Proofpoint Signs Distribution Agreement With COMPUTERLINKS to Deliver
Email Security and Compliance
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Partnership Bolsters Proofpoint's European Market ReachSUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/27/09 -- Proofpoint, Inc., theleading provider of SaaS email security, email archiving and dataloss prevention solutions, today announced that it has signed aglobal distribution agreement with COMPUTERLINKS, a leadingvalue-added distributor of IT security, IT infrastructure, andInternet technology solutions. COMPUTERLINKS will sell Proofpoint'sentire line of email security and compliance solutions to itsreseller partners in Europe and other regions worldwide including theUnited States."Our partnership with COMPUTERLINKS provides Proofpoint the necessaryscale to meet demand and grow market share in key markets around theglobe," said Dean Hickman-Smith, executive vice president ofworldwide sales for Proofpoint. "COMPUTERLINKS is helping us to reachmore security-focused resellers and deliver a higher level of serviceworldwide, and has already established distribution for Proofpoint inAustria, Germany and Italy.""Proofpoint's presence in Europe has grown significantly over thelast year and continued expansion into Germany and Central Europe isa natural extension of our strategy," said David Stanley, managingdirector for Proofpoint EMEA. "Our European business has reached apoint where it makes sense to partner with the leading distributor inthe region. We believe that COMPUTERLINKS will play a key role inmaking Proofpoint the preferred email security vendor across Europe."COMPUTERLINKS will make Proofpoint's entire line of solutions,including the Proofpoint on Demand(TM) suite of SaaS offerings,comprised of:-- Proofpoint ENTERPRISE(TM): True, enterprise-class SaaS emailsecurityand data loss prevention. Completely isolated instances assure eachcustomer of maximum control, configurability and data security.-- Proofpoint PROTECT(TM): Cost-effective SaaS email security thatdelivers best-in-class anti-spam and anti-virus protection with zero-administration and 'lights out' operation.-- Proofpoint SHIELD(TM): Cloud-based connection management andfront-line spam protection for any email security appliance eliminates therisksassociated with unpredictable email traffic spikes, rising spamvolumes andtargeted attacks.-- Proofpoint ARCHIVE(TM): SaaS email archiving for email storagemanagement, legal discovery and regulatory compliance. PatentedDoubleBlindEncryption(TM) ensures data security in transit and in the cloud."Proofpoint's solutions deliver a unique combination of extremelyhigh effectiveness, outstanding ease-of-use and lowtotal-cost-of-ownership that our reseller partners and customers arelooking for when selecting email security, email archiving and dataloss prevention solutions today," said Richard Hellmeier, CTO forCOMPUTERLINKS. "We're pleased to be partnered with Proofpoint andlook forward to helping expand the company's global reach."Proofpoint technology partner Blue Coat Systems is a leading providerof Secure Web Gateway solutions and has a global distributionpartnership with COMPUTERLINKS. The combination of the Proofpoint andBlue Coat solutions allows enterprises to defend against "blendedthreats" that combine email- and web-based malware attacks. Toextend these benefits to enterprises around the world, COMPUTERLINKSwill make a bundled solution available to global resellers."Proofpoint's partnership with COMPUTERLINKS complements ourcompanies' existing technology, marketing and sales cooperation,"saidJim Harold, vice president of worldwide channel sales for Blue CoatSystems. "Having a common distribution partner will extend toenterprises worldwide the comprehensive protection from new andemerging blended threats that the combined Blue Coat and Proofpointsolutions provide."For information about COMPUTERLINKS North American distribution,please visit http://www.computerlinks.com. For information aboutCOMPUTERLINKS global distribution, please visithttp://www.computerlinks.net.About COMPUTERLINKS AGWith branches in 11 European countries, Dubai, Australia, Singapore,Canada and the USA, COMPUTERLINKS is the leading value addeddistributor in Europe for international manufacturers in informationtechnology (IT), who are all market leaders in their fields. TheCOMPUTERLINKS product portfolio is geared to the growing needs ofcustomers for security in the field of ever more complex, global ITstructures. Under the criterion "quality versus quantity"COMPUTERLINKS evaluates hardware and software productsinternationally, which excel by their innovation and quality andwhich have the best chances of surviving in the strongly contested ITmarket characterised by high demands with regard to security. Theseselect high-end products are marketed and distributed byCOMPUTERLINKSthroughout Europe solely to resellers and system integrators.COMPUTERLINKS attaches great importance to an attractive productportfolio, experienced advisers and in particular to good businessrelations with customers. Further information on COMPUTERLINKS isavailable at http://www.computerlinks.net.About Proofpoint, Inc.Proofpoint secures and improves enterprise email infrastructure withsolutions for email security, archiving, encryption and data lossprevention. Proofpoint solutions defend against spam and viruses,prevent leaks of confidential and private information, encryptsensitive emails and archive messages for retention, e-discovery andeasier mailbox management. Proofpoint solutions can be deployedon-demand (SaaS) on-premises (appliance), or in a hybrid architecturefor maximum flexibility and scalability. For more information, pleasevisit http://www.proofpoint.com.Proofpoint, Proofpoint on Demand, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE, ProofpointPROTECT, Proofpoint SHIELD, Proofpoint ARCHIVE and DoubleBlindEncryption are trademarks or registered trademarks of Proofpoint,Inc.All other trademarks contained herein are the property of theirrespective owners.Proofpoint Press Contacts:Noah DyeLEWIS PR408-573-3662proofpointus(at)lewispr.comMarty TacktillProofpoint408-850-4110mtacktill(at)proofpoint.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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