Security-as-a-service provider Proofpoint is expanding its channel partner lineup for the Proofpoint Referral Partner Program, with four Microsoft Gold Certified Partners. They are part of a push by Proofpoint to increase its presence in the Microsoft Office 365 community.
Planet Technologies, New Signature, Perficient and QTS will all sell Proofpoint’s cloud-based suite of security and archiving products, including Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive and Proofpoint Enterprise Governance.
“We’re excited to partner with Proofpoint,” said Matt Smith, cloud architect at Planet Technologies, which located near Washington, D.C. and has been a Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year six times. “We’re impressed with their technology, particularly given its integration and enhancement points with Microsoft products like Office 365. We’re also very pleased with the benefits of the Proofpoint Referral Partner Program, such as joint RFP-response.”
New Signature, located in Washington, D.C., provides IT solutions for more than 300 customers, ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to enterprise and public-sector organizations. New Signature also serves an unusually broad range of industry sectors, including non-profit, finance, real estate, education, legal, hospitality and more.
Perficient is an IT consulting firm and systems integrator serving enterprise customers from a network of offices in North America as well as branches in Eastern Europe, India and China. The company has been offering solutions to federal, state and local agencies, education and enterprise customers since 1997, has been Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year six times and Microsoft State and Local Partner of the Year three times.
Quality Technology Services (QTS), headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., is a leading national provider of data center solutions and fully managed services for the enterprise. The company owns and operates more than three million square feet of secure data center infrastructure nationwide, and supports more than 800 customers. QTS was named 2012 New York Metro Area Partner of the Year by Microsoft.
“All of these new channel partners are leaders in their fields, and we’re honored to have them as part of the Proofpoint ecosystem,” said Tom Barsi, Proofpoint executive vice president for business development at Proofpoint. “Their decision to join with us reflects confidence not only in our current product suite, but also in our culture of innovation – a culture that’s going to keep us ahead of the curve over the long haul.”