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CFI Partners

A key element to CFI’s ability to provide a one-stop shop for business IT solutions is our strong partnerships. Our vendor partners represent major manufacturers of computer hardware products and software application providers with a focus on best-of-breed vendors to support network and security solutions. CFI also has developed several strategic partners which are organizations that can provide consulting or installation expertise, which may augment our service areas to provide complete end-to-end delivery of certain specific solutions.

Product resale complements our consulting services. It does not drive our business. For this reason, our partners are carefully selected based on the superior solutions they offer to our clients today.

CFI is not tied to any of its vendor partners and, therefore, is always free to seek and develop the optimal solution for each client's specific needs.


  • Trend Micro is a global leader in network antivirus, anti-spyware and Internet content security software and services that focuses on outbreak prevention and on providing customers with a comprehensive approach to managing the outbreak lifecycle. By leading the migration of virus protection from the desktop to the network server and Internet gateway, Trend Micro has become synonymous with technology excellence and innovation.

  • Blue Coat provides a family of intelligent appliances that give IT organizations the ability to effectively secure Web communications and accelerate delivery of business applications. Blue Coat solutions combine to provide full network and application visibility with very granular control over WAN traffic, security and performance. Corporations can then deploy and enforce policies based on who, what, where, when, and how users and applications communicate with each other.

  • Blue Coat has acquired Packeteer, making Packeteer an official Blue Coat company. Packeteer has long been recognized as the market leader in application classification and traffic prioritization, while Blue Coat is recognized as the only vendor in the leader's quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for both Secure Web Gateway and WAN Optimization (2007). Packeteer's products complement Blue Coat's existing portfolio to provide customers with the most comprehensive platform for addressing branch office application performance challenges and security threats.

  • KACE™ is the leading Systems Management Appliance company. Our appliance-based approach to managing desktops, laptops and servers saves time and money for systems management professionals and their organizations. The award-winning KBOX™ appliance typically installs in one day, at the lowest total cost compared to software alternatives.

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  • Dell listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. We offer a broad range of product categories, including desktop computer systems, servers and networking products, mobility products, software and peripherals and enhanced services

  • VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. VMware offers a wide range of award-winning virtualization products, from free software for virtualizing desktops and servers to comprehensive enterprise-class platforms for optimizing data centers and IT infrastructure.

  • When you need to grow your business, IBM System x can help you drive forward. IBM advancements in scalability, reliability and performance can help you create a dynamic, streamlined infrastructure so you can take your business where you want it to go. IBM wants to provide the technology that will truly help businesses innovate and thrive. They make that possible today and they have a vision and dedication to improving upon it in the future. IBM System x is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBM X-Architecture® – our blueprint for bringing innovation to x86 systems.

  • Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.

  • Microsoft is motivated and inspired every day by how their customers use their software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. The three core business divisions to serve customers are:
    • Platform Products and Services Division: Includes the Client Group, the Server & Tools Group, and the Online Services Group
    • Business Division: Includes the Information Worker Group, the Microsoft Business Solutions Group, and the Unified Communications Group
    • Entertainment and Devices Division: Includes the Home & Entertainment Group and the Mobile & Embedded Devices Group

  • TippingPoint is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems for enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. TippingPoint has been pioneering the IPS market since it launched the first network-based intrusion prevention system in 2002, and continuously leads the industry by being first to market with innovative IPS features such as Spyware protection and multi-gigabit throughput. TippingPoint is the only intrusion prevention system to offer VoIP security, bandwidth management, Peer-to-Peer Protection, and default "Recommended Settings" to accurately block malicious traffic automatically upon installation without tuning.
  • F5 - IT agility. Your way. [logo]
    Managing the delivery of applications across your entire IT infrastructure is a complex challenge. F5 tackles this challenge at its core, right where your network, storage, servers, and security come together, giving you strategic points of control throughout your IT infrastructure. Deploying F5 products at key points in the infrastructure gives you an adaptable and scalable foundation to address your changing business needs and IT challenges proactively and cost-effectively.

  • Mirage Networks gives you complete control over the endpoint devices on your network. Our solutions combine agentless Network Access Control (NAC) with award-winning zero-day threat prevention and automated policy enforcement. Network intelligence provides a unified view of endpoint activity and delivers powerful analysis of your network’s history and usage. Together, these features deliver the most comprehensive Endpoint Control solution on the market, offering security checks throughout the lifecycle of a device’s network access. Thousands worldwide rely upon Mirage to secure their internal networks and to protect their mission-critical data and thus, their businesses.

  • HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

  • In today's "always on, always available" world where businesses can't stop and downtime is measured in dollars, American Power Conversion (APC) provides protection against some of the leading causes of downtime, data loss and hardware damage: power problems and temperature. As a global leader in network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI) solutions, APC sets the standard in its industry for quality, innovation and support. Its comprehensive solutions, which are designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the manageability, availability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communications and industrial equipment of all sizes.

  • Ubistor offers online data backup and recovery scaled to private vaulting solutions, email archiving and a full range of IT consulting services. UbiStor is a customer-focused, solution-driven company. Led by Fortune 500 seasoned executives with over ninety years of experience in the data recovery business, UbiStor is a vendor-independent leader in disaster recovery planning and related services.

  • Websense products increase employee internet productivity and secure organizations from emerging internet threats by providing a proactive critical security component that complements traditional security solutions. Only Websense delivers flexible, integrated policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop. Websense has 42 million seats under subscription worldwide across all industries, in small organizations and large multinational corporations.