Duo, a division of Sektor has partnered with Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company to distribute Proofpoint Essentials, its exclusively-built email and information security solution for small and medium-sized enterprises.
In 2022, Duo was appointed the sole distributor for Proofpoint’s enterprise portfolio in New Zealand and now, will collaborate with Proofpoint's dedicated Cloud and MSP team to foster a community of partners who can enhance market-leading solutions with their own expertise and services. This includes pure-play CSP and MSP/MSSPs, as well as VARs seeking to establish a cybersecurity managed service practice.
“Proofpoint Essentials delivers a comprehensive package for email security to our partners, featuring a robust product offering, a consumption-based pricing model, and a low total cost of ownership. These attributes make it a compelling suite for any MSP seeking to enhance or augment their current service catalogue ,” says Matt Geluk-Rowe, Head of Partnerships at Duo.
With Proofpoint Essentials, SMB customers have access to a native cloud-based enterprise-class email security, continuity encryption and archiving product designed for their needs, all managed in a simple and intuitive user interface. Proofpoint Essentials enhances emails security with advanced threat protection against phishing, malware, business email compromise, spam and more, leveraging Proofpoint’s enterprise security technology and infrastructure, which is used by some of the world’s largest and most security-conscious companies.
“Proofpoint is consistently expanding its breadth of solutions and will continue to innovate in order to meet the evolving needs of our partners' customers, enabling them to effectively address the threat landscape not only in 2023 but also in the future,” says Kris Hansen, Director, Cloud and MSP, Asia Pacific at Proofpoint. “Over the past year, Proofpoint Cloud and MSP have experienced substantial growth in our partner base throughout ANZ. We are thrilled to partner with Duo to further enhance our value-added distribution options in New Zealand and are confident that our partnership will bring significant benefits to the community by offering SMBs enterprise-grade cybersecurity protection.”
About Duo, a Division of Sektor Ltd
Duo is New Zealand’s largest dedicated cyber security distributor bringing best of breed and innovative solutions to the partner community. Having been in the cybersecurity market for well over a decade, Duo brings a depth of expertise and experience which has helped it support the industry to advance New Zealand’s security posture together.
Sektor, which acquired Duo in 2019, is a technology distribution group helping customers build innovative and efficient solutions for the retail, networking, healthcare, mobility, security, ergonomics and cyber security markets. Sektor’s passionate, dedicated and deeply knowledgeable team are industry and technology experts, helping resellers build winning solutions for clients. Sektor is a New Zealand company with offices in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. With over 200 staff it is the largest value-added IT distributor in the Asia Pacific region. www.sektor.co.nz
