Zscaler added to CLICO distribution portfolio

CLICO is a specialized, value-added distributor that, since 1991, has been effectively introducing and promoting innovative solutions from global market leaders in Poland and other countries across Central and Eastern Europe. In the third quarter of 2024 year, CLICO has signed an agreement with Zscaler to market and distribute the global cloud native security platform Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ in Eastern Europe. The highly integrated cloud platform provides customers best in class cybersecurity and data protection and enables secure transformation for the cloud world. It reduces the attack vector of organizations by directly connecting user to applications without placing them in the network and at the same time reduces cost and complexities of traditional security infrastructures.

“Customers are searching for solutions that guarantee acceleration of the digital transformation so that they can be more efficient, safe and agile. Zscaler platform focuses on the Zero Trust concept, eliminating the need for traditional VPNs and enabling secure access to websites and cloud applications. The American company Zscaler delivers cloud security solutions according to the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) model. Therefore we are very excited to announce our mutual cooperation beginning third quarter of 2024” – comments Bartosz Winiarski, Sales Director at CLICO Group.

"Expansion into Eastern Europe requires a distribution partnership that can offer superior technology knowledge, premier professional services and a trusted partner network. CLICO can deliver all of this and more including superior support, finance and consumption models that our partners and customers can rely upon. This is why Zscaler has chosen CLICO to expand and accelerate our go to market across the region and we are looking forward to bring the partnership to live, " said Xavier Duyck, Area Vice President Northern and Eastern Europe at Zscaler.

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest security cloud that delivers comprehensive security for users, devices, workloads and applications. The platform is built on the principle of least-privileged access to establish trust based on user identity and context—including location, device, application, and content—and then creates secure, direct user-to-app, app-to-app, and machine-to-machine connections. The cloud-native platform processes over half a trillion transactions and health performance and security metrics every day. It processes the most daily transactions in the industry allowing Zscaler to extract security signals that are constantly analyzed by AI models to better understand the evolving threat landscape to offer the best protection to our customer base. 

"We are excited to partner with CLICO as an authorized distributor of Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange platform in Europe,” said Phanneth Wood, Vice President, Global Distribution at Zscaler. “As we continue to expand our presence in Central and Eastern Europe, Zscaler's partnership with distributors like CLICO is crucial in ensuring our growing customer base has the support needed to strengthen their Zero Trust strategies."

The distribution agreement with CLICO is valid across Central and Eastern Europe and CIS countries, including: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

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