NetDefense has reported strong growth in the SME market since it signed an Oracle value-added distributor agreement last year - a move that has been timely given the current economic climate.
This is according to Roberta Carello, Director at NetDefense, a company that is focused on helping South African businesses successfully adapt to the changing IT landscape by fusing strategies based on the very latest thinking and best-of-breed technologies, such as Oracle.
“Information technology is a critical component for any company to succeed, but many SMEs have the perception that databases and business applications which are used by large enterprises are costly, complex and too expensive to maintain.
“Oracle, with its comprehensive range of technologies for mid-market companies, has proven that this is simply not true,” she says.
Oracle's mid-market offering provides scalable solutions for fast-growing businesses with limited resources, which integrate with existing industry-specific applications and hardware investments for a wide range of industries.
Industries include aerospace and defence, automotive, chemicals, communications products, education, engineering and construction, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, retail and transportation and travel, to name a few.
“What many mid-sized companies don't realise is that these best-in-class business applications enable rapid business process changes to meet their challenging business needs. The answer is to choose smart and affordable IT solutions that are easy to buy, install and maintain, but still give them the power, security and functionality of enterprise-strength systems, at a fraction of the cost,” says Carello.
She says Oracle offers a range of bundled solutions, such as databases, middleware, applications, analytics and content management to customers, which are tailored to their specific needs and requirements and built on open standards to ensure their investments are future-proof.
“Additionally, Oracle has also revamped its pricing structure so that companies can be assured that they buy only what they need. Often, companies are faced with a no-win choice: a scaled down version of an enterprise application that cannot support rapid business growth or is only designed for smaller businesses.
“What makes Oracle attractive is because it offers customer-proven applications that work well for businesses of any size. Its fixed price and fixed scope application approaches, using best practices, significantly reduce upfront cost and risk for companies, an aspect that resonates well in the current economic downturn,” Carello concludes.
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