Hills business Lan1 has entered into a new distribution partnership with Sophos, which will greatly expand Sophos’s market coverage across Australia and ensure a broader range of resellers have access to its entire IT security suite.

Hills is strengthening its security focus, including IP Security, IP Storage, IP Networking and IP Cameras/CCTV, ensuring the company is well positioned to provide the reach and support for Sophos that its partners need to drive further success.

“We have built a strong reputation with our security practice in Australia and we are very excited to be working with Sophos to provide its best-in-class products to our channel partners,” Hills head of CCTV, surveillance and IT Daniel Lee.

“The introduction of Sophos’s portfolio of solutions in mobile device management, endpoint security and cloud is highly complementary to our current offering and closely aligned with our IP Security strategy.

“We have a strong national presence and are well equipped to provide the Sophos security portfolio to our partners and customers to help them grow profitability and capitalise on the market’s need for innovative IT security solutions and services.”

The announcement reiterates Sophos’s commitment to the Australian reseller channel, providing partners with even greater access to Sophos products, as well as additional access to technical expertise and increased support.

“We are very excited to announce our distribution partnership with Hills, and believe this further reinforces Sophos’s commitment to our Australian partner community and ‘channel-first’ approach to the market,” says Sophos senior vice president, worldwide sales, Mike Valentine.

Under the terms of the agreement, Hills will market, sell and support Sophos’s entire portfolio of network, server and endpoint security solutions, including the latest version of Sophos Cloud, which was launched in Australia earlier this year for small and mid-market organisations seeking a simpler approach to IT security. Sophos’s award winning security solutions are simple to deploy and easy to scale, designed to secure organisations of all sizes.

“Our industry leading network, endpoint and server protection security portfolio will greatly enhance Hills offerings, providing a comprehensive suite of innovative IT security solutions and services for its channel partners,” Sophos ANZ channel director Karen Delaney says.

The new distribution agreement with Hills enhances Sophos’s current valued distributor network and partnerships in Australia.
The complete Sophos product portfolio will be available through Hills business Lan 1 across Australia effectively immediately.