DataTegra scoops Kaspersky Lab Enterprise Partner of the Year Award - second year in a row

Issued by DataTegra
Johannesburg, 15 May 2015

DataTegra scoops Kaspersky Lab Enterprise Partner of the Year Award for the second year in a row.

Specialist IT security solutions and service provider DataTegra has yet again achieved the number one Enterprise Partner of the Year in Africa with Kaspersky Lab, the first security specialist in South Africa to reach this milestone, for the second year in a row!

The awards ceremony took place at the Royal Livingstone Hotel in Zambia. Criteria for the award is based on corporate accounts, including the largest deal value size, as well as technical skill and certifications. Also taken into consideration is the level of skill solution selling on encryption, patch management, mobile endpoint and device management, as well as Kaspersky Security for Virtualization.

"We are overjoyed to have achieved the Enterprise Award with Kaspersky Lab and we are looking forward to continuing this very successful partnership well into the future," says Tinus Oosthuizen, MD of DataTegra. "Platinum is the highest status awarded to Kaspersky Lab partners, and recognises partners who are committed to selling Kaspersky Lab solutions, who meet their revenue targets, deliver top customer service, and show leading technical abilities. To have scooped the award for the second year in a row, truly shows that all our hard work and dedication to Kaspersky Lab has paid off."

DataTegra has been buoyant about Africa, and has been providing Kaspersky Lab's expert solutions to its African enterprise customers for several years, seeing a huge growth in African sales in the past 12 months. Achieving this top partner status has been the result of a lot of work and time invested in DataTegra's African customers, and its focus on security solutions by Kaspersky Lab.

"Kaspersky Lab's niche solutions have helped us to give our African customers peace of mind, knowing their data and businesses are secure," adds Oosthuizen. "In addition, we have illustrated our commitment to the Kaspersky Lab brand, through investing in our staff, and ensuring they have the necessary skills and experience to support customers."

"DataTegra have played a pivotal role in growing Kaspersky Lab into the enterprise market in Africa, and have invested many resources to skill themselves on all our advanced solutions. They provide their professional service offering and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business as a perfect fit for large corporate clients locally," concludes Riaan Badenhorst, Managing Director Kaspersky Lab Africa.

Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the world's largest privately-held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world's top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 17-year history, Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMEs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.co.za.

* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2013. The rating was published in the IDC report: "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2014-2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares (IDC #250210, August 2014). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.

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