Westcon Imagine 2014 LIVE: NZ “innovation hub” for global cloud business
Addressing a jam-packed Kiwi audience, of resellers and end-users, Dave Rosenberg kicked off Westcon Group Imagine 2014 NZ this morning with one overriding message.
Addressing a jam-packed Kiwi audience, of resellers and end-users, Dave Rosenberg kicked off Westcon Group Imagine 2014 NZ this morning with one overriding message.
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One of Australia’s largest IT distributors, Westcon Group, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Auckland-based anti-spam and anti-virus company SMX.
Westcon managing director Leigh Howard says Westcon will work with SMX to offer the software-as-a-service solution to Westcon’s 2000 resellers throughout Australia.
Developed and launched in New Zealand in 2006, the SMX service cleans emails of spam and viruses “in the cloud” as a service rather than through a software product installed inside user networks.
“This is the first time that Westcon has distributed a cloud-based service,” Howard says. ““Strategically the time is right to start distributing SaaS services here in Australia. Logically, email is a good place to start and SMX is a good fit for us and our resellers.”
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