Latest Sophos articles

Sophos suspends partner portal following "suspicious activity"

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Security vendor taking "super-paranoid" approach after finding two unauthorised programs on its partner portal web server

05 Apr 2012

Canalys points channel towards anti-virus growth

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Anti-virus market will grow 6.8 per cent in 2012, while vendors will increasingly sell direct through their web shops, analyst predicts

21 Dec 2011

Symantec “playing dangerous game” with direct sales move

Anti-virus price comparison site targets channel

Symantec “playing dangerous game” with direct sales move

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End users can buy higher volume of licenses from Symantec than any of its peers, Canalys finds

16 Dec 2011

Anti-virus price comparison site targets channel

VARs urged not to turn backs on anti-virus

Sophos hones channel recruitment

Vendor guns for selected partners as VARs from rival vendors are tempted in

08 Aug 2011

Exclusive Networks bids farewell to vendor duo

Astaro drops UK distributors in wake of Sophos acquisition

14 Jul 2011

McAfee partner walks over support issues

Reseller switches to rival Sophos after securing £9,000 refund for customers over update issues

20 Jun 2011

Sophos says Astaro acquisition will benefit channel

Security vendor claims purchase of UTM player will transform it into one-stop-security-shop for channel

13 May 2011

Sophos gobbles up UTM outfit Astaro

Security vendor grabs slice of $2bn UTM pie

06 May 2011

Wick Hill bitten by VIPRE

GFI Software appoints Wick Hill as UK distributor for anti-virus brand VIPRE as incumbent Exclusive Networks walks away

14 Mar 2011

RMS IT Security looks ahead after MBO

Security division of Redstone Managed Solutions is eyeing growth under new management team

28 Feb 2011

Spotlight on distribution: Supply and demand

The second question in our Spotlight on Distribution campaign is centred on the relevance of distributors. Sam Trendall examines if they have a future

14 Oct 2010

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