Image Gallery: Dell Security Peak16

Nearly 750 attendees, including 216 preferred partners and 135 premier partners, participated in this week’s Dell Security Peak16 conference in Las Vegas.

This year’s event included announcements and discussions regarding SonicWALL becoming an independent company apart from Dell, and what it will mean for partners. The conference included main stage presentations, education sessions, the Solutions Expo, partner awards and entertainment.

Channel Partners was there! Click through our image gallery for highlights and for more details about the event.

Curtis Hutcheson, Dell SonicWALL’s vice president and general manager, talks about SonicWALL’s upcoming independence.

Hutcheson, talking about SonicWALL’s new private-equity firm investors, said, “They know security and they view us as a crown jewel, and they want us to be completely independent,” he said. “They are long-term buyers and they know our space … they’re really bullish on your story. You’ll see us move faster, you’ll see us under pressure … we’ve got to continue growing in North America.”

Click here to read more about what Hutcheson had to say.

Steve Pataky, Dell SonicWALL’s vice president of worldwide sales, shared details about the Secure First Partner Program.

It will include a “renewed emphasis” on supporting MSPs, he said.

“There are so many VARs that offer some level of managed service,” he said. “They absolutely deliver in a monthly recurring revenue fashion security services to their customer. And I think as we separate and become dedicated to SonicWALL, that’s another major area of focus that we can fortify.”

Learn more about the SonicWALL partner program here.

Patrick Sweeney, Dell SonicWALL’s vice president of product management and marketing, talks about changes ahead.

As an “independent company, completely focused on security,” SonicWALL and its partners will be better able to increase market share across all enterprise categories, Sweeney told the crowd.

You can read more about SonicWALL’s future plans – post Dell – here.

Patrick Sweeney unveils SonicWALL’s new logo.

Patrick Sweeney and Boris Yanovsky, Dell SonicWALL’s vice president of development engineering and CTO security solutions, talk on stage about the Cloud GMS offering.

Delivered to partners as a low-cost monthly subscription based on the number of firewalls under management, SonicWALL Cloud GMS allows partners to “deliver high caliber SonicWALL security to their customers,” the company said.

“The SonicWALL Cloud GMS solution will help our partners simplify management while improving network security,” said Sweeney.

Learn more about Cloud GMS here.