Hornetsecurity Expands in APAC and EMEA

• Signings cover expansion in Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Czech Republic, Gulf States, Emirates, Middle East,North Africa, Cyprus and Turkey.
• Expansion provides improved backup and recovery services increasing the use of 365 Total Protection suiteand 365 Total Backup from Hornetsecurity.
• Email cloud security and compliance added to mix in APAC with the expansion of Datastor Australia’s portfolio.

Email security and backup provider Hornetsecurity, Inc. announced a push into several different regions across the world, with the signing of new distributors and partnerships, expanding presence in Europe, US and LATAM.

In the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, the signing of distributors Wordtext Systems, Inc. (WSI) and S2 will see Hornetsecurity’s capabilities support more businesses in limiting cybersecurity issues. emt Distribution FZ-LLC (EMT) have been appointed as distributors of Hornetsecurity solutions in the Middle East. In Eastern Europe, software distributors ed&r Polska Sp. z o.o. in Poland and PB Com, spol. s r.o. in the Czech Republic have been selected due to their Microsoft presence. In Australia, Datastor Pty Limited has expanded its portfolio from Altaro backup solutions for Microsoft 365 to the range of Hornetsecurity cyber solutions, adding email cloud security and compliance into the mix.

These agreements, covering more than 10 countries, will take Hornetsecurity’s 365 Total Protection suite and 365 Total Backup deeper into their respective Microsoft communities.

Colin Wright, VP, ROW, Hornetsecurity, commented: “In signing these agreements, we have made a significant expansion commitment into APAC and Eastern Europe. Microsoft retains significant dominance in the region, so it makes sense that our complementary next-gen email security, backup and compliance solutions should grow alongside as the number one third-party provider. To date, we’ve focused largely on Western Europe and the Americas, but now we have a dedicated team to roll out Hornetsecurity into APAC and we are finding initial demand really exciting.“

Hazel Escanlar, GM WSI, commented: “We’re one of the leading distributors in the Philippines, and we’ve taken the decision to expand our cybersecurity portfolio with Hornetsecurity because of its alternate stance on becoming the number one end-to-end supplier of cybersecurity and set-and-forget backups for Microsoft for SMBs, and all controlled from one easy-to-use control panel for those offering managed services. With Hornetsecurity, it’s all about convenience and flexibility to give MSPs peace of mind while reducing their demands on time.“

From a partner perspective, 365 Total Backup enables MSPs and VARs to provide backup and recovery services for Microsoft 365 mailboxes, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. They can take backups and manage them through a multi-tenant, cloud-based control panel. 365 Total Protection Enterprise Backup combines this functionality with email security that protects vs. spam, viruses, phishing and ransomware; as well as providing Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), email signatures and disclaimers, automated email continuity and legally compliant email archiving.

Daniel Hofmann, CEO, Hornetsecurity, explained: “Through these new appointments, we can offer a great market opportunity to more partners globally. They can now bring their customers to Microsoft 365 in a secure, safe and compliant mode, through our next-gen solutions. We also provide them with the unique benefit of being able to backup the data shared via User Chats in Microsoft Teams as well as Group Channel Conversations, something other vendors are not able to do. This strong market position gives our partners a compelling advantage.“