BANGALORE- WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., a global leader of business security solutions launched its next-generation firewall (NFFW) XTM 2050 in the channel event held in Chennai on May 27, 2011. The event was co-hosted by iValue InfoSolutions, the winner of WatchGuard’s Best VAD 2010 and the Distributor with maximum growth across APAC in 2010. WatchGuard had also organized a similar event on May 20, 2011 in Mumbai for its Western Indian partners.

The glittering event attended by 60+ partners provided platform for iValue & WatchGuard teams to engage with partners and chart out plans for the New Financial Year with this addition of enterprise offering. Ongoing partner schemes for WatchGuard business was also highlighted by iValue during the event which added to the excitement of the evening.

“In addition to catering the SMBs, the introduction of XTM 2050 would help us to cater the large enterprises like BFSI, Telcos, among others. We are pleased to see such good response from our partners. iValue InfoSolutions have been supporting all our product line and I am sure they will also be working very closely with the channel community to promote XTM 2050 amongst the large enterprises,” commented Mohit Puri, Country Manager, India & SAARC, WatchGuard.

Last year, WatchGuard India witnessed tremendous growth and this year also the company is expecting the same trend to continue. “In 2009-10, WatchGuard India has grown 45 percent. Thanks to our channel partners across India, especially iValue InfoSolutions. Moving forward we are looking to build strong relationship with partners in India. We have been predominantly very strong in the SMB sector and with the Launch of XTM 2050 we expect to gain good market share in the enterprise sector as well.” said Lyn Kwek,Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific, WatchGuard.

Addressing the success of the event Sriram S, CEO at iValue InfoSolutions said “Launch of XTM 2050 addressing Enterprise space is happening at the right time when WatchGuard and iValue are on overdrive to grow the business on fast track for our partners”

Next-Gen firewall XTM 2050 has been made to safeguard and secure the valuable information of large enterprises while also addressing the factors like affordability and ease of use. This is a top of the line, multi-gigabit Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) product that secures corporate Internet traffic against hackers, malware, network attacks, intrusion attempts, data theft, and other cybercrimes. While doing so it securely connects offices, remote & virtual employees, and provides real-time & historical visibility in security and user events. The hardware in the NGFW XTM 2050 is with dual, hot swap power supplies, hot swap fans, and swappable NICS and hard drives setting new standards in the market.