Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky announces the appointment of rhipe as its Managed Service Provider (MSP) distributor in Southeast Asia (SEA).
As part of the deal, rhipe will offer the following B2B security solutions: Kaspersky Integrated Endpoint Security, Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud and Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.
Founded in 2003, rhipe provides licensing, business development and knowledge services that support services providers, system integrators and software vendors accelerate the adoption of the cloud by end customers. rhipe said it is continuing to expand its presence in SEA, as well as bringing new and innovative cloud products to existing partners and markets.
“Outsourcing cybersecurity is fast becoming a chosen road for Southeast Asia’s SMBs and enterprises alike to effectively secure their digitalisation efforts. We are excited to partner with rhipe to boost our MSP business in the region. Through this partnership, we expect to provide more partners with a seamless cloud business ecosystem, improved profitability as well as value-added IT security offerings and exceptional service, to help them beat the competition in our current crowded MSP market,” says Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky.
“Combining the extensive reach and technical expertise of rhipe with our solid reputation and quality enterprise solutions, we see this as a major step to help guard more businesses against cybercriminals,” he adds.
Kaspersky said its deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. Kaspersky’s IT security solutions have received multiple awards, with 400+ million users and 250k corporate clients receiving protection that is effective, usable and accessible.
Dominic O’Hanlon, CEO of rhipe said, “As one of the leading endpoint security vendors, Kaspersky continues to improve their market position with a comprehensive security portfolio of endpoint protection solutions. The addition of Kaspersky to the rhipe vendor portfolio helps us expand the security solutions we offer to our partners and their end customers. We are pleased to welcome Kaspersky to rhipe.”
Kaspersky joins other vendors that are part of the rhipe portfolio, including Microsoft, Zoom, Adobe, Runecast, Octopus Cloud, AvePoint, eset, Nerdio vmware and more.