Nigerian company DataGroupIT is distributing BMC Software’s solutions to the IT channel community across West Africa
DataGroupIT, based in Lagos, specialises in the distribution of IT products across West Africa, with a more recent focus on security solutions.
Dave Funnell, territory manager for BMC Software, said that BMC already services several marquee clients within Nigeria and across West Africa, mainly in the telecommunications sector.
"Our aim now is to grow the business substantially over the next 24 months across all industry verticals, but with a specific focus on the telecommunications and financial service sectors," he said.
"Our 'go-to-market' approach with DataGroupIT has taken an entirely new and innovative form which I believe will be advantageous for clients in the region as well as strengthen the support structures we have in place locally," Funnell added.
Tal Gerner, managing director of DataGroupIT, said, "Africa is in many respects an untapped well of potential for IT infrastructure and solutions and as globalisation continues to take hold, more and more opportunities are emerging for vendors to move into Africa and achieve a growing market share."
As sole distributor for BMC Software in Nigeria, DataGroupIT has already started the process of staff certification on the BMC solution set, from sales through to technical.
"We’re running a focused boot-camp specifically for DataGroupIT to accelerate the process of on-boarding the team and getting them up and running," said Funnell.
"Nigeria is a focus market for BMC moving into 2013, and the initial stage of investment in West Africa is important to this process.
"We are seeing a maturing of IT environments in Nigeria and a requirement for the Business Service Management solutions delivered by BMC, whether in the areas of Cloud Services, Pro-Active Operations, IT Service Management, Applications Performance Management, and others," Funnell added.
