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SurfControl Signs Specialty Distributor Agreement With Alternative Technology
SurfControl Continues To Demonstrate Company’s Strategic Focus On Supporting Global Channel Partners
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., November 1, 2005 - SurfControl (London:SRF), a world leader in enterprise threat protection, today announced that it has signed a value-added distribution agreement with Alternative Technology Inc., a leading distributor of security products and thin client/server-based computing solutions. Alternative Technology will distribute SurfControl’s Enterprise Protection Suite to its network of resellers in the USA and Canada.
SurfControl’s Enterprise Protection Suite extends Alternative Technology’s current portfolio of security solutions with a unified threat management solution that stops Internet threats by protecting multiple attack vulnerability points - Web, email, instant messaging and peer-to-peer - across the corporate network, at remote offices and on mobile desktops. SurfControl’s Adaptive Threat Intelligence™ (ATI) Service provides resellers and their customers with automatic threat detection and proactive protection. The SurfControl ATI Service combines 24/7 research and analysis from the company’s global team of threat detection experts with advanced AI technologies and the world’s most comprehensive threat databases. This powerful combination significantly reduces IT management requirements and the overall total cost of ownership for security compared to point-solutions for Web, e-mail and desktop protection.
“Alternative Technology selected SurfControl because the company’s unique product suite brings a strong and proven Internet Security solution to Alternative Technology’s portfolio, adding strength to Alternative’s existing presence in the security market,” said Tom Zorn, executive vice president at Alternative Technology. “Resellers will benefit from building a relationship with Alternative for SurfControl products in pricing, support and training. Resellers who offer Citrix will benefit from seeking Alternative for SurfControl solutions that support Citrix.”
SurfControl provides Alternative Technology resellers and their enterprise customers with numerous market firsts. SurfControl’s recently announced Enterprise Protection License makes it easier for enterprises to benefit from the full line of SurfControl products and maximize their security investment. Enterprises now pay a one-time perpetual technology license when purchasing any SurfControl solution and receive the right to use all three of the SurfControl Enterprise Protection suite’s core products: - SurfControl Web Filter, SurfControl E-mail Filter and SurfControl Enterprise Threat Shield. This helps resellers drive more subscription revenue, replace installed competitive solutions, and sell to multiple departments within client companies.
Another market first was this year’s introduction of SurfControl Web Filter optimized for Citrix Presentation Server™, which reduces the cost and management requirements for providing continuous blended threat protection to organizations using a Citrix Systems environment. SurfControl Mobile Filter™, with more than a year head start on competitive offerings, is the only customer-proven Web filter solution that provides centrally-managed protection to mobile and branch office users regardless of how users connect to the Internet - via wireless hot-spot, broadband connection, VPN or dial-up.
“Our channel partners have to compete in a market with dozens of vendors claiming to solve today’s complex security challenges. SurfControl has succeeded in helping partners build their businesses by delivering Internet security solutions that make it easier for enterprises to address today’s security challenges, with an eye towards the threats on the horizon,” said Jim Murphy, vice president of product marketing at SurfControl. “SurfControl’s selection of Alternative Technology is part of our commitment to supporting SurfControl resellers. Alternative Technology’s market presence with Citrix and strong product portfolio will help our resellers meet their customer’s Internet security needs more effectively, more efficiently and more profitably.”
About Alternative Technology
Alternative Technology is the leading specialty distributor for Value Added Resellers who need products and services targeted at Thin-client/Server-based Computing, Edge Infrastructure, Security, and Wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to our markets and offers multi-vendor solutions that drive demand back through our reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Carlsbad, California, and Mississauga, Canada. For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com, or call toll-free: 800.544.7674 (USA), or 866.240.9991 (Canada).
About SurfControl
SurfControl plc (LSE: SRF) is a world leading Internet Security company delivering multiple layers of threat protection to shield organizations against complex blended threats. SurfControl’s Enterprise Protection Suite has redefined traditional "filtering" by offering a unified threat management solution that eliminates spam, spyware and phishing attacks, as well as Web and e-mail abuse. The SurfControl Adaptive Threat Intelligence™ Service provides continuous and proactive threat detection and protection from known, emerging, and customer-specific. This helps organizations limit legal liability, maintain regulatory compliance, ensure information confidentiality and avoid significant downtime that impacts productivity and the bottom line. SurfControl has offices worldwide serving more than 20,000 customers. For further information and news on SurfControl, visit www.surfcontrol.com.
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Editorial Contacts
For SurfControl
Tim Polakowski
McGrath/Power Public Relations
(408) 727-0351 ext. 543
timp@mcgrathpower.com
For Alternative Technology
Nancy Gapter,
Alternative Technology
303-790-2330
Nancy.Gapter@AltTech.com