Alcatel-Lucent and Securicom Partner to Deliver Managed Firewall Service
Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 09:01 CDT
Alcatel-Lucent and Securicom, a South Africa-based IT security consulting and management company, have announced a partnership that will see Securicom provide managed firewall services to Alcatel-Lucent's re-seller network in the East Africa region.
Craig Taylor, solutions architect at Alcatel-Lucent, said: "Network, asset and application level security are all vital to the successful protection of enterprises worldwide, and the Alcatel-Lucent security portfolio is best in class. We look forward to partnering with Securicom to implement our security solutions in the growing African market. "
Dries Morris, managing director of Securicom, said: "We value our partnership with Alcatel-Lucent. Not only is it a major achievement for Securicom to be associated with one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, but being recognized as a value-adding security partner to Alcatel-Lucent also confirms that companies are recognizing the benefits and value of outsourcing IT security management to specialists as well as our commitment to providing solutions rather than just software."
Source: Datamonitor
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