SonicWALL Ties up With Westcon India As National Distributor

18.03.2009
SonicWALL announced that they have signed on WestconINDIA as a national Value Added Distributor (VAD) for their security business in India. WestconINDIA will offer channel partners the full line of SonicWALL enterprise and SMB solutions. This distribution partnership reportedly enables SonicWALL to broaden its reach and immediately capitalize on scaling the significant market opportunity for integrated network security solutions in India.

The tie-up with WestconINDIA is designed to increase access and provide additional resources for the company's channel network to address the growing demand for SonicWALL products. WestconINDIA has a cost effective and finely tuned go-to-market strategy that will further help SonicWALL to increase its bandwidth and enhance the reach of SonicWALL's range of enterprise products in the Tier -2 and Tier - 3 cities across India. This partnership further help in enhancing the awareness of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) and SSL-VPN for the partners and end-customers as the deployment of these products are one of the fastest in India.

"Our customers in India are highly focused on the technologies that make businesses more productive," said Rajiv Unnikrishnan, Business Head for WestconINDIA . "By introducing SonicWALL to our established reseller base in India, we are able to offer a host of innovative solutions in the network security space, increased product selection, more product information and advanced support."

Mr. Shubhomoy Biswas, Country Director, SonicWALL India, said, "As Westcon continues its rapid growth and expansion in India and around the world, it is important that we continue to find the right channel partners who understand our business, can drive demand for our solutions, and scale with our growth. WestconINDIA's industry recognition, extensive reach across the region, superior logistical capabilities, technical know-how and demonstrated commitment to security makes them an ideal partner for SonicWALL. We look forward to working together to penetrate the security market in India."