Johannesburg, 12 Nov 2013
XON, the BBBEE South African ICT solutions business, has been awarded Elite Partner status by ADVA Optical Networking as part of the company's new Partner Ecosphere Program (PEP).
PEP provides ADVA Optical Networking's partners with a comprehensive suite of tools designed to help expand their business and ensure the highest quality support for end-customers. These services include ready access to state-of-the-art lab facilities, on-demand Web-based trainings and a global support base. PEP offers two partnership levels: Elite and Select. Each level is targeted at specific business demands as well as service and quality requirements.
"The new partner status means we lead the way in offering African customers ADVA Optical Networking's globally recognised networking solutions," says Charl Coetzee, MD of XON. "The partner programme is designed to help us succeed in a competitive market and ensure customers get the highest quality service and support. The certification process is rigorous and demands high-calibre technical skills and efficient support, because customers who rely on ADVA Optical Networking's solutions operate at the carrier and enterprise level. Their business is the network."
"Our customers trust us with their networks, with their data. Ultimately, they trust us with their business," said G"unter Landers, MD, Sales,South Africa, ADVA Optical Networking. "That's why our Partner Ecosphere Program is so important. It's an assurance, an approval. It tells the world that these are partners we trust, that these are partners you can trust. Today, we award XON with our Elite status. This status provides XON and its customers with comprehensive access to our technology, to our team, to our competitive edge. Together we're creating new network and new business opportunities."
ADVA Optical Networking offers scalable optical transport, carrier Ethernet, automated network management and other solutions. The company and its partners work with a wide range of customers, including cable operators, MSOs, wireline carriers, mobile network operators, governments, research and education institutions, Internet and cloud service providers, and other enterprises. ADVA Optical Networking innovates extensively in technologies such as 100G transport, software-defined networking (SDN), front-haul networks, low-latency optical transport, next-generation optical access, optical network automation, flexibility and agility in the core network and synchronisation for mobile backhaul.
XON operates in 16 countries across Africa. The business has nine offices across South Africa, and regional Africa offices in Namibia, Kenya, DRC and Guinea Conakry. XON is a level 3 Empower Logic-certified BBBEE systems integrator, with six divisions. These divisions offer end-to-end solutions spanning physical data centre infrastructure, alternative power, networking, security, cloud services, storage and availability supported by professional services.
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