Johannesburg, 08 Jul 2013
SecureData Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, has announced that it has formally absorbed the value-added distributor (VAD) business of Magix Security, effective as of 1 July 2013.
SecureData is extremely excited about this transaction, says Wayne Olsen, Chief Technology Officer of SecureData Africa. "We have been looking at increasing our product offering to our channel partners and the Magix suite of VAD products plugs a number of holes in our portfolio. Not only have we taken over a number of new technologies, but we have also brought onboard a number of very highly skilled people, who are familiar with not only selling the product suite, but also supporting it from a post- and pre-sales point of view. The most important thing for us is that there is no loss of business continuity for any of the existing users of the Magix products," he adds.
The products SecureData has taken over include Safend, Qualys and Stealthbits.
The Magix Security VAD team, comprising pre-sales, sales and technical support functions, has already transitioned into SecureData Africa and will continue to provide its customer base with all relevant services and solutions.
"While the VAD portion of our company is profitable and has a strong, blue chip customer base, we are not true distributors and lack the sales reach and channel partners to do real justice to our product set. SecureData has exactly that business model and has an extensive network of channel partners. The prospects for our people and our products are greatly enhanced under the SecureData umbrella.
"Our cyber crime division has been very successful of late and has major projects with some of the largest financial institutions in the country. We have taken a strategic business decision to further develop and invest in these expert consultation and specialised services, which assist a wide variety of local companies in managing their IT risk and security postures," says Chris Hills, Chairman of Magix Security.
Magix Security will continue to focus its cyber crime division on three key areas of increasing risk in South Africa: fraud, money laundering and cyber crime. Its services include user, data and infrastructure monitoring and security posture assessments as specialised solutions for the anti-fraud and anti-money-laundering arenas.
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