Sophos Expands U.K. Marketplace Reach with New Distributor, Infinigate

OXFORD U.K. – May 2, 2024 – Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today announced a new distribution agreement with Infinigate, the leading technology platform and trusted advisor in cybersecurity, secure cloud and secure networks. As Sophos’ largest EMEA wide strategic distributor, Infinigate will be pivotal in expanding Sophos in the U.K., enabling partners and MSPs to access Sophos’ entire portfolio of innovative managed services and endpoint, network, email, and cloud security solutions.

Infinigate is a leading, pan-EMEA distributor specializing in total cybersecurity solutions and services. With Infinigate Cloud, which provides partners with an ecosystem of cloud, managed and professional services to keep customers secure, this distribution agreement will help drive Sophos’ growth and reach to new customers.

Infinigate’s channel partners and MSPs will also be able to leverage Sophos’ newly launched Partner Care programme, a new offering that features a dedicated, 24×7 team of Sophos experts who handle non-sales-related questions and operational support. With Partner Care, channel partners and MSPs receive support with administrative and operational tasks, so that they can focus on selling and securing their customers with Sophos solutions.

Justin Griffiths, MD of Infinigate UK&I, said: “Sophos is an important addition to our UK portfolio of cybersecurity solutions, complementing and further enhancing our offering, and builds on our 20+ years’ successful relationship across Europe. We are looking forward to supporting our channel partners and MSPs in taking advantage of this great growth opportunity by providing a dedicated team of Sophos specialists and an award-winning MSP platform. Whether partners are looking to grow their traditional Sophos business, or their secure cloud offering then our extensive dedicate Sophos team of pre-sales, post-sales, solutions architects, marketing and business development people will work with partners to leverage the double-digit growth opportunity in the market.”

Gerard Allison, senior vice president for sales EMEA, Sophos, said, “Infinigate has a strong track record as a pan-EMEA distributor specializing in total cybersecurity solutions. With a best-in-class cloud platform, this agreement will enable us to scale our operations in the region, offering greater support for MSPs that are looking to protect themselves and customers from ever-increasing cyberthreats. The availability of our portfolio of innovative solutions including the newly launched Sophos Managed Risk, a worldwide vulnerability and attack surface management service, will enable channel partners to offer multi-layered protection to their customers and scale their business.”

“At Sophos, the channel is at the center of our go to market strategy, and distribution is integral to how we scale and grow our business moving forward. Working with Infinigate in the U.K. supports this strategy, and I look forward to working with the team to expand our partner reach,” said John Mitchell, channel director EMEA North at Sophos.

About Sophos

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

About Infinigate Group

The Infinigate Group, the leading technology platform and trusted advisor in Cybersecurity, Secure Cloud and Secure Networks, covers over 100 countries. Growth is in our DNA, with a 15-year double-digit growth record; in fiscal year 2022/23, our revenue was 2.2 billion Euros. Our focus and deep technical expertise on cybersecurity, secure networks and secure cloud for SMB and enterprise set us apart. Our 1,250 employees provide locally tailored services complementing a robust central supply chain, sparking growth for our partners, MSSPs and vendors.

In 2022, Starlink, Vuzion (now Infinigate Cloud) and Nuvias became part of the Infinigate Group.

For additional information please visit www.infinigate.com