Help AG Achieves Diamond Partner Status with Palo Alto Networks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 28 October, 2014: Help AG announced that it has become the first Palo Alto Networks channel partner in the Middle East region to achieve Diamond Partner status. The IT security reseller was also recently named 'Partner of the Year - United Arab Emirates' by Palo Alto Networks at the vendor's 6th Annual NextWave EMEA Partner Conference held earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain. This is the 5th time in just 6 years that Help AG has won the prestigious award.

“Our success with Palo Alto Networks has truly been a remarkable achievement for Help AG. By combining their industry leading technologies with our unmatched local expertise, we have managed to create solutions that offer our enterprise customers the next-generation protection they need,” said Stephan Berner, Managing Director at Help AG. “Thanks to our Diamond status, customers can be assured that when they employ Help AG for a Palo Alto Networks implementation, they will receive the most professional and technically sound services through every phase of the deployment.”

The Palo Alto Networks enterprise security platform allows organizations to secure their networks, prevent known and unknown threats and safely enable an increasingly complex and rapidly growing number of applications. Help AG has enjoyed a long standing mutually beneficial relationship with Palo Alto Networks, having been the vendor's first Authorized Training Partner in the Middle East region and currently holding the position of a Palo Alto Networks regional Authorized Service Partner.

Diamond status is an elite level in Palo Alto Networks NextWave partner program. The qualification process involves a comprehensive evaluation of a partner's technical competence, install base, completeness of product offerings and commercial performance. Help AG has over 25 certified professionals ranging from sales-certified staff to security experts who have achieved the highest technical certifications from Palo Alto Networks.

Christian Hentschel, Vice President, EMEA Sales at Palo Alto Networks said, “Help AG has demonstrated a level of commitment and excellence to Palo Alto Networks that makes them a key partner for us in the Middle East region. They fully support our enterprise security platform and continue to deliver value to our shared customers. We congratulate Help AG on achieving Diamond status and look forward to continued mutual success.”

About Help AG
Help AG is a leading IT security solutions, services and consultancy company, founded in Germany in 1995 and active in the Middle East since 2004. A winner of multiple reseller, partner and channel awards, the company was even recognized in 2013 as one of the Top 100 SME businesses by Dubai's Department of Economic Development (DED).

Focusing solely on the security aspects of Information Technology and maintaining an unprecedented 80% of staff in technical positions has enabled Help AG to stand out as the region's trusted advisor capable of delivering the most complex and innovative IT security solutions spanning Application Security, Network Security, Enterprise Mobile Security and Next Generation Modern Malware Protection. This unmatched technical expertise has enabled Help AG to establish a dedicated Security Analysis division offering customers Security Review, Penetration Testing, Configuration Architecture Review, Vulnerability Assessment and Social Engineering and Exploitation services.

As a key player in the security arena, the company remains dedicated to raising regional awareness about IT security threats and trends and regularly conducts informative vendor-agnostic events such as its flagship Security Spotlight Forum (SSF) and CIO Circle of Trust. More information is available at: http://www.helpag.com

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