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Kiwi channel turns out in force as Arrow closes historic year

Over 100 channel partners turned out for Arrow ECS New Zealand’s end of year celebration drinks, marking a momentous year for the distributor. Following Arrow’s acquisition of Distribution Central, the distributor rounded out a historic 12 months with the support of key vendors, including Blue Coat (a Symantec company), Extreme Networks, F5 Networks, FireEye, Gigamon, NetApp, Palo Alto Networks and Pure Storage.

Kiwi channel turns out in force as Arrow closes historic year
IN PICTURES: Symantec names top A/NZ partners

Westcon New Zealand and Data#3 took top honours at Symantec's 2014 Pacific Partner Awards in Sydney, winning the Distributor of the Year and Symantec Partner of the Year categories, respectively. The firms were selected judged on overall performance in revenue growth, achievement of Symantec specialisation, joint marketing activities, program adoption, technical expertise and customer service excellence. Other winners included Ethan Group, Insight, Intalock, Insentra, and Datacom NZ.

IN PICTURES: Symantec names top A/NZ partners
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News about symantec

Newly identified Trojan targets healthcare sector

By Samira Sarraf | 24 April, 2018 14:54

Symantec has identified a hacker group dubbed Orangeworm that has been targeting the healthcare sector in several countries since 2015.
Tech giants unite in stance against government cyber attacks

By Reuters | 18 April, 2018 06:45

Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies announce joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks.
The Security-as-a-Service market hit $4B last year

By Julia Talevski | 28 March, 2018 09:00

Security-as-a-Service became a US$4 billion market in 2017, up 21 per cent thanks to the continuous adoption of enterprise cloud solutions.
One million Kiwis lost $177M to cyber crime in 2017

By James Henderson | 22 February, 2018 09:00

More than one-third of the adult online population in New Zealand was affected by cyber crime in 2017, impacting as many as one million Kiwis.
Symantec's revenue hurt by enterprise sales drop

By Reuters | 01 February, 2018 09:51

Symantec Corp's quarterly revenue missed estimates, hurt by lower sales at its enterprise security division, and the company lowered its profit and revenue forecast for 2018.

Features about symantec

Back-up market off to “strong start” as EMC leads Symantec

By James Henderson | 23 June, 2015 06:07

“The worldwide PBBA market got off to a strong start in 2015 with solid year-over-year revenue growth in the historically slower first quarter."
FireEye poaches Symantec and Juniper to bolster local channel ranks

By James Henderson | 17 June, 2015 08:17

“Today most organisations in the region aren’t prepared to defend themselves against advanced cyber attacks."
Datacom wins big at Symantec partner awards

By James Henderson | 28 May, 2015 05:10

“These awards are about recognising the tremendous contribution of the channel to Symantec and Veritas in this region."
Is Symantec selling off Veritas business?

By James Henderson | 15 April, 2015 03:03

Vendor distances itself from reports that it is being pressured into exploring the sale of its storage storage unit Veritas, for as much as $8 billion.
Businesses on high alert as Symantec reports “tactical shift” in cyber attacks

By By Randal Jackson | 14 April, 2015 14:00

"Attackers don’t need to break down the door to a company’s network when the keys are readily available."