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Palo Alto, CA/09 October, 2007 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that Cohort Technology has joined the PGP® Value Added Distributor (VAD) Program. PGP Corporation’s VAD Program is a key component of the recently launched PGP® Global Partner Program, enabling channel partners, systems integrators, and security specialists to work through approved distributors such as Cohort Technology to be more successful in serving customers demanding PGP® solutions. Already a well-established distributor, Cohort Technology’s experience within the sector and its extensive network of reseller and channel partners will help meet demand for PGP® enterprise data protection solutions within the UK market.
Cohort Technology’s clients operate predominately within the security and telephony sectors. In joining PGP Corporation’s VAD Program, Cohort Technology gains access to the entire portfolio of award-winning PGP solutions. The PGP® Encryption Platform and enabled applications help organizations of all sizes secure email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, PDAs, network storage, FTP and bulk data transfers, and backups.
“We’re delighted that Cohort Technologies has joined our Value Added Distributor Program,” said Paul Ayers, PGP Corporation’s sales director, Northern and Southern Europe. “The company’s reputation and expertise in the channel as well as its consistent drive within the marketplace make it a valuable addition to the PGP® Global Partner Program. We look forward to continuing to expand our partner ecosystem and developing our relationship with Cohort over the coming months.”
“The decision to partner with PGP Corporation was a natural one for us,” said Graham Smee, managing director, Cohort Technology Ltd. “The company’s status as a market leader and our belief that its solutions are best-of-breed make us confident that with our aggressive and tactical selling techniques, we have a winning combination. As the rising number of data breaches continues to deliver a constant reminder to the IT world of the need to protect data wherever it exists, demand for PGP solutions will only continue to increase.”
“Going forward, we also plan to work with PGP Corporation on its reseller education program,” Smee added. “By equipping our resellers with a thorough understanding of PGP solutions, they can effectively demonstrate the core value proposition of the company’s innovative encryption platform and supported applications, leading to even greater penetration of the UK market.”
PGP Encryption Platform + Applications = Multiple Opportunities for Solution Selling
PGP® technology is designed to meet customer requirements for rapidly deployable encryption solutions with consistent policy enforcement and key management, making it ideal for global organizations of all sizes across all industries. The PGP Encryption Platform provides a strategic enterprise encryption framework, and all PGP Encryption Platform–enabled applications leverage users, keys, and configurations to expedite deployment and policy enforcement, and can combined to provide multiple layers of security. The PGP Encryption Platform is deployed with the first PGP® application installed, enabling organisations to reap best-in-class encryption in phases or as business requirements emerge and evolve. Customers may initially deploy only one or two PGP applications and later expand the number of seats or application areas, offering partners a variety of up-sell or cross-sell opportunities.
For more information, visit: http://www.pgp.com/partners/channel/program/index.html
About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP® Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP® platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, PDAs, network storage, FTP and bulk data transfers, and backups.
PGP® solutions are used by more than 80,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune® 100, 75 percent of the Fortune® Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51 percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies’ brands and reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com or +1 650 319 9000.
Media & analyst contact for PGP Corporation:
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
PGP and the PGP logo are registered trademarks of PGP Corporation. Product and brand names used in the document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any such trademarks or registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
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