Mike Lyons Joins Avanan Team to Accelerate MSP/MSSP Channel

Avanan, the highest rated security solution for cloud-based email and collaboration suites, today announced the company has hired industry veteran Mike Lyons to manage the company’s expanding business through MSPs and MSSPs (Managed Service Providers and Managed Security Services Providers). Lyons joins the company to build on Avanan’s 3X growth year-over-year through this key channel.

“Avanan offers MSPs and MSSPs an unparalleled value proposition: a one-click, zero-touch deployment model with immediate protection for end users, combined with a rapid revenue stream for the service provider,” commented Gil Friedrich, Avanan CEO and founder. “Avanan makes it easy – a multi-tenant platform for service providers and OEMs was built into the product from day one instead of being tacked on as an afterthought.”

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Mike Lyons joins Avanan as Global MSP/MSSP Sales Director, bringing 20+ years of experience in selling IT security solutions through partners, via channels, and direct to public sector (Federal/SLED), enterprise and MSP/MSSP markets. “Avanan works closely with partners to build solutions that both meet business needs and solve very real and urgent customer problems. Avanan email security offers MSPs and MSSPs a solution that deploys easily, shortens evaluation/PoC times, and offers zero time-to-revenue, with provable ROI.”

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Avanan was named Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for cloud-based email and collaboration suites security, enhancing MSP/ MSSP offerings and differentiating service provider business by:

• providing a cloud-native solution that scans and protects email before inbox delivery
• keeping end users safe to avoid costly ransomware and risks to customer reputation
• offering one-click, zero-touch deployment – simple enablement in real-time and immediate end user value
• protecting customers from email attacks to reduce overall resolution effort, improving margins and highlighting value of provided security services
• featuring patented inline protection to cover O365 email plus leading collaboration tools such as OneDrive, Gdrive, SharePoint, Dropbox, Box, Slack and Microsoft Teams

Daniel Bender, CTO at MSP NetManageIT, commented, “Sales of Avanan email security are on an upswing. Our customers love how it works seamlessly with Office 365, eliminates phishing and other email-based threats. Partnering with Avanan is a great engine for growth.”

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