Distributor Cohort Technology has been appointed as an Authorised Training Centre for security and WAN optimisation vendor Blue Coat.

The partnership will see Cohort - which was founded by channel stalwart Grahame Smee last year - provide training for Blue Coat resellers at its Basingstoke and London outposts.

Ian Gilbey, services director of Cohort, said: “Vendor endorsed training is a big part of our overall service offering.”

“We will offer the full range of courses including the new Mach 5 WAN acceleration courses. We are also developing a range of commercially based workshops around this technology, this further demonstrates our commitment to the value-add model on which our company is based.”