ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Red Condor has signed a North American distribution agreement with Tech Data Corporation for its email security products, including its managed email security services and Message Assurance Gateway (MAG) network appliances. Red Condor's Vx Technology[TM] provides the industry's first premium network security solution that integrates a local network appliance with managed email security services. This provides load sharing and the resilient deployment of resources
"This agreement with one of the world's largest technology distributors will help us better support our rapidly growing customer base," said Ron Longo, Red Condor president and CEO. "It will also allow us to focus on our core competency of technology development to protect network owners from malicious email campaigns while receiving uninterrupted delivery of legitimate email."
"As e-mail becomes an even more critical tool for communicating and conducting business, it has turned into the preferred mode of attack for many hackers and spammers," said Stacy Nethercoat, Tech Data's vice president, Software Product Marketing. "To deal with this threat, business of all sizes rely on the expertise of our reseller customers. The addition of Red Condor further expands the innovative products our customers can use to create and deploy effective email security solutions for a wide range of end users."
Tech Data supports 90,000 resellers worldwide. It provides a broad range of resources to help VARs successfully market products and services from leading technology developers.
"Red Condor will take advantage of Tech Data's TechSelect and Software Connections programs," Longo said. "This will help us further support network owners, including small-to-midsized (SMB) businesses, primary and secondary education, local and regional government, and large enterprise networks. Research shows that email is now their primary form of communication, making security and the reliable delivery of legitimate email vital to their success."
Tech Data's TechSelect Community includes approximately 450 innovative resellers who drive the early adoption of the latest IT technology. As members of this community, they participate in two partner conferences per year and enjoy access to participating vendors like Red Condor. These VARs can also attend TechSelect University, which provides product training and accreditation from technology developers.
Software Connections is the marketing and partner enablement arm of Tech Data's Software Product Marketing Division. It provides events and other engagement opportunities for VARs and participating vendors like Red Condor. VARs participating in both of these programs are also supported by comprehensive e-business tools.
About Tech Data
Founded in 1974, Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS:TECD) is a leading distributor of IT products, with more than 90,000 customers in over 100 countries. The company's business model enables technology solution providers, manufacturers and publishers to cost-effectively sell to and support end users ranging from small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) to large enterprises. Ranked 109th on the FORTUNE 500[R], Tech Data generated $21.4 billion in sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2007. For more information, visit www.techdata.com.
About Red Condor
Red Condor is a managed service provider of highly resilient email security systems for businesses, government agencies and service providers. Red Condor's email security eliminates spam, viruses, spyware, phishing schemes and other offensive content, with perimeter defense against denial-of-service and directory harvest attacks. Red Condor leverages up-to-the-minute security threat information from its worldwide sensor network, and then applies defensive measures in real time to protect the company's client base. Red Condor's revolutionary Vx Technology[TM] provides network-based load sharing and fail-over capabilities for customer appliances. The system's design has built-in zero tolerance for lost email, resulting in a less than 0.01% false-positive rate while achieving long-term spam block rates greater than 98%. This next generation technology is backed by a 24x7 customer care center staffed by email security experts at Red Condor's headquarters. For more information go to www.redcondor.com.
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