Arbor Networks, a provider of DDoS (distributed denial of service) and advanced threat protection solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, announced a new partnership with Networks Unlimited to help organisations better mitigate and defend against the growing DDoS threat to their customers’ businesses.
Networks Unlimited is distributing Arbor’s Pravail and Peakflow solutions for DDoS mitigation and advanced threat protection in the South African market.
Networks Unlimited is a value-added distributor of IT security, networking and storage solutions, located across the three major centres of South Africa.
“Arbor Networks is regarded as a market leader for DDoS attack mitigation solutions all over the world,” says Anton Jacobsz, MD of Networks Unlimited.
“By adding its enterprise and service provider solutions to our portfolio in South Africa, Networks Unlimited is now able to offer our resellers and partners proven solutions that address the slew of threats facing enterprise and network operators alike.
“This includes the growing focus by attackers on targeting the application-layer where critical services and applications live. By leveraging Arbor’s technology, we’re giving our customers solutions that provide business continuity no matter what attack they may be mitigating behind the scenes.”
Bryan Hamman, territory manager: sub-Saharan Africa at Arbor Networks, adds: “Both of our product lines provide proven DDoS mitigation technology that have been battle-tested in some of the world’s most complex networks.
“Through this partnership, we’re working together with Networks Unlimited to help businesses and service providers across South Africa to defend against DDoS and other advanced threats that continue to grow and evolve in size and complexity.”