Tech Data and OPAQ Sign U.S. Distribution Agreement to Provide Network Security-as-a-Service
September 11 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Tech Data was selected by OPAQ to offer its
cloud-based platform that protects the entire IT footprint
Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) today announced an agreement with OPAQ
to offer the company’s cloud platform, delivering network
security-as-a-service and hyperscale performance to U.S. service
providers. OPAQ’s Security-as-a-Service from the cloud is a rapidly
emerging area of security, and OPAQ’s platform protects an
organization’s entire IT footprint, including on- and off-premises
endpoints, mobile devices, IoT, dynamic multi-cloud architectures,
branch offices and legacy platforms.
The OPAQ cloud platform enables service providers to deliver
robust network security services in a simple, cost-effective and
flexible way to their customers from a single cloud console. With
OPAQ, service providers can monitor, secure and manage client
networks and deliver comprehensive enterprise-grade security. This
offering from Tech Data allows customers to avoid having to buy the
often-expensive security products necessary today, as well as
procure the hard-to-find resources to manage them.
“The addition of OPAQ gives our partners a powerful
platform—embedding security into a cloud-based networking
solution—to deliver true enterprise security over a private
network, quickly and cost efficiently,” said Alex Ryals, vice
president, Security Solutions, North America, at Tech Data.
“Combined with Tech Data’s best-in-class security offerings and
expertise, OPAQ allows our partners to easily wrap their services
around a cloud platform to deliver holistic solutions for
customers. Partners can combine the OPAQ cloud with their premium
services to generate additional value.”
The OPAQ security-as-a-service cloud platform provides a
high-value, differentiated offering that addresses a critical
market need and opportunity for Tech Data’s service provider
partners. In addition, Tech Data’s StreamOne Cloud Marketplace—the
company’s one-stop, end-to-end provisioning, billing and marketing
engine—is an ideal platform for security partners to promote their
businesses.
“Digital transformation is driving the need for network and
security modernization,” said Glenn C. Hazard, Chairman and CEO of
OPAQ. “This is an immense challenge for organizations, especially
in the mid-market. As a result, companies are increasingly
evaluating cloud-delivered security solutions and leaning on
service providers to help them secure their journeys to the cloud.
OPAQ is partnered with Tech Data because of its robust partner
ecosystem, extensive scale, market know-how and world-class
enablement programs. Together, OPAQ and Tech Data enable service
providers to take full advantage of this market shift and meet this
demand in a very simple, scalable way.”
For more information about Tech Data’s offering of OPAQ
solutions, email opaqUS@techdata.com or call 1-800-237-8931. Also,
check out a recent webinar from Tech Data and OPAQ, titled
“Hyperscale Your Services and Margins,” where viewers can learn
more about OPAQ’s security-as-a-service cloud platform and how it
enables channel partners to deliver high-demand, high-margin
security services without the need to invest in security
infrastructure.
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Wally Campbell Public Relations Manager, Americas Tech Data
480.936.2184 wally.campbell@techdata.com
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