Privileged User Manager voted finalist in SC Magazine Awards 2010

Issued by Global Research Partners for SPI Group

Johannesburg, 19 Jul 2010

SPI, the African distributor for utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry, including Privileged User Manager (PUM), from Applecross Technologies, today announced that the latter's software had been chosen by a panel of industry experts as a finalist in the Best Identity and Access Management Solution category for the SC Magazine Awards 2010 Europe.

PUM provides users with the first, commercial-strength privileged account (super user) monitoring, management and auditing package for Unix and Linux-based systems, which is available at no greater cost than a supported version of an open source alternative.

Neil Chaney, CEO of Applecross Technologies, said: “PUM is doing very well in Europe with a number of major financial institutions, educational establishments and commercial organisations selecting it as their strategic solution. This recognition by the panel of our peers, who sit behind the awards, is welcome as further affirmation that we have the right offering at the right time.”

The software is offered on an annual subscription licence basis only, and the annual fee includes the licence, support and all upgrades.

For further information, please contact Chris Anderson at tel. +27 11 234 1560; fax +27 11 234 1387; e-mail chris@spi.co.za.

Applecross Technologies

Applecross Technologies, a privately held company, founded in 2005 and based out of Perth in Western Australia, develops and markets low cost, high quality security management software for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows systems. The software is supported worldwide out of offices in Perth, the UK and Seattle, USA.

SPI

SPI is a company that provides utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry. It is the sole sub-Saharan Africa distributor for USA-based FacetCorp; USA-based Innovative Routines; UK-based-Open Systems Management; Privileged User Manager from Applecross Technologies; USA-based Bottomline Technologies, the new owners of Optio Software; UK-based Xi Software. SPI is also the sales agent for UK-based Metron and develops some of its own software utilities to complement the overseas products that it distributes.

SPI has a wide and varied customer base and includes organisations such as Aspen Pharmacare, Johannesburg Municipality, University of Johannesburg, Metropolitan Health Group, Nampak, National Brands, Stellenbosch University, UCT and UNISA.

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