Microsoft Partner Summit 2010 Sponsor Catalogue

Mecer was introduced by Mustek Limited in South Africa in 1987, and has been one of the best-selling PC brands in South Africa for the past sixteen years. Mustek is a certified Intel® and Microsoft® OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

Mecer maintains its competitive edge by identifying and satisfying customers' needs through the incorporation of the latest international hardware components and software in its products. The product is supported by an expert national service network throughout South Africa.

Mecer PCs offer superior quality custom-designed computing solutions for all sectors of the South African market, and all desktops and notebooks incorporate the required local and international IT standards of Microsoft® WHQL testing, SABS Approval, ISO 9001 Operating Standards, and Microsoft® “Designed for Windows” Certification.

Mustek was the first South African OEM to launch Windows 7, in the Mecer range of PCs, in 2009.

S.A. Outsourcing is a leading international IT solutions company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We provide locally and internationally adapted solutions from Microsoft to help businesses cope with changing consumer needs. S.A. Outsourcing has established firm roots in the industry over the last 10 years, growing with the need for businesses to manage their IT departments in more effective and efficient ways. S.A. Outsourcing has found that by providing full IT service management with in-depth experience delivers a complete solution that can be tailored to fit any business, in any industry. Our solutions are simple, effective and holistic, giving CEOs a leading competitive advantage in a changing economic playing field.

Who is Gijima?
Gijima is proud to be a leading South African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company that is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). It has gained recognition as a preferred, integrated ICT partner to a considerable client base of large information technology users in both the private and public sectors. Its intellectual capacity, business model and encompassing geographic footprint is unrivalled in the South African market and provides clients with sophisticated and diverse service delivery options in the business solutions, systems integration, infrastructure and communications services.

Comztek is IT. And Microsoft agrees

If your business needs Microsoft then your business needs Comztek.  A full house distributor and certified Microsoft Gold Partner means you get the best products, service and benefit from our longstanding partnership with Microsoft .

Comztek’s full services includes 1) Volume Licensing with skilled renewals desk and regional BDMs, 2) The full range of Microsoft solutions as Full Packaged Products 3) All the functional Microsoft desktop complimentary hardware  4) Sole Xbox distribution partner in South Africa.

Comztek’s African footprint covers 16 countries and includes four regional branches with dedicated channel managers.  We supply the very best IT solutions to Africa.

Workgroup is a Value Added IT Distribution Company with best of breed products and outstanding BEE credentials. We represent some of the worlds leading vendor agencies like Microsoft and have over 6000 business partners across the African Continent.

We have dedicated business units, which focus on various product sets and market segments:

• Infrastructure
• EMC
• Retail
• Horizon (Oracle)
• IBM
• Merchandising

With Branches located in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and African footprint in Angola, Botswana, Kenya (Sun), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia, we have the biggest parts of Africa covered.

Workgroup has a “Level 4 Contributor” BEE rating, and has consistently driven its BEE policy through the requirements as outlined by the Department of Trade and Industry for the past 7 years.

Workgroup’s Company Vision is ''Focused on the Power in You'' .This means focusing on the power of partnerships with its staff, its Suppliers and Customers. Focusing on the power that these relationships bring maintains the companies drive and growth.

Global Micro is South Africa’s leader in Microsoft Communication Services hosting. We are proud that some of the South Africa’s largest, highly respected companies have chosen us to help deliver their own hosted business communications solutions. Using our reliable solutions, they are able to provide their customers with a sophisticated communications infrastructure - which offers a shared, highly-secure messaging, collaboration and data security platform. Our channel partners have accelerated their time to market, eased administrative burdens, and increased their operational efficiency with our service automation and management platform.

Nashua Mobile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Reunert Limited Group, is an independent telecommunications solutions provider that offers customers a wide range of broadband, mobile data, messaging and cellular voice solutions. It is able to help companies choose the right mobility solutions for their needs, from devices and contracts through to applications and business solutions.

The company operates through four divisions: Corporates and SMEs; Retail and Franchise; LCR and Specialised Services; and Nashua Mobile Internet. Nashua Mobile is one of South Africa's largest, independent cellular solutions providers and one of the few providers to offer customers the choice of all three networks (Vodacom, MTN and Cell C).

Founded in January 1998 as the business division of MWEB, MWEB Business is far more than just an Internet service provider. It is a business partner that is able to leverage the power of web-based technologies in all areas of your organisation.

As South Africa’s leading multi-service provider, we understand the evolution of web-based applications in the business environment better than anyone else. We develop, manage and maintain solutions that include all aspects of Internet connectivity, website development and hosting, broadband and wireless applications, e-commerce and consultancy services. Our capabilities extend right down to the management of internal information between employees as well as between business partners and suppliers.

To date, MWEB Business has e-commerce enabled more than 450 businesses and provided Internet services to more than 80 000 customers, including organisations such as Pick 'n Pay, Mango, 1Time, FlySAA and The Pro Shop. This enables the team to tap into a wealth of market experience and business insight, providing technology solutions that are as unique, and as technically sophisticated, as our customers.

K2 gives you the tools to build workflows and process-driven applications that improve business efficiency. K2 applications are flexible and scalable and can span employees, departments, organizations and line-of-business systems. And when business needs shift, modifying those applications is simple.

