Accellion, Inc. Announces Further Expansion of Its Partners Program; Secure File Transfer Appliance Provider to Work with VARs, Channel Partners to Deliver Courier SFTA to growing number of customers.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Accellion, an award-winning provider of on-demand secure file transfer appliance and data management solutions, announced today the expansion of its Partners Program to offer Accellion Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance (SFTA) through distributors and resellers.

The Accellion Partners Program provides value-added resellers (VARs) with a proven secure file transfer solution. The program offers VARs extensive support services, including active sales training, marketing programs, and engineering assistance to sales engineers.

Industry response to the Accellion Partners Program has been strong, with a number of new partners signing agreements with Accellion. "Accellion provides a valuable solution that compliments our offerings, and has worked with us to penetrate and install the Courier SFTA solution in several petrochemical companies," said R.J. Dobbins, Strategic Account Manager of Secure Data Solutions, Inc.

"Accellion has structured its sales approach to support its partners instead of competing against them," said Jeff Laurinaitis, VP Business Development of RKON Technologies. "Their approach allows us to focus on closing important sales opportunities, including several successful installations in the legal and media research space."

"We want to be a 100% channel model as soon as we can and are actively recruiting new partners, particularly those with experience in email and security," said David Cain, Vice President of Sales for Accellion, Inc. "The Courier SFTA is a proven asset for VARs looking to add file transfer and email attachment solutions to their current offerings."

Please visit www.accellion.com for additional information about the Accellion Partner Program and Accellion's Courier SFTA solution.

About Accellion

Founded in 1999, Accellion, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit www.accellion.com or call [phone].

About Secure Data

Secure Data Solutions, Inc has helped clients with highly available and secure IT solutions while ensuring that the appropriate technology is provided without sacrificing business continuity since 1998. SDSI is headquartered in Houston, Texas and can be reached at www.securedatasolutions.net or by phone at [phone]

About RKON

RKON Technologies has helped clients align IT to business needs through consulting services, procure security solutions, and manage and support back-end operations since 1998. RKON is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and can be contacted at www.rkon.com or call [phone] for more information.