Cyberoam, the innovator of Identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances announced the appointment of Channel Data as its National Distributor for South Africa. Channel Data’s extensive network of reseller partners will provide the much needed reach across the nation.

Channel Data is an established distributor of network, security, storage and power solutions in South Africa. It has a large customer-base across several verticals covering small, medium and large-scale enterprises, as well as government customers.

Excited about the tie up Mike Hamilton, Managing Director, Channel Data said “We are proud to have Cyberoam UTM in our product portfolio. It has a global recognition as the only identity base UTM” He further added, “Cyberoam UTM will be a valued offering addressing the security concerns to our customers”.

Commenting on the tie up with Channel Data, Harish Chib, Vice- President – New Business Development, Cyberoam, said, “Channel Data’s proven track record, large reseller-base and technical skills in network security will help us to establish Cyberoam UTM in the fast growing South African security market.”

Cyberoam is available in the range of CR25i to CR1500i, providing comprehensive network security to large medium and small corporations, educational institutions and government organizations across more than 20 countries.

About Cyberoam
Cyberoam Identity-based UTM appliances offer comprehensive protection against existing and emerging Internet threats, including viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, pharming and more. Cyberoam delivers the complete range of security features such as stateful inspection firewall, VPN, gateway anti-virus, gateway anti-malware, gateway anti-spam, intrusion prevention system, content filtering in addition to bandwidth management and multiple link management over a single platform. Cyberoam offers robust Internet security to corporations, educational institutions and government organizations worldwide, and its solutions are certified by the ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, and the Virtual Private Network Consortium. Cyberoam has also received the 2007 Global Excellence Awards for Integrated Security Appliance, Security Solution for Education and Unified Security, and the 2007 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award for Unified Security. Cyberoam has offices in the Newburyport, MA and India. For more information, please visit www.cyberoam.com

About Channel Data
Channel Data, a private company, has been in operation since October 1988. Its value-add distributor channel model targets those areas within IT that impact on business and show a justifiable return on investment. The company is effective in building market awareness to introduce products and supports this with specialist technology teams. Channel Data's reputation is based on its customer service, ethical practice and honouring commitments. The company subscribes to the ICT Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Charter and is classified, in terms of this charter, as an empowered BEE company. It is headquartered in Johannesburg with a regional office Cape Town. For more information please visit www.channeldata.co.za

About Elitecore Technologies
Elitecore Technologies is the global provider of Cyberoam UTM appliances. Elitecore’s other divisions include Crestel Convergent Billing Solution that meets the voice, data, video billing and customer care requirements of Tier-1 service providers and 24online Billing and Bandwidth Management Solution for hotels, hotspots and Internet service providers. Elitecore has a strong R&D base and support center in India; it has sustained a healthy growth rate of over 75 % since inception. For more information, please visit www.elitecore.com

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