Mindware joins hands with Huawei Symantec as authorized distributor in Mena

In addition, the leading distributor has announced plans to build awareness and reach for the brand through its expansive distribution network of 2,500 regional resellers, and has committed to effectively distribute HS network security and storage products.

Headquartered in Chengdu, China, HS is a joint venture by Huawei and Symantec dedicated towards R&D, sales, and services in the field of network security and storage, and seeks to provide global users with optimal products and solutions for information security and storage.

Mindware officials have revealed that they will be focusing on HS hardware and software products that address security domain partitioning, unified threat management, online behaviour management, bandwidth restriction, management service continuity, backing-up, unified auditing and intrusion detection.

At present, HS storage and network security products are used by over 100 carriers and numerous industries in more than 40 countries and regions, including British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, FT/Orange, SingTel, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China TieTong, in addition to clients within the government, finance, energy, communication, health, education and SMB sectors.

"We have identified the potential of Huawei Symantec's extensive range of technology-driven products in terms of addressing certain issues that concern many clients in the region, including Virtual Private Network (VPN), Terminal Security, Anti-Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, Anti-virus, Redundancy, and Anti-spam,"

said Shadi Tahan, Solutions Department Manager, Mindware.

"We are also optimistic that this new brand of hardware and software products is centrally aligned with the current requirements of both the private and the public sectors, especially in terms of information security. In line with this, we are fully committed to building Huawei Symantec to become one of the more recognised brands in the regional IT market."

Backed by over 3,000 dedicated specialists in storage and security technologies, HS is operating in over 100 field offices within 7 regional divisions including Middle East & North Africa, Europe, China, Asia and the Pacific, South Africa, and Latin America.

The company's operations have witnessed considerable global market expansion, with its major strides in technical support, R&D, and after sales services fuelling its continuous worldwide growth. Huawei Symantec's partnership with Mindware is expected to drive its brand activity within Middle East region, especially in the established IT markets including the GCC countries.

"Mindware has comprehensive coverage and a deep understanding of how to succeed in the distribution business in the region, and through their services and sales consulting capabilities, which add value to our channel, they are definitely a 'can-not-miss' distribution partner for us. I believe Huawei Symantec, as a storage, security and integrated IT products and solutions provider, is bound for success with our cooperation with Mindware," concluded Maxwell Tsang, Regional Director for MENA, Huawei Symantec.

In addition to strong partnerships with the most prominent IT brands, Mindware also provides value-added distribution (VAD) services to its regional channel partners. With a focus on logistics, promptness and reliability, Mindware's expanded suite of VAD services include a whole range of networked services such as pre-sales consultancy, marketing, service implementation and after-sales support, which have facilitated market penetration and profitability for its partners and for the company.