Symantec Partner Engage 2016 Upholds Commitment to Define the Future of Cyber Security

Recognizes 2016 Blue Coat and Symantec regional partner award winners at its first combined partner event

After accelerating its commitment to define the future of cyber security with the recent acquisition of Blue Coat, Symantec Corp., held its Symantec Partner Engage 2016 Conference in Tokyo, Japan, marking the company’s first public appearance as a combined organisation in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).

With the aim to excite and engage its partner community about a new era for Symantec, the Partner Engage 2016 Conference was attended by approximately 200 most valued and strategic partners from across the APJ region.

“The Symantec and Blue Coat combination is an exciting opportunity for the security industry, and particularly for our partners who have consistently played a strategic role in providing value to customers and driving business success across the Asia Pacific and Japan region,” said Sanjay Rohatgi, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, Symantec. “We are the industry’s largest pure play cyber security company. With our increased scale, portfolio and resources, partners can now look to Symantec as a single strategic source for integrated solutions across endpoints, cloud and infrastructure to help defend against sophisticated attacks and create a stronger, more cost-efficient security posture.”

A key highlight of the event was the Partner Awards which recognise and honour the commitment and dedication of Symantec and Blue Coat partners who have demonstrated innovative delivery of services and solutions to customers during the past year. The winners were selected based on criteria such as innovation, overall performance in revenue, deal registration, technical and marketing investments, customer service excellence and certification.

“Ingram Micro is honoured to receive this prestigious award. Symantec has always been an important security vendor for us and our partnership has grown from strength to strength over the years. Apart from a robust partnership in the traditional domain, our upcoming cloud collaboration holds great mutual promise.  I have no doubt that with the combined strength of Symantec and Bluecoat, we have exciting times ahead.” said Michael Zilis, Executive Vice President and Group President, Asia Pacific, Ingram Micro.

"Recognition from Symantec is a testament of our capabilities to deliver best-in class solutions.  The association of Blue Coat and Symantec is reassuring as it will re-define the future of cyber security and enable us to provide our customers with the next-generation of cyber security solutions. Security forms the bulwark of our business portfolio and we hope to grow with them from strength to strength in the years to come,” said D Venkatesh, Director at Softcell Technologies Limited.

The Symantec APJ Partner Awards include three APJ award categories and six regional awards. The winners for 2016 include:

Symantec

APJ GSI Partner of the Year: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

APJ Distributor of the Year: Ingram Micro Asia Pacific

APJ Partner of the Year- Innovation: HCL Technologies

Regional Partner of the Year:

ASG Group, Pacific; Amidas Hong Kong Limited, Greater China Region;  Imperium Solutions Pte Ltd., ASEAN; ESCARE, Korea; Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Japan, and Softcell Technologies, India.

Blue Coat

APJ GSI Partner of the Year: Dimension Data APJ

APJ Distributor of the Year: MTech Holdings Pte Ltd.

APJ MSP of the Year: Telstra Australia

Regional Partner of the Year:

Arrow ECS Australia, Pacific; Beijing JN TASS Information Technology Co Ltd, Greater China Region; Nexus Technology, ASEAN; EDEN T&S, Korea; Macnica Networks, Japan, and Meta Infotech, India.

"Our partners play a critical role in driving business success and contributing positively to customers across the Asia Pacific and Japan region and I am looking forward to embarking on a journey to define the future of cyber security, together with our partners,” said Edwin Yeo, Vice President of Channels and Commercial  for Asia Pacific and Japan, Symantec. “Many congratulations to all our award winning partners. I am confident the new Symantec will provide our partners with more opportunities to innovate and accelerate growth in 2017 and beyond.”