Check Point Software Launches Distribution Marketplace Program

Check Point Software, a San Carlos, California-based cybersecurity vendor, has launched its the new Check Point Distribution Marketplace Program, joining with Arrow Electronics and Ingram Micro. The new program delivers enablement, marketing support, flexible financing and consumption models to partners, and builds on the Partner Growth Program launched in January.

“This new program further strengthens our commitment to helping our partners win new business and build even stronger relationships with existing customers,” said Frank Rauch, Check Point’s Head of Worldwide Channels.” We plan to partner with additional marketplace distributors over the coming months to extend the new program.”

Check Point’s ArrowSphere solution is one of the first product lines to be made available through the marketplace. In early September, the company plans to launch an extensive range of Check Point’s CloudGuard cloud protection and SandBlast threat prevention solutions concurrently in 14 European Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

“Cyberattacks continue to increase at rapid pace, and the situation we are currently facing has forced many companies and organizations worldwide to implement additional security layers”, says Eric Nowak, president of Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business in EMEA. “Following CloudGuard IaaS we are now adding more Check Point security products to ArrowSphere, helping our channel clients and end customers to manage the cloud easily and securely.”

Check Point’s CloudGuard and SandBlast solutions will also be available on the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace in the U.S., Canada and Netherlands, with further solutions being introduced over the coming months.

Channel Impact^®
Customers are increasingly using cloud marketplaces to get immediate access to solutions and consumption models that adapt to their business needs. They have also emerged as an important source of product access for partners.