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Obscure Technologies partners with Arista Networks

Johannesburg, 30 Jul 2025
Francois van Hirtum, MD, Obscure Technologies.
Francois van Hirtum, MD, Obscure Technologies.

Leading South African cyber security specialist, Obscure Technologies, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Arista Networks, an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data centre/AI, campus and routing environments.

According to Obscure Technologies Managing Director, Francois van Hirtum, the company has acquired distribution rights in: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Arista Networks – headquartered in Santa Clara, California – has offices around the world.

The company is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ANET). The company currently has more than 10 000+ cloud customers worldwide and has deployed 100M ports. Arista’s prestigious list of customers include Fortune 500 global companies in markets such as cloud titans, enterprise, financials and specialty cloud service providers. The company delivers products across the data centre and campus with routing and software solutions for monitoring and network detection and response worldwide.

“Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility, automation, analytics and security through an advanced network operating stack,” says Van Hirtum.

He confirms Obscure Technologies is continually adding best-of-breed solutions to its stack. “Arista Networks is an important addition to our portfolio that positions us to address ever evolving customer business requirements,” says Van Hirtum. “This latest partnership with a global leader is in line with Obscure Technologies’ strategy of going to market with brands that complement each other. Artista Networks integrates with other vendors in our portfolio and is a significant addition to our offerings,” he concludes.

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Obscure Technologies

Obscure Technologies was founded in 2016 by a group of specialist security professionals whose combined IP and experience has been acquired over many years of working for, and with, global IT and security giants. We specialise in bringing world leading security solutions to market. Obscure Technologies operates throughout the African continent.

We remain at the forefront of world and local security technology trends through our strategic partnerships with leading vendors. Moreover, we deliver end to end innovative technology solutions to our partner community.

Further information: www.obscuretech.net

Contact: for further information on Arista and Obscure Technologies:

Calvin Wright, Obscure Technologies Vendor Manager: calvin.wright@obscuretech.net; M:+27 (0)721092396; L:+27 (0)12 941 2032

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