CHICAGO, October 24, 2024
AVANT, a platform for IT decision-making and the nation’s premier Technology Services Distributor (TSD), today announced it was recognized as the 2024 Cato Networks TSD Partner of the Year. AVANT was honored during the Americas Partner Awards ceremony at the 2024 Cato Networks Americas Partner Summit in Las Vegas.
Widely known for empowering the Trusted Advisor to navigate the evolving technology landscape, AVANT leverages a deep bench of subject matter experts, training resources, and sales enablement support teams to deliver outstanding business results. These, along with AVANT Analytics, a division of AVANT that focuses on market research of today’s most disruptive technologies, and PATHFINDER, its industry-leading technology sales platform, help Trusted Advisors optimize the customer experience and drive innovation.
“The Cato SASE Cloud Platform meets the demand we are seeing from our customers for a simpler, more consolidated approach to their cybersecurity technology stack, one that also promotes business resiliency,” said Chip Hoisington, Vice President of Engineering for Connectivity, Colo & Wireless at AVANT. “By converging security and networking in a single, cloud-native platform, Cato simplifies digital security, enabling businesses to not only survive but also thrive amid increasing and more pervasive cyber threats. Together with Cato, we are establishing a robust collaboration to empower our Trusted Advisors to expand their security practices, connect their customers with the right solutions, and align their sales strategies as the market evolves.”
“As the SASE leader and a partner-first company, Cato Networks is committed to empowering the channel community to be in the best position to win and retain SASE customers,” said Frank Rauch, Global Channel Chief at Cato Networks. “Partners drive our success, and it’s important that we recognize them for their accomplishments this year. Congratulations to AVANT for being named the 2024 Cato Networks TSD Partner of the Year. Together, we are redefining the IT security market with SASE.”
The Americas Partner Awards celebrate partners demonstrating commitment to Cato customers, innovation using Cato products, and outstanding business results. The full list of winners can be found here.
About AVANT
AVANT is a platform for IT decision-making and the nation’s premier distributor for next-generation technologies. AVANT provides unique value to its extensive network of Trusted Advisors with original research, channel sales assistance, training, and tools to guide decision-making around IT services that promote business growth. From complex cloud designs to global wide-area network deployments to the latest in security services, AVANT sets the industry standard in enabling its partners and clients to make
intelligent, data-driven decisions about services, technology and cost-effective communications. For more information, visit www.goavant.net, or connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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