BOSTON, MA and OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire) - Sophos will welcome hundreds of partners to its global Partner Connections Conferences -- to be held this year in Barcelona, Las Vegas and Pattaya, Thailand. Partners will have an opportunity to learn about the latest innovations in complete security and connect with both their peers and Sophos leaders.

The three regional partner conferences begin in May:

• Europe: EMEA Partner Connections 2012: May 8^th -10^th in Barcelona
• North America: Partner Connections Conference: May 21^st - 23^rd in Las Vegas
• Asia/Pacific: July 11^th - 13^th in Pattaya

"Our partners are the driving force behind our success and the annual partner conferences are an opportunity for Sophos senior leaders and channel teams to interact directly with them," said Mike McGuinness, senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations, Sophos. "We're excited to bring together our partners for these interactive events and to empower them with complete security solutions to further grow their businesses."

About Sophos

More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing complete security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage, and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs -- a global network of threat intelligence centers.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.