Check Point Software Technologies Limited, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has entered into partnership with five leading IT firms in Nigeria as reseller partners of Check Point’s security solutions.
The companies are Computer Warehouse Group, Dimension Data, iTeco, Jetlink and Resourcery.
This partnership with leading local IT firms is to strengthen Check Point’s activities and penetration into the Nigerian market and enable the partners offer their clients Check Point’s security solutions as a part of their total solutions for networks.
Shmuel Agi, Regional Director of the Middle East and Africa at Check Point Software Technologies said the company’s intention is to bring the Nigerian IT security market to the next level and to fulfill the increasing demand of sophisticated security solutions and IT infrastructure.
“In order to accomplish these goals we have collaborated with five new experienced partners to reinforce Check Point’s presence in Western Africa. Our new partners cover all market sectors in Nigeria and have the ability to enhance local support and to deliver optimum customer services” said Agi.
He added that “We see tremendous business prospects in the Nigerian market, presenting a significant and untapped development potential for Check Point across our product lines. We look forward to further developing our customer base, mainly across the finance, oil and gas, telco, information communications technology and governmental sectors.”
“As Check Point’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria, we believe that our mission is to offer a total solution to the Nigerian market, from SMB to enterprise solutions. In addition, we intend to keep investing in training both partners and clients as we believe that the IT security know-how should be available locally, with minimum dependency on offshore professional services. We believe that this is the key to success in the IT security arena and we intend to bring the local know-how and services to a new level,” said Nir Kunik, CEO, DataGroupIT, Check Point’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria.
The five partners have attained tremendous growth through strategic alliances and partnerships with world-class organizations to ensure quality of service that exceed customer’s expectations.
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