Johannesburg, 03 Dec 2012
CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies is set to expand its partner base in Australia and enhance its capabilities in the mid-market, through an alliance with RadixCloud.
RadixCloud Australia (RCA) will leverage extensive local and international experience in deploying new and existing software applications into cloud infrastructure using the CA AppLogic platform. RCA provides a range of professional services including integration, support and ad-hoc problem management as well as hosting and application deployment in the cloud and on-premises.
Radix International is a key CA AppLogic partner in the US, Europe and China as a value-added services provider, and has replicated that model in Australia in the face of strong demand for CA AppLogic deployment skills in the region, he said.
Radix CEO, David Coriveau, says: "CA Technologies has developed significant demand, technical expertise and market intelligence in the use of the CA AppLogic platform to deploy ISV and corporate solutions onto cloud infrastructure."
Coriveau notes that Radix is a global player with an established presence on four continents. "We would like to expand on this by adding an African footprint," Coriveau confirms.
CA Technologies Australia and New Zealand Senior Channel Director, Klasie Holtzhausen, says partnering with RadixCloud in Australia will help expand CA Technologies partner base and capabilities for the mid-market. "There has been a lot of enthusiasm from Australian ISVs and corporate customers to embrace the business benefits derived from deploying infrastructure as a service and software as a service solutions, but it takes time and it takes technical expertise that is not always available.
"By offering a broad tool-kit of consulting, deployment, hosting and management services based on CA AppLogic technology, we enable local ISVs to deploy cloud solutions much quicker and more efficiently, without needing to significantly re-code or change their applications. By using our services, we can help those ISVs achieve far better commercial outcomes than they would be able to derive themselves," says Holtzhausen.
Gareth James, cloud solution strategist, CA Southern Africa, notes these developments may translate into opportunity for South African cloud providers.
James says RadixCloud is actively pursuing partnership opportunities within the African market.
"I have been working with their engineers to create a local instance of their pre-packaged SAAS applications. I have seen how Radix can reduce complex Microsoft and Linux-based application stacks to simple multi-tenanted application appliances. I certainly hope we can replicate their EMEA and APAC cloud successes in the African market," concludes James.
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