Tag: Barracuda Networks

Integrity360 snaps up Caretower

Posted on February 25, 2022 by - News

More M&A action! Integrity360 has acquired cybersecurity MSP Caretower, as part of its cunning plan to create a £70 million-revenue business across the UK and Ireland.

For those not in the know,  Caretower offers managed security services, penetration testing, security consultancy and managed incident response services, working with an array of vendors including Microsoft, Sophos, Kaspersky, Check Point, Forcepoint, Barracuda Networks among others.

The business generated sales of around £28 million in 2021 and has offices in London and Sofia, Bulgaria.

Integrity360 is a Check Point, F5 and Forcepoint partner and claims that the acquisition will bring its group revenues to £70 million in 2022 and boost its headcount to more than 300 employees including 200 cybersecurity engineers, analysts, consultants and specialists.

All of Caretower’s employees will remain with the group.

SD-WAN will continue to evolve towards automation next year

Posted on December 18, 2018 by - News

SD-WAN will continue to evolve towards automation in 2019 predicts Dr Klaus Gheri, Vice President & General Manager of Network Security at Barracuda Networks.

Amongst his predictions for next year, Gheri said that migration to the cloud has become a megatrend. This has led to new requirements in terms of securing services and the required infrastructure.

“Star-shaped WAN topologies with central Internet access must be redesigned with regard to their compatibility with increasing use of cloud services – keyword SD-WAN”, he said.

Government and security companies will improve regulation in 2019

Posted on December 7, 2018 by - News

Barracuda Networks has been playing poker with tarot cards in the staff cafe and given ChannelEye its 2019 predictions.

BJ Jenkins, President & CEO said he thought over the next year is government and security companies starting to work together to improve regulations to protect companies and individuals.

“Time after time, organisations have shown they cannot be trusted with users’ data because it is not secured correctly and ends up available to be exploited easily by attackers.”

SD-WAN technology could be great for the channel

Posted on November 30, 2018 by - News

SD-WAN technology could be an excellent channel opportunity according to, SVP international, Barracuda Networks’ Chris Ross.

Ross said his outfit had been researching networking technology for the cloud – specifically, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN).

While speaking to end-users, Barracuda found some interesting insights into the EMEA channel community. There seems to be an increasing opportunity, as businesses in EMEA overwhelmingly turn to SD-WAN, despite a lack of education and skill.

EMEA businesses turn to SD-WAN despite a lack of education

Posted on October 26, 2018 by - News

Barracuda Networks has warned that EMEA business is boosting investment in cloud-friendly networking technologies, despite a lack of education and skill.

VP and general manager, network security, Dr Klaus Gheri’s comments are based on the findings of a study of 410 IT and networking professionals released today by Barracuda Networks.

The study found that 89 percent of EMEA organisations were either already using software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), a technology that helps users access the cloud quickly and securely, or are considering it

The biggest driver for implementing SD-WAN is to improve application performance between locations. The IT C-suite handles the most (28 percent) SD-WAN projects.

Eight out of ten EMEA organisations think that their SD-WAN solution has lived up to expectations.

The study also showed that EMEA lags behind the rest of the world in SD-WAN knowledge: only 32.7 percent fully understand SD-WAN, compared to a global average of 41 percent.

Generally, EMEA thinks SD-WAN has been overhyped, with over half of organisations thinking it is a buzzword and won’t revolutionise networking. This is higher than the US and APAC.

The number one issue for a third of those who have deployed SD-WAN was a lack of internal skill and understanding.

More than 40 percent think SD-WAN will replace MPLS. Almost two-thirds believe there’s currently not enough SD-WAN training in their organisation.

Gheri said that despite its success, SD-WAN education in the EMEA region leaves a lot to be desired.

Less than a third felt that they understood SD-WAN, falling far behind the US (57 percent ) and APAC (41 percent).

“While this may be more to do with hubris than reality, it’s leading to a lack of internal skill and understanding to deploy SD-WAN, which is highlighted by more than a third (34 per cent) of EMEA respondents as the main issue following its deployment,” Gheri said.

This research clearly shows that the new European data regulation has helped organisations in EMEA wake up to the reality of cyber threats, with many taking the plunge into SD-WAN as a result, Gheri said.

“It’s comforting to see that for many organisations, cybersecurity has become not only the number one focus for IT teams, but has also risen to a CEO level issue.”

Barracuda Networks revamps reseller partner programme

Posted on May 18, 2018 by - News

Barracuda-1Cloud-enabled security and data protection outfit Barracuda Networks has announced a revamped reseller partner programme in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, designed to reward partners’ investment and commitment better.

The revised programme includes revised reseller requirements for each programming level, a simplified discount structure, easy-to-use and simplified deal registration, better access to partner online training via the companies Barracuda Campus, access to marketing resources and programmes

Chris Ross, Senior Vice President, International Sales, said that the EMEA Partner Programme had been redesigned to reduce partners’ administrative burden and make it easier to quote for Barracuda Networks solutions. The revised programme lets partners of all levels to increase their margins and rewards partners for identifying opportunities for Barracuda products.

“As cyber security and data protection increasingly gain traction with customers, it remains a key area of growth for the EMEA channel. We are committed to working with partners in the best possible way for our mutual benefit, as the contribution of our channel in supporting our growth is crucial. We have two aims for the programme: for it to simplify doing business with Barracuda and to encourage resellers to make Barracuda their first choice solution for customers.”

The new programme will also help channel partners to invest in training, technical and sales competence, and business development to enable mutual revenue growth. Members of the programme get, it’s claimed:

  • Competitive pricing and quarterly business planning
  • Extensive training via the Barracuda Campus
  • Proven marketing support and sales enablement resources via the Barracuda Partner Portal
  • Technical and renewals assistance