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Obscure Technologies partners with Arista Networks
Leading South African cybersecurity specialist Obscure Technologies has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Arista Networks, an industry leader in data-driven, client-tocloud networking for large data centre / AI, campus and routing environments.
According to Obscure Technologies Managing Director Francois van Hirtum, the company has acquired distribution rights in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Arista Networks, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, has offices around the world. The company is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It currently has more than 10,000 cloud customers worldwide and has deployed 100 million ports.
Arista’ s list of customers includes Fortune 500 global companies in markets such as cloud titans, enterprise, financials and specialty cloud service providers. The company delivers products across the data centre and campus with routing and software solutions for monitoring and network detection and response worldwide.
“ Arista’ s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility, automation, analytics and security through an advanced network operating stack,” said van Hirtum.
He confirmed Obscure Technologies is continually adding best-of-breed solutions to its stack.
“ Arista Networks is an important addition to our portfolio that positions us to address ever-evolving customer business requirements,” said van Hirtum.
Francois van Hirtum, Obscure Technologies Managing Director
Opti9 achieves AWS Managed Service Provider designation
Opti9, a leading cloud solutions provider, has announced it has achieved the Amazon Web Services( AWS) Managed Service
Provider( MSP) Partner Program designation. This designation validates Opti9’ s expertise in delivering comprehensive AWS solutions across every stage of the cloud lifecycle, from planning and migration to operations, support, automation and continuous optimisation.
The AWS MSP Program recognises AWS Partners with a track record of excellence in providing customers with ongoing cloud strategy, architecture, migration, operations and optimisation. To attain this recognition, Opti9 successfully completed a rigorous, third-party audit of its business health, technical expertise, security practices and customer success. Opti9’ s MSP status confirms its ability to meet those evolving demands, with a focus on secure, costoptimised and scalable AWS environments.
“ Achieving AWS MSP Partner Program designation is a big milestone for us and a testament to the incredible work our team puts in every day,” said Leon Thomas, Chief Strategy Officer for Opti9.“ We’ ve built a group of passionate, skilled people who genuinely care about helping our customers get the most out of AWS, and this recognition reinforces that.”
Customers engaging with Opti9 can expect a tailored cloud journey, from detailed assessments and migration roadmaps to hands-on cloud-native development and optimisation. With technical awareness and a collaborative approach, Opti9 helps organisations align their AWS environments with business goals while mitigating risk and reducing complexity.
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