The distributor received the award during the annual CPX 360 Cyber Security Summit event which took place last February in Vienna
Arrow Electronics, a global technology solutions provider, received the “Best Strategic Distributor of the Year” award from Check Point Software Technologies, a leading global cybersecurity solutions provider. The distributor received the award during Check Point's annual CPX 360 Cyber Security Summit and Expo, held in Vienna this past February.
The award recognizes Arrow's excellent commercial performance and ability to align with Check Point's strategic guidelines during 2019. CPX 360 is the annual event for customers and partners around the world organized by Check Point, dedicated to analyzing the most urgent cybersecurity challenges of today - and tomorrow - with the aim of supporting organizations of all sizes in developing strategies capable of preventing advanced threats and hacker attacks, which can seriously impact the business.
“We recently announced that we have integrated Check Point's CloudGuard IaaS solution into our ArrowSphere platform as the first cloud marketplace provider, and we are proud to have won this important award,” he says Nicholas Bannister, Senior Director and Head of Networking and Security del Business EMEA di Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions. “Now, with access to Check Point's managed service provider program through ArrowSphere, we are thrilled to be able to offer an even broader range of highly sophisticated cybersecurity solutions to the European channel.”
“This award confirms Arrow's excellence in value-added distribution and its ability to follow Check Point's strategic direction, which has allowed it to exceed objectives and increase sales significantly over the last year,” he said Olivier Huck, head of European Channel di Check Point. "The Arrow team has an excellent understanding of our CloudGuard security technologies – as demonstrated by the integration of CloudGuard into ArrowSphere – and is extremely proactive in driving end-user awareness and sharing their knowledge with VARs. This helps accelerate business growth across all resellers. Arrow is a tremendously valuable partner."
