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Scality, a pioneer in cyber-resilient storage software for the AI era, announced significant growth of its global partner ecosystem, which has doubled in size year-over-year. A channel-first strategy fuelled Scality’s exceptional growth rate, with Q4 2024 alone seeing a record-breaking 60% of sales driven by the VAR community. Impressive channel growth Scality's VAR channel is now the top driver of sales for the ARTESCA product line, augmenting the continued strong business growth seen through its strategic alliance with HPE.  Coinciding with this impressive channel growth, Scality also announced winners of its second annual 2024 Partner Awards Program (listed below) that recognises partners in global regions that have demonstrated outstanding promise and customer engagement. Scality global partner ecosystem Scality global partner ecosystem includes a range of VARs, Cloud and Service Providers, hardware alliance The Scality global partner ecosystem includes a range of VARs, Cloud and Service Providers, hardware alliance, application solution providers and strategic distributors committed to delivering industry-leading, cyber-resilient storage backup solutions to customers worldwide. The unprecedented growth of the company is 100% directly driven by its partner go-to-market strategy, which includes strategic partners such as HPE and Veeam Software and now sees the VAR ecosystem playing a more prominent role in the company’s growth. Unlocking new revenue streams “Our partners are essential to our success, and we’re committed to helping them grow by unlocking new revenue streams,” said Eric LeBlanc, Channel Chief & GM of Scality’s ARTESCA Business. “With 400+ channel partners and over 1,000 Scality certified partner personnel worldwide, we empower them through innovation, simplicity, and partner-focused solutions." "Partners can sell both RING and ARTESCA, with ARTESCA specifically driving a high-velocity sales model for simple ransomware protection through industry pioneers like Veeam, making it easier to drive incremental revenue and pipeline growth.” Scality partner milestones Scality partner milestones that contributed to doubling the company’s qualified pipeline which resulted in record sales in 2024 include: The number of certified partners doubled in EMEA and APAC, significantly expanding the company’s global reach.  Signed 3 of the top worldwide distribution partners, including Ingram Micro, TD SYNNEX, and Arrow Electronics to bolster market presence.  The launch of the ARTESCA hardware appliance and the introduction of a Pay-As-You-Go pricing model through distribution created new revenue stream opportunities for partners. The Scality Cloud and Service Provider (SCSP) program allows partners to submit monthly consumption reports to Scality, enabling automated invoicing and streamlined agreements. Distribution partners operate this model seamlessly, ensuring efficiency.  Scality expands ‘channel partner of the year’ honours in 2024 The expanded list of partner winners this year reflects the explosive growth of the company’s partner network To showcase the exceptional results achieved by partners, Scality also announced winners of its second annual global partner awards program. Building on last year's initiative that honoured 10 global partners, this year’s winners showcase 22 out of more than 400 worldwide partners as either a Top Performer or Rising Star Award winner this year. The expanded list of partner winners this year reflects the explosive growth of the company’s partner network. Ten partners were named as 2024 Top Performers, demonstrating their strategic alignment to Scality’s go-to-market objectives and resulted in direct contribution to revenue growth through successful sales engagements Backup storage solution These partners also helped customers go beyond immutability to achieve end-to-end cyber resilience with their backup storage solution. Twelve partners received the 2024 Rising Star nod, showcasing an exceptional commitment to growth and innovation. These partners also implemented effective marketing campaigns that drove growth in sales engagement.  Scality’s disruptive product innovation Scality RING was recently ranked as #1 on the 2024 GigaOm Radar for Enterprise Object Storage Scality is the only 100% software-defined storage company pioneering the Gartner Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage for nine consecutive years. Scality RING was recently ranked as #1 on the 2024 GigaOm Radar for Enterprise Object Storage — achieving the highest scores across Key Features, Emerging Features and Business Criteria categories, well ahead of 17 competing vendors.  This market validation, coupled with Scality’s disruptive product innovation and partner-first growth strategy, has accelerated Scality solutions’ deployment, anchored by a growing list of global distribution partners and across a variety of industries, including banking, healthcare and government entities to name a few. Scality partner of the year award winners ACP Gruppe ATK (Kazakhstan) Bechtle Schweiz AG C-DATA CONVERGE S.r.l. DTP Group MONT Azerbaijan M2 Technology Inc. Perfekt Pty Ltd Trustteam Luxembourg

DigiCert, Inc., a pioneering global provider of digital trust, announced accelerated adoption of its Digital Trust solutions as the company closed a record total of new bookings in Q4 of its fiscal year as well as a record number of patents filed. Product innovation and key partnerships, coupled with the increasing demand for Digital Trust, were behind the strong customer demand. As the need for Digital Trust continues to rise – from quantum computing and connected devices to content provenance – DigiCert has accelerated its market position, driven record bookings, bolstered its executive bench, expanded innovation, introduced new products to market, and earned respected industry recognition. Consequences of innovation “While we experienced a lot of great momentum in fiscal 2024, we are even more excited about the opportunities we see for Digital Trust over the next 24 months as more and more organisations endeavour to become quantum ready, coupled with the growing need for trusted devices and content authenticity,” said Amit Sinha, CEO of DigiCert. “What we’re seeing is a crescendo of trust issues brought by the unintended consequences of innovation, and as a long-established provider of the foundation on