01732 759725 08 NEWS : DISTRIBUTOR Arrow Electronics named Check Point EMEA Distributor of the Year Arrow Electronics has been named Check Point Distributor of the Year at the cybersecurity company’s EMEA expo, CPX360, held in Munich on March 14–16. Alexis Brabant, Vice President Sales of Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business in EMEA, said: “Security continues to be high on the boardroom agenda as more frequent and intense attacks, with different motivations, using unpredictable, irregular methods continue to plague businesses and organisations of all shapes and sizes. We have continued to deepen and broaden our security offer to help develop key strategies and solutions in response to this evolving threat landscape. Our agreement with Check Point is vital to this and has been built on a long-standing relationship.” Rebecca Dixon, Head of EMEA distribution, Check Point, said: “Arrow is key to driving Check Point business. In 2022 they helped successfully lead our distribution-managed business into double-digit growth with an emphasis on new customers. This growth is driven by strong performance across the board, from small resellers to the capability to support large, complex Infinity deals. On behalf of Check Point, I offer my congratulations to all the teams involved.” fiveyearsout.com TD SYNNEX helps partners go green with launch of Sustainability Ecosystem Neil Cornish TD SYNNEX is supporting the carbon reduction plans of its UK and Ireland partners and helping them deliver solutions and services that advance their customers’ net zero carbon (NZC) goals with the launch of a new Sustainability Ecosystem. The programme will include regular face-to-face workshops where partners can learn about sustainability from IT industry innovators and network with partners that have complementary solutions or services or access to new markets. Neil Cornish, Ecosystems Business Manager UK, TD SYNNEX, said: “Sustainability has become a crucial factor for all businesses. Our partner network already includes companies that have specific skills and capabilities in this area, such as MSPs running green data centres, partners offering sustainability analytics and reporting software, and expert consultancies. By bringing these organisations together and adding our own knowledge and services into the mix, we will accelerate understanding and enable new partnerships and solutions.” TD SYNNEX’s own move towards NZC in the UK and Ireland is already underway, following an assessment of its emissions by specialist consultancy Arete Zero Carbon. Partners that want to find out about their own Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and how to reduce them can do so through the NZC consultancy service offered by TD SYNNEX in partnership with Arete Zero Carbon. https://uk.tdsynnex.com/ Exertis extends cybersecurity expertise across Europe Exertis is building on the success of its cybersecurity division in the UK by extending its offering across the Nordics, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, France and Germany. Dominic Ryles, Director of Sales and Commercial at Exertis Cybersecurity, said: “We’re delighted to be rolling out our cybersecurity solution stack across our European offices and look forward to strengthening relationships with our European colleagues, partners and customers.” Steve Cowley, Director of Sales – Europe at Exertis Enterprise, points out that by taking the company’s full enterprise technology stack, Exertis Enterprise Europe is the only enterprise-focused distributor that is also able to provide a true enterprise cybersecurity solution. He said: “The enterprise solution market today has evolved to dictate that a full solution stack no longer consists of simply server, storage, networking, load balancing, power protection and professional services. Our cybersecurity solutions will now complement our fully bespoke technology stack by protecting anything from endpoint devices to firewalls, to the world’s only truly compliant zero trust architecture to XDR that monitors more in a SOC than any other vendor.” The Exertis security offering received a big boost with the acquisition of Hammer (now Exertis Enterprise) in 2016, since when Exertis has continued to add new vendors, most recently eSentire, Progress, Scylla, Seceon and Veeam. Earlier this year, SonicWall named Exertis its 2023 Distributor of the Year and Authorised Training Partner of the Year (EMEA), singling out Exertis Enterprise Account Manager Angela Stephens as its Sales Hero of the Year. www.exertis.com Awards hat-trick for Pragma Pragma was a multi-award winner at Ericsson-LG’s recent Global Partner Conference in Seoul, South Korea, winning awards for Cloud Partner of the Year, European Partner of the Year and Technical Team of the Year. Will Morey, Pragma Group CEO, said: “We are immensely proud to have been recognised as the top Cloud Partner by Ericsson-LG. It’s a fantastic achievement and a testament to the continued success of both the team here at Pragma and our community of channel resellers.” The award follows last year’s 38% rise in UK subscribers to Ericsson-LG’s iPECS Cloud service, more than double the average achieved by other UK cloud providers. In October, UK subscriber numbers surpassed 100,000 for the first time. Roan Pratt, Group Sales and Marketing Director, said: “I couldn’t be happier with the recognition we’ve received from Ericsson-LG this year. Whether it’s the phenomenal growth of our platform or the performance and dedication of our team themselves, it’s a real testament to the work we’ve put in over the past year.” There were also awards for UK resellers, including BDR Group, Focus Group, Lily, Hii Communications and Yellowcom. BDR Group CEO Bahman Rahimi, who attended the event in Seoul, said: “The Ericsson-LG Partner Conference is important to us as resellers as it shows the dedication that Ericsson-LG have to supporting the channel here in the UK. Pragma definitely deserve the accolades they received; their commitment to supporting the channel is truly special.” Wearepragma.co.uk Alexis Brabant
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