10Net ICT Solutions, the local distributor of Marshal solutions, is hosting a relaunch of Marshal in South Africa on Wednesday 29 March in Johannesburg. The launch follows the management buy-out of Marshal and its enterprise content security products from NetIQ at the end of last year. The product suite that formed the basis of the buy-out includes MailMarshal, WebMarshal, Security Reporting Centre and the Firewall Suite of security solutions.
This week`s relaunch will highlight Marshal`s newly focused product strategy and development roadmap and will include an announcement regarding a maintenance amnesty promotion.
Marshal is refocusing efforts on product development and enhancing its award-winning content security solutions to keep ahead of the game. Marshal technology has been available in South Africa since 2000 and was awarded ComputerWeek`s Best-of-Breed award in the Content Filtering category for 2004 and 2005. It currently holds a local market share of 75%.
"Our vision is to develop Marshal solutions to comprehensively monitor e-mails, Web content and Internet sites to protect confidential corporate data, help users avoid prosecution, improve employee productivity and protect reputations," comments Ed Macnair, CEO of Marshal. "Marshal`s go-to-market strategy remains completely through its strong network of distributors and channel reseller partners. Our continued relationship with 10Net ICT Solutions serves to illustrate our commitment to the South African market."
The Marshal solution set addresses a range of business challenges faced by most organisations today, including spam, virus threats, malicious code and inappropriate e-mail content, along with stringent compliance and regulatory requirements.
"Statistics released by Gartner show that 27% of Fortune 500 companies have already been sued due to e-mail content," says Macnair. "Saratoga Institute research indicates that over 30% of companies have dismissed staff due to inappropriate Internet use; and according to Silicon.com, the price tag associated with complying with Sarbanes-Oxley may be as much as $1 million per $1 billion of revenue.
"By using Marshal to set policy-based rules to control Internet and e-mail use, organisations protect themselves against unnecessary costs and legal investigation and ensure compliance with corporate governance regulations." Since the management buy-out, Marshal has reinstated most of the research and development team in place prior to the NetIQ acquisition three years ago. Peter Hodges and Kevin McFall, Marshal`s former founders, have rejoined the company`s research and development office in Auckland, New Zealand. Hodges` appointment as Marshal`s chief technology architect and McFall`s as chief technology strategist ensures that the technology continuum is maintained and that the vision is delivered in accordance with the company`s strategy.
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