Enabling VARs to leverage CrowdStrike’s cloud-delivered endpoint protection platform to deliver more effective, efficient, and comprehensive security to customers
Reading, UK – 28th March 2017
– Next generation value-added distributor Cloud Distribution, a specialist in
security, networking and storage, announced today that the company has signed
CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection. The company’s
marquee solution, CrowdStrike Falcon sets a new standard in endpoint security by
being the first and only platform to unify next-generation antivirus (AV),
endpoint detection and response (EDR) and managed hunting -- all delivered through the cloud via a
single lightweight agent.
Working with a distributor
with established expertise and partner network in EMEA will help CrowdStrike
support and accelerate its rapid growth in the region. Cloud Distribution has a
strong track record of bringing highly innovative and disruptive vendors to
market and shares CrowdStrike’s approach and commitment to fanatical customer and
partner support. For its part, Cloud Distribution was
looking for a new market leader to bolster its security offerings.
CrowdStrike’s fully
cloud-based endpoint protection platform offers unprecedented protection for
both malware and malware-free intrusions. The company recently introduced new product modules to provide customers with the flexibility to replace their
AV or augment it with EDR, security hygiene capabilities, and managed hunting. As
a result, Cloud Distribution partners can procure either separate capabilities or
CrowdStrike’s comprehensive endpoint protection platform.
“Cloud
Distribution has extensive experience of expanding market opportunities for
partners and the results it has delivered speak for themselves. Cloud
Distribution has a mature and well-proven sales and marketing engine that will
augment and accelerate our go-to market strategy in EMEA,” said Mike East, Vice
President, EMEA, CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike has been recently positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the
Visionaries quadrant of the 2017
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) where it demonstrated a proven ability to replace legacy AV solutions
and protect against known and unknown threats without the use of signatures.
“Traditional AV products are
failing to deliver. CrowdStrike provides an
integrated and effective way for our partners to build their security
portfolios with a single vendor, including leveraging a managed threat hunting
service to augment SOC capabilities. This will deliver an opportunity for higher
margins for partners,” said Adam Davison, Director, Cloud
Distribution. “CrowdStrike Falcon is the new standard in endpoint
protection and our partners will no longer need to promote multiple vendors to
create a breach protection solution, as CrowdStrike delivers a
complete endpoint protection solution in one unified offering.”
Cloud Distribution has employed a dedicated CrowdStrike sales specialist, Simon Totterdell, to help enable partners and it has
pre-built campaigns already available via its Altitude Marketing Program. CrowdStrike
has an established sales and marketing team on the ground in the UK to
accommodate its regional growth.
Cloud Distribution is hosting multiple end-user workshops for partners to invite
prospects along to learn about CrowdStrike and it has launched a marketing
program for customers to easily try out the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
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About Cloud Distribution
Cloud Distribution is a
value-added distributor of disruptive next generation security, networking and
storage solutions that VARs can take to market quickly and easily. It currently
distributes A10 Networks, Acronis, Aerohive, BlackBerry, CheckPoint Software,
Cloud4Wi, CrowdStrike, Cyren Security, DataCore, Exinda, HyperGrid Ignitenet,
Memblaze, Onelogin, Peplink, Praim, Pivot3, SystemFlip, Trusted Knight, Unidesk
and Vectra Networks. Its portfolio of disruptive security and networking
solutions helps resellers to differentiate themselves from the competition and
create new markets to sell in. The company was founded in 2009 by senior
executives with a wealth of experience in the security, networking and
optimisation space. Its philosophy is to take innovative, cutting-edge vendors
into the UK market by recruiting and working together with skilled, reputable,
market making partners. For further information, please visit
https://www.cdl-cloud.com/ or follow us on Twitter @cloudtweeters
About CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike® is the leader in cloud-delivered next-generation
endpoint protection. CrowdStrike has revolutionised endpoint protection by
being the first and only company to unify next-generation AV, endpoint
detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 managed hunting service — all
delivered via a single lightweight agent. The CrowdStrike Falcon® platform,
certified to replace legacy antivirus, has reinvented how endpoint security is
delivered with its industry-leading, cloud-native architecture. CrowdStrike Falcon
protects customers against all cyber-attacks, using sophisticated signatures
artificial intelligence/machine learning and Indicator of Attack (IOA) based
threat prevention to stop known and unknown threats in real-time. Core to its
innovative approach is the CrowdStrike Threat Graph™ which analyses and
correlates over 30 billion events per day from millions of sensors deployed
across 176 countries, uniquely providing crowdsourced protection for the entire
customer community.
Many
of the world’s largest organizations put their trust in CrowdStrike, including
three of the 10 largest global companies by revenue, five of the 10 largest
financial institutions, three of the top 10 health care providers, and three of
the top 10 energy companies. We Stop Breaches. Learn more:
https://www.crowdstrike.com/
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Media Contact:
Charles Cornew
Cloud Distribution
Email: charles@cloud-distribution.com
Tel: 01635 800410
Mobile: 07922 612610
Mobile: 07922 612610
