Cohort Technology, whose key sectors include finance, local government and the NHS, will use a combination of partner and end-user e-shots, telemarketing, e-marketing and events to promote Stonesoft’s portfolio of firewall, ISP high availability, SSL-VPN, IPS, VoIP, secure virtualisation and managed services to its existing customer base. Cohort Technology will also use its technical skills to assist partners with evaluation and pre-sales, and also offer a suite of post sales services including onsite maintenance and 24/7 Technical support.
Managing director of Cohort Technology Grahame Smee said: “We’re keen to grow the business in line with Stonesoft’s expectations. We are planning significant amounts of marketing and lead generation activities and will pass opportunities back through the channel.”
He added: “Stonesoft has developed a clever technology that businesses want and which fits well into our portfolio of innovative IT solutions. We look forward to contributing to Stonesoft’s success and helping to create more end-user business.”
Stonesoft's UK/Ireland country manager Ashish Patel said: “We chose Cohort Technology for a number of reasons including the relationships they hold with key UK security resellers and system integrators. Stonesoft has an aggressive sales plan for the UK and we were impressed by Cohort Technology’s hunger, enthusiasm and drive to grow the business, and the past successes the management team had with previous distributor Equip. Cohort Technology’s business generation methods and hands-on sales approach works well for us and additionally Cohort Technology is technically very strong, which is a key requirement due to the commitment and high-level of support we provide to our customers and reseller partners.”