
Westcon-Comstor to offer Proofpoint training to partners in Europe
Westcon-Comstor has been appointed as the first Authorised Training Partner in Europe for Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and compliance company.
This accreditation allows Westcon-Comstor to deliver Proofpoint-certified education and enablement services to channel partners and end customers throughout Europe. The training will be available via the Westcon-Comstor Academy, which hosts a range of technical programmes customised to partner requirements and supports multi-vendor solutions.
Training at scale
The new agreement means that Proofpoint courses will be fully integrated into Westcon-Comstor Academy's portfolio. This will facilitate a broader rollout of educational opportunities around Proofpoint products to partner organisations and their employees at scale.
Martin Flensburg, Vice President of Service Delivery and Go-to-Market at Westcon-Comstor, emphasised both the recognition of training quality and the intent to maintain high standards for partners and clients:
"We are thrilled to achieve this notable first with Proofpoint. Gaining authorised status underlines the unique, value-added offering of the Westcon-Comstor Academy and is an acknowledgement of the quality of training we provide. We look forward to repaying the faith that has been placed in us by providing channel partners and their customers with the highest standard of education and enablement across the Proofpoint portfolio."
Wider context
The role of Westcon-Comstor Academy has been steadily expanding. To date, it has delivered presales, technical, and enablement training to over 3,000 partner companies and more than 30,000 individuals worldwide since 2017. This initiative aims to ensure that partners have access to up-to-date product knowledge, accredited vendor training, and engineering expertise as part of their service delivery to clients.
Westcon-Comstor already delivers accredited training globally for several other cybersecurity vendors. It holds authorised status for all course delivery for Palo Alto Networks and Check Point Software, and is currently the largest Authorised Training Centre for F5 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company also provides accredited instruction on partner solutions for Infoblox, Extreme Networks, Broadcom, and others within its distribution portfolio.
Strengthening partnerships
The Authorised Training Partner status with Proofpoint is being described as a further step in Westcon-Comstor's efforts to enhance enablement services and deepen its long-term strategic relationship with Proofpoint. As a result of the agreement, partners will benefit from accelerated upskilling and easier access to Proofpoint certifications.
Proofpoint underlined its confidence in the collaboration. Kent Breaux, Senior Vice President, EMEA at Proofpoint, stated,
"We're proud to partner with Westcon-Comstor as our first authorised training provider in Europe. Their proven expertise in enablement, combined with regional reach and technical depth, makes them the ideal partner to expand access to certified Proofpoint education across the continent."
Westcon-Comstor and Proofpoint currently have distribution agreements covering a broad range of European markets. These include the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Netherlands, the Nordics, Italy, and Greece.
The expansion of Proofpoint-accredited training is expected to support ongoing education and certification needs for channel partners and customers in these regions. Westcon-Comstor's access to a diverse set of technologies and its broad distribution network form the foundation for delivering these certified services.