interAct signs distribution agreement with SonicWALL
interAct continues to strengthen its security solutions portfolio within the data center environment
Aartselaar – 21 December 2010, interAct, the value division of Ingram Micro and specialized in data center solutions, today announced a new partnership with SonicWALL to become their Value Add Distributor in the Belux. This partnership will support SonicWALL's growth strategy in the Belux and will enable interAct to add technologies such as network security, next generation firewall leveraging application intelligence, control & visualization, backup & recovery, SSL VPN and email security to its product portfolio.
"As part of the ongoing evaluation of our distribution strategy, we have appointed interAct to help us become more present in the Belux market and to start building our market share in the data center space", said Dominique Honnay, Director EMEA Distribution at SonicWALL. “At a time when businesses need to make every IT investment count, we believe partnering with a value add distributor like interAct will enable customers to purchase a wider range of products, combined with true high quality marketing, sales & technical support and services".
While interAct is already offering a number of existing security solutions, this partnership is seen by the company as an opportunity to improve its positioning as a provider of security solutions in the data center environment by capitalizing on and expanding SonicWALL's market position as a leading security provider.
"We are pleased to be working with SonicWALL as one of its key distributors in the Belux", commented Rudi Lenaerts, CEO interAct and Director Value Division Ingram Micro. "We are committed to support our partners by offering them the solutions they need to compete and win new business in an increasingly competitive and highly technical market. Our broad range of marketing, sales, training and support services we bring to our partners will also further enhance SonicWALL’s positioning in this market".
ABOUT INTERACT
Founded in 1996, interAct is the value add distributor specialized in Data Center solutions. The company is the main distributor in the Belux for AppSense, Citrix, DataCore, Endeavors Technologies, IGEL, Immidio, i365, Lanamark, Marathon, Microsoft, NComputing, Platform Computing, RES Software, SonicWALL, ScriptLogic, ThinPrint, VASCO and VM6. Its services offering includes pre- and post-sales support, technical consultancy, marketing support and training.
Since September 2010, interAct is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Belgium, constituting a new leading Value Division on the market in Belgium and Luxembourg, and serving a network of more than 4500 resellers and qualified partners.
For more info contact interAct:
tel: +32 (0)3 870 60 20
marketing@interact.be