Quest Software, a leader in the application management arena, has named local enterprise solutions provider, AST Enterprise Solutions Management (ESM) as the sole distributor for its application management product offering in southern Africa.
With this appointment, AST ESM, a business unit of the AST Group, is well positioned to assist its clients in increasing the performance and uptime of their business-critical applications while driving down the total cost associated with running those applications.
Geoff van den Bosch, MD of AST ESM, said: "Apart from putting AST ESM in a strong position to compete against global competition, this alliance also has several benefits to our clients. By focusing on both the people and technology that make applications run, we can enable IT professionals to achieve more with fewer resources."
"We see a tremendous amount of value in partnering with AST ESM. Their considerable knowledge and expertise in the local market will assist both parties in making significant gains into the application management market space," says Martin John, Business Development Manager at Quest Software.
With comprehensive product families surrounding today`s core databases and applications, Quest offers solutions for Oracle, IBM and Microsoft databases, as well as leading business-critical applications, such as the Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel eBusiness Applications, mySAP.com, Microsoft Exchange and PeopleSoft.
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In just three years the AST Group has established itself as one of the leading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies on the JSE Securities Exchange. Its consistent creation of value for shareholders, clients and employees has resulted in a steady increase in monthly revenue to the R100 million plus mark. AST is now the fourth largest South African IT company by market capitalisation, and is one of the top 3 in terms of physical infrastructure (mainframes, servers, desktops, and networks under management) and geographical footprint with over 62 physical locations. Counting almost 90% of the top 100 JSE-listed companies among their clients, the AST Group services mostly large corporate and government clients, but they are increasingly offering their services to rapidly evolving Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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