NEWS
Sophos announces Super Star campaign
for Silver and Authorised partners
Sophos has announced
a new Sophos Super
Star campaign for its
Authorised and Silver
partners from the Middle
East and Africa. The
campaign is designed to
motivate partners with
additional rewards on
achieving their target. It
is also aimed at driving
sales for the latest
security solutions.
rewards are applicable on
the sale of all the products
logged between May –
October 2017. Authorised
and Silver partners are
our major source of SMB
business in the MEA region.
With this campaign, Sophos’
objective is to reward and
motivate the extensive list of
partners of these categories
in the MEA region.
“As part of our ‘Channel-
Speaking on the initiative,
First’ sales strategy, this
Harish Chib, Vice
initiative will help our
Harish Chib, Vice President, Middle East & Africa, Sophos
President, Middle East &
partners to expand their
Africa, Sophos said, “The
business across the channel
rewards are a part of
in Middle East and Africa.
the company’s plan to encourage our Silver and Authorised
The MEA region is divided into leading and emerging
partners to generate revenue opportunities and achieve their countries and both have different targets. The top three
business goal. Our main aim is to drive our partners to excel
partners in both the regions achieving the highest sales will
and incentivise them with rewards for their great effort. The
be rewarded,” Chib explained.
SEACOM acquires MacroLan to extend
fibre reach in the Western Cape
SEACOM has announced its acquisition
of Cape Town-based Internet service
provider and managed services provider,
MacroLan. The acquisition is in line
with SEACOM’s strategy to extend
the reach of its fibre network to more
metropolitan areas across South Africa,
as well as to bolster its managed services
capability for business customers.
MacroLan will become SEACOM’s
Cape Town regional office and will lead
Byron Clatterbuck, CEO at SEACOM
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SEACOM’s expansion in the Western
Cape market for fibre Internet access to
the business-customer premises.
MacroLan manages an expanding fibre
network serving a growing number of
Cape Town’s commercial users.
It also owns and manages fibre
infrastructure and access at numerous
commercial buildings, offering clients
access to a range of fast, effective and
well-priced business broadband services
as well as value-added services.
Paul Johnson, CEO at MacroLan says:
“This transaction gives us the backing
of a major pan-African telecom
partner, in turn offering us access to the
resources and muscle we need to grow
our business. Our existing customers
will continue to experience the same
high-levels of service to which they are
accustomed, with the added benefit
that our network will now integrate
directly into SEACOM’s African networks
and submarine cable investments.”
Byron Clatterbuck, CEO at SEACOM
said: “SEACOM has grown significantly
following the successful launch of
SEACOM Business which focuses on
bringing broadband and cloud services
directly to commercial business users.
“The MacroLan acquisition is a
continuation of this story, through
which we will grow the SEACOM family
of talented staff and satisfied customers
in the Western Cape.”
The SEACOM Business division offers
best-in-class connectivity and cloud
services in South African metros, with
fibre Internet access options ranging
from 25Mbps up to 1Gbps.
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