Clavister, a leader in high performance security solutions, has formed a distribution agreement with IT Partners Security, a leading distributor of IT security solutions to the Polish market, marking its first entry into the Eastern European market.
IT Partners Security has a rapidly growing customer base, working with systems integrators to provide network security solutions from a variety of leading vendors. The company will sell and distribute Clavister’s entire portfolio of solutions including its suite of Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and gateway security solutions. The partnership will see Clavister enhance its presence in the Polish cyber-security marketplace, which is expected rise from its current $200 million value with double digit year-on-year growth until 2018.
"Polish businesses and enterprises are becoming increasingly security conscious as the challenges of staying ahead of cyber-criminals becomes increasingly complex,” commented Katarzyna Kocela, Public Relations & Media Relations for IT Security Partners, "Demand for cyber-security solutions, in particular NGFWs, is steadily increasing and the quality of the Clavister solution and level of support that they offer really impressed us. We are confident that this partnership will prove to be beneficial for all parties concerned and we are excited to start delivering Clavister’s solutions to the market.”
The IT Partners Security will incorporate Clavister’s solutions into its existing portfolio of info-security solutions in order to better meet the ever-increasing functionality demands of their customers. As part of the deal IT Partners Security will provide training and technical support for the entire Clavister solution suite to its customers.
"With growth in the Polish IT security market starting to dramatically accelerate, we had identified it as a critical region for us to increase our presence in as soon as possible to position ourselves at the forefront of the market,” commented Stephan Schmidt, Sales Director EMEA for Clavister. "With IT Partners Security, we have established a partner that matches all of our expectations, and are looking forward to working with them to ensure this partnership is mutually successful."
Clavister’s solutions range from entry-level next-generation firewalls (NGFW) in desktop-sized packages, to Virtual Series Gateways that enable the highest levels of throughput, offering six nines (99.9999%) availability for carrier-grade security in the most demanding network environments. Clavister recently introduced a range of solutions for mobile network operators to secure 4G and LTE networks, enabling mobile network operators to secure their networks against cyberattacks and data interception.