OREANDA-NEWS. March 10, 2010. AZEL – a leading provider of information technology solutions - has deepened its level of technical expertise with Symantec and first in Azerbaijan gained Symantec Gold Partner status. Obtained status confirms professionalism of AZEL specialists when delivering and implementing Symantec data loss protection, backup/ recovery, antivirus and antispam solutions to the customers.

“Symantec Gold Partner status guarantees great expertise of AZEL certified specialists in building of the effective IT infrastructure based on Symantec solutions. Our experts understand how best to utilize Symantec's technology to help businesses reduce risk, ensure compliance, and protect their brand and intellectual property. New certification will enable us to deliver even more value to those clients who are struggling with the challenges of protecting confidential data or improving their backup processes”, – has noted Igor Yakovenko Chairman of Supervisory Board, AZEL. 

“Symantec Company’s success depends on success of our partners. So why we try to achieve maximum effectiveness in work with our partners, - added Alexander Yakunin, Sales Manager of Symantec in Middle Asia, Kazakhstan and Caucasus. – Obtaining of the new partner status demonstrates not only professionalism of AZEL Company’s specialists and successful experience in implementation of Symantec solutions, but increasing activity and high potential for  further development of our joint business relationship as well”.

Symantec Gold Partner status is assigned to the partners specializing in implementation of Symantec solutions for automation, IT management, data loss protection, with a number of qualified and certified specialists in staff able to provide high level services.

Comparing to the base statuses Symantec Gold Partners have access to new technologies, information sources and technical support, which means better qualification, product knowledge and improving services offered to customers. Symantec Gold Partners are experts in delivering Symantec solutions to their customers and have a high measurable level of customer satisfaction. Gold Partners enjoy enhanced benefits plus access to internal Symantec resources complementing the wealth of available sales and marketing information, tools, and support.