Multinational enterprise open source infrastructure solution provider, SUSE, has named South Africa-based ICT services and solutions provider, Aptronics as its first solution partner in the country for the solution areas of SUSE Enterprise Linux and Storage.

"Solution Partner is the highest tier in the SUSE Partner Program and is awarded to partners that demonstrate an acute understanding of the market plus the deep technical expertise to implement and support robust, highly available and high performing solutions," notes a joint statement from the companies.

Matthew Lee, country manager for SUSE Africa says, "In the short space of time since Aptronics has come on board as a partner, we have been thoroughly impressed by their commitment and dedication.

"They leveraged their technical nous to quickly gain all the accreditations that we required so they could become fluent in SUSE's technology. That, combined with their strong history as one of South Africa's leading services and solution providers made it an easy decision for us to rapidly promote them as our top-tier partner."

Richard Blewitt, sales director for Aptronics adds, "We are very pleased with the level of executive support we have received from SUSE management. Reaching the grade of Solution Partner means that we are not just a technically-certified organisation, but also one that is commercially grounded within SUSE's local market approach. Already we see new opportunities opening up that will lead to increased revenues for both parties and even better results for our combined customers."

Blewitt adds that the joint companies will focus on transforming ICT environments through agility, flexibility, automation and hybrid-cloud architectures.

The partnership follow Aptronics' acquisition in 2016 by SA headquartered IT service management company EOH, for R194-million.

Both companies promised that the combination would enhance existing service offerings.