Palisade Systems Ramps up Channel Presence with an Expanded Palisade Partner Program

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Palisade Systems, the leader in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions for mid-size businesses, announced today the launch of a new Palisade Partner Program, offering higher margins and services with sales incentives, expanded sales and technical training, and co-marketing programs with account representation on regional levels. DLP is growing at a rate of 20-25% yearly, and as demand rises, Palisade is working through partners to deliver their solutions to the thousands of mid-size healthcare and financial services firms located throughout North America.

"We are committed to taking all deals through our Partners – 100%," explained Spencer Snedecor, CEO of Palisade Systems. "We want to deliver our solution to mid-market enterprises as they desire, namely though their trusted partner."

The program enhancements come as the company looks to expand its channel presence and grow its DLP business with its flagship PacketSure DLP solution. The program enhancements include sales, sales engineer and technical training, both online and onsite; co-branded sales and marketing programs and materials; tiered partner levels; online deal registration; a dedicated sales associate; not-for-resale (NFR) evaluation products; and a risk assessment program for risk-free evaluation on a customer's site.

New MSP SaaS Offering

In addition to announcing the expansion of its partner program, the company also announced separately today the launch of PacketSure SaaS DLP, which offers complete DLP functionality to end-users of all sizes and industries as a low-cost SaaS solution available through managed service providers (MSPs).

Webinar for Partners

Palisade is hosting a Palisade Partner webinar on August 17, 2011 at 2:00 CT to demonstrate their solution and discuss the details of their program. Perspective partners can register at http://palisadesystems.com/partners/palisade-partner-webinar/.

Partner Revenue Opportunities

While Palisade's PacketSure DLP solution is easy to deploy, partners can add additional value in customizing and optimizing the solution to fit the unique and changing needs of their customers.

"We're definitely seeing an increase in demand for easy to use and maintain DLP solutions," Snedecor said. "Users of all sizes need to protect sensitive client and patient data, and DLP has become a requirement for them, driving DLP growth."

About Palisade Systems

Palisade Systems, Inc. is an industry leader in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) market. Focused on delivering solutions for mid-size and small businesses, Palisade's patented DLP product, PacketSure, helps healthcare and financial organizations proactively secure sensitive and proprietary intellectual property from leaving data networks, defines and enforces access to internal network resources, and enforces compliance with federal privacy and industry security regulations such as HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, SOX and GLBA. Visit http://palisadesystems.com or call 1.888.824.0720.

Palisade Systems, Palisade, the Palisade Logo and PacketSure are trademarks of Palisade Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their registered owners.

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