PM Tech Holdings, the software solutions development, networking and IT consulting group, is intensifying its activities on the African continent with the appointment of a Nigerian value-added reseller (VAR).
Megatech now represents the company in the region focused particularly on developing PM Tech`s markets in the petroleum, financial and telecommunications sectors.
In addition, PM Tech has an agreement with George-based Mid-Africa to distribute its solutions in central and eastern Africa.
"We`ve established a very strong foothold in west Africa over the past year with major contracts now completed in Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon," says Mike Leeuwen, director, PM Tech.
"Our consulting wing has been particularly successful in the telecommunications sector where PM Tech`s design, implementation and knowledge transfer capabilities have been much in demand in this rapidly growing sector."
Although PM Tech`s Microsoft consulting services division, PMMCS, can support all Microsoft products, it main focus is on server and back office solutions. These include: Windows 2000 Server & Advanced Server, NT 4 Server, NT4 & Windows 2000 Terminal Server, Exchange Server, IIS and Internet Related Products, ISA / Proxy Server, SQL Server and SMS.
"We`ve secured further consulting work in the pipeline in Nigeria and now, with Megatech and Mid-Africa coming on stream, we`re looking to expand into other markets with our powerful systems monitoring and database administration product suites," says Leeuwen.
PMOra Software, a PM Tech subsidiary, has developed a suite of tools to remotely monitor the performance of hardware, operating systems, the network, databases and applications.
"These are proving very popular in countries with limited systems management and IT skills resources as systems can be monitored remotely via the internet anywhere in the world. In addition, being a rand-based development these solutions are very cost competitive," he adds.
In addition to its West African operations, PM Tech is also very active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Swaziland and Botswana.
"We`re now targeting Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Mozambique, where there is increasing demand for our systems consulting work. Typically, we do the initial planning, producing an implementation road map and train end-users in the new technology so that they can take over once we leave.
"After that we support them via our 24-hour help desk. As we have our own remote monitoring tools, support is not an issue despite the vast distances involved and now we have a growing network of partners in the areas to provide support as well," he says.
The company is now looking to market its products globally, particularly in countries where skills are scarce or are looking for affordable solutions.
"Initially, we`re targeting South America, and have notched up some early successes. Like us, they suffer from currency fluctuations, but being a developing region, they have the necessary infrastructures to exploit the Web-enabled features of our monitoring solutions," concludes Leeuwen.
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