K2 software is built on .NET and leverages existing investments in Microsoft software infrastructure — Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, InfoPath, Visio, Visual Studio, Office, Exchange, BizTalk and Office Communications Server.

Rectron is a leading ICT distributor, with head offices based in Midrand. Established in 1995, Rectron has 5 branches in South Africa and 2 in Australia. Rectron’s turnover is R 1.5 Billion. The reason for Rectron’s success can be pointed to its culture with focus being placed on its customers and its employees.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.

nVisionIT is an award winning Microsoft partner with over 10 years’ experience in implementing software solutions to the public and private sectors. The ability to blend innovation and guaranteed delivery with an evolved client centric business model gears us towards providing our customers with integrated solutions that make a difference.

Mimecast is a recognised and award winning pioneer of IaaS and SaaS based ancillary email services. Our industry leading Unified Email Managent (UEMTM) service coupled with the markets de facto standard email server, has reduced the cost, complexity and risk of managing an email environment for over 3,000 customers worldwide. Mimecast delivers all the essential cloud services for MS Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010.

According to leading industry analysts Gartner, a hybrid situation will persist for at least a decade where the market retains on-premise email systems and augments with appropriate cloud services such as Mimecast UEM.  Mimecast supports the notion of just-enough hardware and software onsite.

Bowline - the benchmark for IT Secure Software Assembly in South Africa. As the only Microsoft Authorised Replicator (AR) in South Africa, Bowline has delivered excellence to Microsoft OEM’s and Distis since 1994. Secure and trusted Software Assembly to Microsoft, EA, Medihelp, Pharos, ITEC, Turbo Cad, Fisher Price and DreamGEAR.

First Technology is a Microsoft Gold Certified Licensing Competency Partner; LAR and ESA, and has won the Microsoft Licensing Competency Partner of the Year Award for 2007 and 2008. First Technology is also the only local Microsoft SPLA Reseller in South Africa, providing licensing expertise and programmatic knowledge to all SPLA Partners.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Exordia is a division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. It is focused on the provision of end-to-end business and IT solutions for our customers. This can be hosted by Exordia or by assisting clients in the management of their own infrastructure (onsite hosting). It includes our ability to deliver Microsoft Dynamics products such as Dynamics AX and Dynamics CRM. Unique placing us as a leader in business IT deliver and hosting in South Africa.

Nintex is a leading global innovator of software products that extend Microsoft SharePoint technology. Nintex focuses on building software that bridges the gap between that which can be bought from Microsoft today and common functionality requested by customers – with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience.

FlowCentric is a Gold partner and the current ISV Partner of the year. FlowCentric is aimed at improving operational efficiency and effectiveness in order to drive costs down, and this is achieved by providing the right information to the right people at the right time and in proper context. Offices in Australia, UK and South Africa.

As a leading telecommunications provider operating one of Africa's most technically innovative, reliable and secure Virtual Private Networks (VPN), MTN Business is able to offer world-class mobile telecommunications, Internet solutions and next generation communication services.

We are aware that businesses and government constantly require a 360 degree communications service and therefore, have ensured that we are perfectly positioned to meet our customer's needs to reduce costs, improve connectivity and security and ultimately partner with a reliable and knowledgeable converged communications partner.

iSolve Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is dedicated to developing business solutions around the latest Microsoft technologies. We are committed to helping our customers realise their full potential and our solutions are built to leverage existing investments to ensure they achieve the greatest return on investment.

Kathea is the exclusive distributor of Microsoft certified OCS products . Our world-class technology and communication solution offerings offers customers local expertise and valuable, highly efficient business innovation, ensuring effective streamlining of any business’s communication strategy.

Founded in 1999 It Intellect’s strong core values and ideology have ensured that its focus on ‘people’, our people, our clients, our partners and our share holders has never wavered.

Core Business: “Creating Intellectual Capital”, built on a foundation of core values: integrity, honesty, respect, courtesy and commitment to quality.

Our Methodology: Through the planned transfer of knowledge and skills, via highly trained experts we expect to impact positively on the IT industry specifically, and the world at large as we build skills capacity at all levels of the industry. Our training is customer focused and industry requirement driven.

We offer a wide range of training from basic PC fundamentals to advanced tailor made interventions. Our customer profile includes the private individuals small to medium businesses, large corporate companies and government.

The ever-widening skills gap within the IT sector is a worldwide problem. This phenomenon is accentuated even more within the context of South Africa. Through our partnership with Microsoft, IT Intellect is committed to the development of “intellectual Capital” capacity building across the IT industry.

Internet Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data. The company is Southern Africa’s most established and experienced Internet Service Provider. Since 1993 Internet Solutions has been providing end-to-end connectivity solutions and related services across the African continent. Today IS is a provider of Internet Protocol-based Connectivity, Communications, Cloud and Carrier services in the African market and for African clients into the global market. IS provides services to large public and private sector organisations, medium sized organisations, and through its value channel program to smaller organisations and consumers.

Meissner - a leader in the technology design and manufacture of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Founded in 1948, Meissner has operated in the UPS field since 1967 and is one of the longest established specialist UPS operations in the World.

Today’s businesses and industries are dependent upon competitive advantages derived from sophisticated electronic equipment, which relies on a consistent power supply.

The Meissner R&D team brings together South African and overseas expertise to closely monitor developments in the various related segments such as the telecommunications and information technology (IT) industries and gauge the influence and impact of such developments on UPS systems and solutions.