{"id":791,"date":"2020-02-27T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=791"},"modified":"2020-02-28T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:24:00","slug":"sophos-shines-in-february-with-multiple-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2020\/02\/partner-program\/sophos-shines-in-february-with-multiple-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Shines in February With Multiple Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awards and honors are a great way to validate the hard work and new innovations Sophos offers, and February was a great month us. But don\u2019t take our word for it \u2013 the list of honors speaks for itself!<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex my-4\">\n<div class=\"mr-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2020\/02\/partner-program\/sophos-named-a-2020-crn-coolest-cloud-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-793\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Coolest-Cloud-Companies1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Coolest-Cloud-Companies1.png 571w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Coolest-Cloud-Companies1.png?resize=127,300 127w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Coolest-Cloud-Companies1.png?resize=435,1024 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mx-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/press-office\/press-releases\/2020\/02\/seven-sophos-executives-named-2020-crn-channel-chiefs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png 1141w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png?resize=171,300 171w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png?resize=768,1345 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png?resize=585,1024 585w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020_CRN-Security-100.png?resize=877,1536 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex mx-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelpartnersonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-795\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020-Channel-Influencer-Award_Org1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020-Channel-Influencer-Award_Org1.png 1181w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020-Channel-Influencer-Award_Org1.png?resize=261,300 261w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020-Channel-Influencer-Award_Org1.png?resize=768,884 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/2020-Channel-Influencer-Award_Org1.png?resize=889,1024 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mx-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-channelnews.com\/the-2019-reseller-choice-award-winners-for-canada-are-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-794\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/reseller-choice-award-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/reseller-choice-award-2019.png 895w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/reseller-choice-award-2019.png?resize=300,280 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/reseller-choice-award-2019.png?resize=768,717 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kicking the month off, we learned that Sophos was named <strong>one of CRN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2020\/02\/partner-program\/sophos-named-a-2020-crn-coolest-cloud-company\/\">2020 Coolest Cloud Companies<\/a><\/strong>. Sophos was selected for its innovation in product development, quality of services, and partner programs, as well as success in helping customers save money and maximize the impact of their cloud computing technology.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos then took home not one but <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/e-channelnews.com\/the-2019-reseller-choice-award-winners-for-canada-are-2\/\">two Reseller Choice Awards in Canada<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 one for Best Firewall, and the other for Best Anti-Spam Product.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just our products receiving praise in February. Seven Sophos executives were named to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/press-office\/press-releases\/2020\/02\/seven-sophos-executives-named-2020-crn-channel-chiefs.aspx\">CRN\u2019s 2020 Channel Chiefs list<\/a>,<\/strong> which honors the channel\u2019s best leaders for their influence with innovative solutions, strategies and partnerships. Named to the list were Mike Valentine, chief revenue officer; Kendra Krause, senior vice president of global channels; John Keenan, vice president, Americas; Erin Malone, vice president of North America channel sales; Scott Barlow, vice president of global MSP; Oscar Chavez-Arrieta, vice president, Latin America; and Allison Clarke, director of global channel programs.<\/p>\n<p>Further, both Valentine and Krause were named to CRN\u2019s elite list of the<strong> 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs<\/strong>. This was the seventh consecutive year on the list for Valentine, and the fourth for Krause, demonstrating their ongoing and evolving commitment to excellence.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of being influential: Sophos has been selected\u00a0as a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelfutures.com\/\">Channel Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelpartnersonline.com\/\">Channel Partners<\/a>\u00a0<strong>2020\u00a0Channel Influencer<\/strong>\u00a0awardee. We are being recognized as an organization that will have a significant impact on the information and telecommunications technology indirect sales channel in the year ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophos cleaned up on the awards front in February \u2013 find out which awards and accolades we took home this month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partner-program","tag-awards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/featured-image-champion.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}