Webroot lauds partners' help
Security vendor achieves best ever Q4 results
Security software vendor Webroot has thanked its channel partners for helping it achieve its best ever fourth-quarter results.
The vendor, which announced last week that it had achieved the best results in the company’s history for Q4 2006, attributed the lion’s share of its success to its Channel Edge partner programme.
Speaking to CRN, Peter Watkins, chief executive of Webroot, said: “A couple of years ago we made the decision to be a channel-based company and we have enjoyed great success as a result. Our channel has grown tremendously, particularly in Europe. About 85 per cent of our European revenue is directly attributable to our partners, which is a higher proportion than in the US.
“The UK market is very important to us because to guarantee success in EMEA you need to start in the UK.”