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Resilience® Joins Ingram Micro, the World’s Largest Technology Distributor, to Provide Web Security Solutions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, February 3, 2009 - Resilience, a leading provider of purpose-built security appliances, today announced a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest technology distributor. Ingram Micro will begin offering Resilience CWR Appliances for Websense Web Security v7 through their U.S. channel in February 2009.
This new agreement gives Ingram Micro’s approximately 170,000 resellers direct access to Resilience security appliances, preloaded with a Linux-based Resilience-hardened OS and Websense Web Security v7.
Today’s announcement reaffirms Resilience as a strong Linux partner for Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the global leader in integrated Web, data and email security, providing Essential Information Protection for more than 42 million employees at more than 50,000 organizations worldwide.
“The streamlined and fully supported purchase cycle offered by Ingram Micro makes it convenient for our customers to purchase Websense Web Security v7 embedded in a purpose-optimized Resilience security appliance. It’s a win for everyone,” said Bill Gardner, Sr. Director, Product and Technical Marketing for Websense.
Ingram Micro’s unique marketing, logistics, financial and technical support services offer sales and profitability opportunities for both the resellers and Resilience as a solutions provider.
“This agreement with Ingram Micro represents an exciting new distribution model for Resilience that will significantly increase sales. We rely on strong reseller relationships and Ingram Micro’s network reaches a vast number of them that serve customers who need our automated network security solutions.” said Steve Yount, Senior Vice President of Sales for Resilience.
The Linux-based CWR Security Appliance for Websense is the latest offering from Resilience and distribution through Ingram will enable resellers to purchase the Resilience and Websense solution from a single source.
As a broad-line distributor, Ingram Micro offer’s the advantage of one-stop shopping for resellers. A range of technology products can be purchased with a single transaction, greatly reducing the overall costs for solution providers. Delivering products through a single distributor cuts the time and expense of managing a large number of accounts, offering Resilience an advantage in
the marketplace.
About Ingram Micro
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia.
Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
About Resilience Corporation
Resilience delivers innovative network security appliances, featuring Deep Automation and Real Availability for mission critical applications. Backed by the Continuous Secured Ownership Program, Resilience’s high performance solutions are designed for network environments where availability is essential and security must not be compromised. Resilience partners with leading application providers to offer appliances for firewall, Web security, SSL, VPN, and other network security applications. The company holds key patents in fault-tolerant computing. Founded in 1995, Resilience is a privately held, venture-backed company with corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. Get more information at www.resilience.com
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