Program OverviewOverview: Iron Networks PartnerFirst Program

Working together to secure Microsoft-centric networks:
"Iron Networks is the first company to deliver prescriptive security solutions for Microsoft applications. The Iron Networks Series integrates Windows 2003 and ISA 2006 with Iron Networkss’ ONEface framework to enhance and defend the world’s most widely used business applications."
Billy Bath, Director of Business Development

Iron Networks PartnerFirst Program
Iron Networks’s PartnerFirst program differs from standard security appliance reseller programs in that it is designed specifically to aid integrators of Microsoft-based solutions in developing a security practice that strengthens its core Microsoft practice. Uniquely focused on securing Microsoft infrastructure applications, Iron Networks provides the channel with superior recurring revenue opportunities and investment protection from the acquisition of application-layer security knowledge. Iron Networks is committed to the success and business growth of every PartnerFirst partner. As a Iron Networks channel partner, you will bolster your solution set with the industry’s leading application-layer security platform, both to better serve your customers and establish a defensible revenue stream in a highly competitive marketplace.

Solutions overview:
Iron Networks has partnered with leading network security software developers, Microsoft and Intoto, to create the Iron Networks line of network security appliances. In addition, Iron Networks has partnered with Coyote Point to offer a network load balancer to complement the security product lines. These products will provide Iron Networks partners with flexible and scalable solutions to meet the security needs of their target market. Harnessing the power of Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 and Intoto’s Intrupro IPS, Iron Networks products offer a comprehensive set of application-layer security features to protect any enterprise that depends on Microsoft business applications. Iron Networks provides channel partners with three powerful vehicles to drive revenue growth:

• High-margin, point-of-sale revenue
• Recurring security assessment and maintenance opportunities
• Professional services revenue associated with the prescriptive security configuration of core infrastructure applications.