XON stages SA's first service provider networking summit

Issued by XON for NEC XON
Johannesburg, 17 Sep 2012

Carel Coetzee, CEO, XON.

XON will stage the inaugural XON Networking Summit at Sun City, in October, as a platform to expose senior representatives of its customers, potential customers, service providers, enterprises and partners to best representative end-to-end solutions that solve communications challenges today.

The summit, themed "eXploring innOvative solutioNs", is an invitation-only, expenses-paid event that will provide formal and informal networking opportunities for key personalities and professionals, among them a selection of XON's customers that include some of the continent's most prestigious organisations as well as telecoms, Internet and mobile service providers.

"We're bringing together this ecosystem of businesses and solutions to explore pragmatic, cross-market and inter-company business opportunities that capitalise on technology advances today and the impact that this could have on the developing markets in Africa," says XON CEO, Carel Coetzee. "This is an industry where the network is the business and senior representatives and decision-makers from leading businesses would benefit immensely."

Juniper Networks, F5 and ADVA Optical Networking are the headline, platinum sponsors of the day-and-a-half summit. Allot Communications, Acme Packet, and Symantec are gold sponsors. Fortinet and AlgoSec are silver sponsors.

"We will have some of the country's leading service providers, vendors and value-added partners showcase capabilities, solutions and success stories as a vehicle for engagement, but at the core, this is a networking platform for people who want to do business in this space," says Coetzee.

XON is a level 3 certified BBEEE business that embraces social responsibility and upliftment.

The summit runs from 18 to 19 October.

XON

XON, established in 1996, designs, builds, operates and manages information and communication technology (ICT) solutions created specifically for customers.

XON is a level 3 BBEEE black-empowered business that embraces social responsibility and upliftment. Kapela Holdings, a BEE investment business, owns a 40% stake in XON, and Kapela Holdings executive director Israel Skosana is chairman of the board of XON, while Kapela Holdings executive director Makhup Nyama is an XON board member with executive responsibilities.

XON operates retail, networking and security, infrastructure, electrical, power generation, alternative energy and maintenance as well as consulting and outsource services in the parent company and through wholly owned subsidiaries.

As a strategic supplier to service telecommunication and cloud infrastructure service providers, XON assists organisations in this space to achieve two primary objectives:

* Drive down cost of infrastructure and operations.
* Uncover and capitalise on new revenue streams through innovative technology solutions.

XON is a Juniper Elite Partner and partner with some of the world's most prominent software and hardware OEMs, like Symantec, ADVA, Allot, Samsung, APC, Polycom, HP, Microsoft, Pricer and IBM, to deliver customised solutions that give customers the leading edge through technology.

XON maintains its head office in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, with regional head offices in Durban and Cape Town and branches in Namibia and Kenya. XON has sales and support offices in every province of South Africa and maintains a presence through partnerships in over 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

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