Cloudmark Reaches 100th Reseller Milestone with Aggressive Channel Partner Initiatives
Increased Demand for Messaging Security Solutions Combines with New Reseller Tools and Incentives to Spur Rapid Worldwide Traction
San Francisco, CA — July 26, 2005 — Cloudmark™ Inc., the proven leader in secure messaging from the desktop to the gateway, today announced the signing of its 100th reseller to the Cloudmark Authorized Solution Provider (CASP) program. Cloudmark delivers its award-winning and collaborative anti-spam and anti-phishing solutions to resellers serving thousands of mid-market to large service providers and other organizations, such as ecommerce, financial services, government, and education. The latest additions to the program extend Cloudmark's reach to the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Scandinavia for a dominant global presence that includes North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific.
Cloudmark products are used by nearly 10,000 organizations and on millions of desktops in over 160 countries. The company credits its success among messaging, security and data infrastructure resellers to the growing demand for its anti-spam and anti-phishing solutions. The recently revised CASP program has been designed to ensure resellers high-margin sales and recurring revenue streams in a rapidly growing market. Key benefits include:
- Cloudmark Server Edition tools that allow resellers to leverage Cloudmark's high trial conversion rate by tracking and turning trials into paid installations, manage and profit from license renewals, and measure ROI and productivity gains in real time
- Powerful performance spiffs and incentives
- Advanced sales and certification programs to ensure success through expertise
- Comprehensive marketing programs
- Lead generation programs to ensure low cost of sales
- Co-selling with the channel
- Competitive discounts
"Cloudmark offers best-in-class anti-spam and anti-phishing products with its highly sophisticated technologies and real-time feedback from millions of trusted users," said John Papaioannou, president of PROMENET. "We chose Cloudmark products because of their effectiveness, ease of use, and because Cloudmark products can be deployed at any location on the network."
"Cloudmark products sell themselves," Mr. Papaioannou continued. "We simply provide our customers with a trial version of Cloudmark products, and after a short trial, they're sold."
Cloudmark's anti-spam and anti-phishing desktop-to-gateway solutions uniquely combine sophisticated technology with feedback from millions of trusted users to deliver zero-hour response to the latest attacks with near-zero false positives and minimal maintenance.
"Because spam and Internet fraud are global problems that show no signs of slowing, Cloudmark is committed to a comprehensive and innovative channel program to ensure high margins and unique recurring revenue opportunities," stated Cloudmark's vice president of business development, Jacinta Tobin. "Together, Cloudmark and its robust network of international resellers are providing zero-time protection with effective anti-spam and anti-phishing solutions and thus ensuring extremely high customer satisfaction and repeat business."
Cloudmark, the Cloudmark logo, Cloudmark Exchange Edition, SafetyBar, and SpamNet are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cloudmark Inc., for use in the United States and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
About Cloudmark
Cloudmark builds messaging security software that protects communications service provider networks and their subscribers against the widest range of messaging threats. Only Cloudmark Security Platform™ delivers instant security and control across diverse messaging environments, enabling communications service providers to create a safe user experience, protect revenue and safeguard their brand, while streamlining infrastructure and reducing operational costs. Cloudmark's patented solutions protect more than 120 tier-one customers worldwide, including AT&T, Verizon, Swisscom, Comcast, Cox and NTT.