Security and business continuity firm Stonesoft has appointed Cohort Technology as its second distributor to help it reach a wider reseller base in the UK.

Cohort Technology, whose key sectors include finance, local government and the NHS, will use a combination of partner and end-user e-shots, telemarketing, e-marketing and events to promote Stonesoft's portfolio of firewall, ISP high availability, SSL-VPN, IPS, VoIP, secure virtualisation and managed services to its existing customer base.

Managing director of Cohort Technolog,y Grahame Smee, said: "We're keen to grow the business in line with Stonesoft's expectations. We are planning significant amounts of marketing and lead generation activities and will pass opportunities back through the channel."

Stonesoft's UK/Ireland country manager, Ashish Patel, said: "Stonesoft has an aggressive sales plan for the UK and we were impressed by Cohort Technology's hunger, enthusiasm and drive to grow the business."