KSS Technologies (KSS) has signed a partner agreement with Riverbed Technology, the performance company. KSS will resell Riverbed WAN optimisation and application-aware network performance management solutions in South Africa.
As Andre Maree, KSS managing director, explains: “Companies worldwide are using Riverbed performance solutions to overcome bandwidth issues, improve application performance, and understand how their networks are performing. By partnering with Riverbed, KSS can offer its customers best-of-breed technology that provides rapid return on investment (ROI).”
The Riverbed solutions will also enable KSS to strengthen its existing service offerings, and more importantly, develop new ones. These services range from network assessments, health checks, and installation and configuration, to ongoing management of customers' IT environments.”
“Riverbed is pleased to partner with solution providers like KSS Technologies, who have expertise in the region,” says Willem Hendrickx, senior vice-president sales for EMEA at Riverbed. “As a member of the Riverbed Partner Network, KSS will engage in sales, with marketing and technical support for Riverbed's market-leading WAN optimisation and application-aware network performance management solutions.”
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KSS Technologies
KSS Technologies specialises in the design, implementation and support of converged networking solutions. The company's head office is situated in Midrand, with support centres countrywide, providing a national support infrastructure. With a proven track record in the enterprise, mid-market and upper-end small medium enterprise (SME) market segments, KSS provides ICT solutions that integrate with legacy systems or builds solutions from the ground up through “greenfields” installations. Its approach, methodologies and solutions add unique business value by streamlining processes and eliminating redundant steps for clients within the public and private sectors.
KSS is committed to sustainable human resources and skills development through its continuous investment in highly skilled sales and technical resources, thus creating confidence in our business partners, customers and employees alike. KSS has been committed to true black economic empowerment (BEE) since its inception in 2000, and its BEE shareholding is currently over 50%. BEE executive management represents 67% of the board.
Certification and alignment with strategic vendor solutions empowers KSS to deliver business value to customers. Certification programmes assist to achieve consistently high levels of service and expertise. This commitment to empowering the organisation is reflected in its quest for certification. KSS received Cisco Silver Partner status in March 2000, highlighting an early dedication to delivering converged network solutions - now a key consideration for businesses eager to leverage the considerable efficiencies and returns that this platform delivers. More recently, KSS was awarded Cisco Customer Satisfaction Excellence, the highest distinction a partner can achieve within the Cisco Channel Partner Program.
In addition, KSS has developed its technical strengths by aligning and complying with standards from world-class vendor programmes, including: Expand Value Added Reseller & National Support partner; Citrix Silver Partner; Microsoft Certified Partner; IBM Business Partner; HP Preferred Partner (Storage & Networking); AXIS Certified partner; CommVault Gold partner and SLi (representing Lenel).
Riverbed (www.riverbed.com)
Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualisation, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimise and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organisation.
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