Johannesburg, 08 Jun 2016
SPI, the African distributor for utility software products and services to the Open Systems segment of the IT industry and the sole Sub-Saharan Africa distributor for both Help/Systems and Linoma Software, today announced that Help/Systems has acquired Linoma Software in a move designed to broaden the HelpSystems security portfolio with solutions that fit specific needs and run on major operating systems.
Linoma Software was founded by Bob and Christy Luebbe in 1994 and the former will continue to lead Linoma, serving as its Chief Architect and President.
"Growth in our security business is strong and we saw an opportunity to expand our offering with managed file transfer and encryption," commented Chris Heim, CEO, Help/Systems. "Linoma provides industry-leading solutions in both of these categories."
"This is an exciting new chapter for Linoma Software," added Luebbe. "HelpSystems knows security well and is dedicated to protecting its customers' information systems. By joining forces we can combine our security expertise and carry a more complete solution to more organisations around the world."
"This is a very positive move for both SPI and its customers," concluded Chris Anderson, Managing Director of SPI. "We established our relationships with both companies as we saw the benefits of exploiting their product portfolios in the local marketplace, so the merger of these two entities is a major bonus and we await the roadmap of the combined entity going forward with great interest and anticipation."
For further information, please contact Chris Anderson at tel. +27 11 234 1560; fax +27 11 234 1387; e-mail chris@spi.co.za
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