middle East and Israel with further regional expansion plans being discussed for roll-out through to March 31, 2023. “This partnership will make it easier for the

channel community to do business with Mimecast by simplifying engagement and it will enhance their partnership journey from day one onboarding, through to technical and sales enablement, whilst at the same time activating additional resources, skills and services that extend our channel, drive demand and reach more customers that we can help work protected,” said Tom Corrigan, director, Distribution and Systems Integrators EMEA at Mimecast. Matt Paynter, vendor alliances director, Exclusive Networks UK and Ireland, added: “Partners will benefit from our services first approach, providing a breadth of services at every stage of the sales cycle to support business growth. It’s also an exciting time as we add to our Vendor eco-system, our portfolio offers multiple strategic alliances for Mimecast which opens more opportunity for our partners to explore.”

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