Obscure Technologies partners with Arista Networks

Obscure Technologies expands its portfolio with the addition of Arista Networks, gaining distribution rights across 13 African countries

Francois van Hirtum, MD, Obscure Technologies.

Leading South African cybersecurity specialist Obscure Technologies has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Arista Networks, an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data centre/AI, campus and routing environments.

According to Obscure Technologies Managing Director Francois van Hirtum, the company has acquired distribution rights in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Arista Networks, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, has offices around the world. The company is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It currently has more than 10,000 cloud customers worldwide and has deployed 100 million ports.

Arista’s list of customers includes Fortune 500 global companies in markets such as cloud titans, enterprise, financials and specialty cloud service providers. The company delivers products across the data centre and campus with routing and software solutions for monitoring and network detection and response worldwide.

“Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility, automation, analytics and security through an advanced network operating stack,” said van Hirtum.

He confirmed Obscure Technologies is continually adding best-of-breed solutions to its stack.

“Arista Networks is an important addition to our portfolio that positions us to address ever-evolving customer business requirements,” said van Hirtum.

“This latest partnership with a global leader is in line with Obscure Technologies’ strategy of going to market with brands that complement each other. Arista Networks integrates with other vendors in our portfolio and is a significant addition to our offerings.”