BlackSpider Technologies - Press Release - 19.10.04 BlackSpider Wins Vendor Programme of the Year at CNA Awards

19.10.04

BlackSpider Wins Vendor Programme of the Year at CNA Awards

BlackSpider’s partner programme endorsed by its partners and the channel industry

BlackSpider Technologies’ Channel partnership programme has been awarded ‘Vendor Programme of the Year’ in the Channel Network Awards. The award recognises best practice in the way vendors deliver services and products via the channel, as well as a commitment to channel partnerships. Nominations for the awards were made by channel partners, not by the vendors.

The criteria for winning the award was demonstrating support for channel partners in identifying opportunities and delivering solutions to meet the expectations of their customers. It was judged by a panel of industry experts.

BlackSpider operates a programme of support for resellers designed to make the sale of its service as easy as possible. The programme includes:

Partner Portal to request evaluation accounts; track licence renewals; view a customer’s MailControl configuration; and access sales and marketing tools. These include: price lists and proposal templates; competitive analysis; telesales calling script; datasheets and white papers on MailControl; customer case studies and references; and buyers guides and logos
MailControl Portal Demo to demonstrate how to configure the MailControl service and access performance statistics and management information
MailControl Service in a Box: a pre-printed license agreement, avoiding complicated contracts
Co-operative marketing fund and marketing support
Direct-Touch Team at BlackSpider to provide support on sales bids
Telesales team to run campaigns on behalf of resellers
Technical support which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Pricing that is calculated on the client’s number of active mailboxes and small business pricing for smaller clients; and discounts for multiple services / multi-year contracts.

All this information is provided in a Partner Pack at the beginning of the partnership.

John Cheney , CEO of BlackSpider Technologies, said: “The CNA award is made even more valuable by the fact that nominations are made by channel partners. Because our sales are 100 percent via the channel, investing in partnerships is critical to our success.”

The CNA awards were held on 14 October 2004.

About BlackSpider Technologies

BlackSpider Technologies (www.blackspider.com) is Europe’s fastest-growing email security services company. Its award-winning MailControl services give complete protection against email viruses, spam and inappropriate content.

BlackSpider uses a combination of the top security products on the market and its own heuristic software, to provide the most effective and up-to-date email security service available. Unwanted email is filtered at the Internet level and blocked from reaching customers’ networks. BlackSpider MailControl services require no hardware or software and are delivered through a robust global delivery network supported round-the-clock by Internet security experts.

BlackSpider delivers email content filtering services to companies including Atkins, Misys, Eversheds, Pinsents, Johnson Matthey, Companies House and Panasonic Mobile.

For further press information, or to speak to John Cheney, BlackSpider’s CEO, about this or other email security issues, please contact:

Emma Dunstone
BlackSpider Technologies
Tel: +44 (0)118 965 3700
Email: emma.dunstone@blackspider.com

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Press releases In the news Events Media resources Utilities Knowledge centre		19.10.04 BlackSpider Wins Vendor Programme of the Year at CNA Awards BlackSpider’s partner programme endorsed by its partners and the channel industry BlackSpider Technologies’ Channel partnership programme has been awarded ‘Vendor Programme of the Year’ in the Channel Network Awards. The award recognises best practice in the way vendors deliver services and products via the channel, as well as a commitment to channel partnerships. Nominations for the awards were made by channel partners, not by the vendors. The criteria for winning the award was demonstrating support for channel partners in identifying opportunities and delivering solutions to meet the expectations of their customers. It was judged by a panel of industry experts. BlackSpider operates a programme of support for resellers designed to make the sale of its service as easy as possible. The programme includes: Partner Portal to request evaluation accounts; track licence renewals; view a customer’s MailControl configuration; and access sales and marketing tools. These include: price lists and proposal templates; competitive analysis; telesales calling script; datasheets and white papers on MailControl; customer case studies and references; and buyers guides and logos MailControl Portal Demo to demonstrate how to configure the MailControl service and access performance statistics and management information MailControl Service in a Box: a pre-printed license agreement, avoiding complicated contracts Co-operative marketing fund and marketing support Direct-Touch Team at BlackSpider to provide support on sales bids Telesales team to run campaigns on behalf of resellers Technical support which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week Pricing that is calculated on the client’s number of active mailboxes and small business pricing for smaller clients; and discounts for multiple services / multi-year contracts. All this information is provided in a Partner Pack at the beginning of the partnership. John Cheney , CEO of BlackSpider Technologies, said: “The CNA award is made even more valuable by the fact that nominations are made by channel partners. Because our sales are 100 percent via the channel, investing in partnerships is critical to our success.” The CNA awards were held on 14 October 2004. About BlackSpider Technologies BlackSpider Technologies (www.blackspider.com) is Europe’s fastest-growing email security services company. Its award-winning MailControl services give complete protection against email viruses, spam and inappropriate content. BlackSpider uses a combination of the top security products on the market and its own heuristic software, to provide the most effective and up-to-date email security service available. Unwanted email is filtered at the Internet level and blocked from reaching customers’ networks. BlackSpider MailControl services require no hardware or software and are delivered through a robust global delivery network supported round-the-clock by Internet security experts. BlackSpider delivers email content filtering services to companies including Atkins, Misys, Eversheds, Pinsents, Johnson Matthey, Companies House and Panasonic Mobile. For further press information, or to speak to John Cheney, BlackSpider’s CEO, about this or other email security issues, please contact: Emma Dunstone BlackSpider Technologies Tel: +44 (0)118 965 3700 Email: emma.dunstone@blackspider.com Download this press release \| back to press release index \| top