which trust is built, DigiCert is well positioned to address these issues.” Key business highlights for FY2024 Closed largest bookings quarter in company history in Q4 Appointed Jugnu Bhatia as CFO and Dave Packer as CRO Published inaugural ESG report Signed new strategic partnerships with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, TD Synnex, and Deutsche Telekom Hosted first annual Digital Trust Summit in Vegas, where 300+ attendees convened to hear presentations from Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon Devices & Services, Zscaler, RSA Conference, and B. Braun, in addition to DigiCert’s executive leadership team Earned a Net Promoter Score of 76 Published 2024 State of Digital Trust Report and commissioned study on Preparing for a Safe Post Quantum Future Products and innovation Operationalized innovation and filed 32 patents, the most in the company’s history, bringing the total number of patents to 113 issued and 55 pending Launched DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager, which includes Discovery, Management, and Automation, breaking down silos of managing trust across enterprise and brings public & private trust together in a way that hasn’t been done before   Expanded the offering in DigiCert® Software Trust Manager to combine continuous code scanning with policy enforcement and monitoring necessary to secure software supply chains Introduced DigiCert Labs that included a free PQC Playground to allow the industry to test NIST-recommended quantum-safe algorithms Launched CertCentral® Europe to support customer requirements for data residency Introduced DigiCert® KeyLocker, cloud-based secure delivery and storage of private code signing keys to comply with the new requirements issued by the CAB Forum Expanded pioneering authoritative DNS network to include an additional point of presence (POP) in Atlanta, enhancing performance for customers in that region Executed various CertCentral enhancements, including webhooks to better support automated workflows, and hosting for Verified Mark Certificates and logo files to speed deployment and VMC renewals Expanded DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager support for third-party certificate authorities: Microsoft CA and AWS Private CA Industry and standards leadership Established the first unaffiliated root of trust for the U.S. EV (electric vehicle) infrastructure initiative (Plug & Charge) and ISO 15118-2 standard Eclipsed one billion televisions with CI Plus certificates in Europe Surpassed 180 billion DNS queries in a single day Completed EU Qualified audits and received certifications for CertCentral and the DigiCert ONE platform Accomplished first-ever DNSTrust SOC2 Audit successfully Successfully conducted 31+ compliance audits, pioneering the industry and showcasing commitment to global security and trust standards Garnered industry recognition including 2023 CRN Channel Chiefs, Top 100 Women in Security, and 2023 Globee Cybersecurity Award.

ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions, announces that it recently entered into distribution partnership with TD SYNNEX, a distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem. Under the terms of the agreement, TD SYNNEX will provide the full suite of ISS high-trust video analytics and associated intelligent hardware and software products to its extensive network of integrator customers across North America. Video intelligence-based products “TD SYNNEX allows us to bring our solutions to segments of the market that previously haven’t had access to video intelligence-based products, such as AI, analytics, and automated decision management,” said Matt Powell, Managing Director for North America at ISS. He adds, “More than just a distributor, they will become an important part of the value chain in delivering our solutions to their clients, from hardware to service. We are excited to further develop the relationship with TD SYNNEX in North America.” ISS and TD SYNNEX partnership Headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., and Fremont, Calif., TD SYNNEX has over 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries globally who depend on the company to connect them with products, services and solutions from a vast ecosystem of best-in-class technology vendors. Founded in 1996 and based in Woodbridge, N.J., ISS is the pioneer and leading developer of high-trust, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered video analytics with more than 30 patents and trademarks to its name.  Customer pain points TD SYNNEX is committed to uniting IT solutions that deliver business outcomes today and unlock growth" “ISS is proud to have partnered with TD SYNNEX in order to bring our high-trust video analytics to their partner ecosystem,” said Charles Vancheri, Associate Director of Distribution Partnerships for North America at ISS. “They will prove extremely valuable as they bring their leadership as a solutions aggregator to market in collaboration with the ISS offering. This partnership will facilitate continued growth for ISS into North America, effectively solving customer pain points, while providing world class support. I could not be more excited to see where this collaboration takes us.” "TD SYNNEX is committed to uniting IT solutions that deliver business outcomes today and unlock growth for the future," said Sandi Stambaugh, Senior Vice-President, Product Management, TD SYNNEX. "With ISS added to our portfolio of vendor partners, we’re able to bring a dedicated, high-trust AI solution that has the potential to make an impact across many industries, including our Smart City, healthcare and manufacturing verticals.”  Fourth distribution agreement This is already the fourth distribution agreement formally announced by ISS so far in 2023. In January, the company announced a partnership with Utilicom Supply Associates that will equip contractors across the southeastern U.S. with ISS solutions designed to address the needs of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) market. Earlier this month, ISS also announced partnerships with The PSA Network and Computacenter. To learn more about ISS and their suite of high-trust video analytics, visit ISS website or stop by and see them in person in Titian 2306 during ISC West 2023 next week (March 29-30) in Las Vegas. Users can also see their technology on display inside the TD SYNNEX booth (#30045) during the show.