The contract was awarded by one of the countrys banks as part of its countrywide branch upgrade programme. The multi-million rand agreement will see Bromide Technologies deliver around 900 file servers to the bank.

Bromide Technologies sees the contract as confirmation that its business model of building trust-based, long-term relationships is paying dividends. Through the strong commitment that we as a group have shown this client over the years, and sticking to our 'Can Do' value proposition, we have positioned ourselves as the supplier and partner of choice, says sales and marketing director, Louis Steyn.

This is the same approach that partnered us with the Ekhuruleni Metropolitan Council in establishing a municipality-wide wireless communication network earlier this year, he adds.

Established in May 1998, the Bromide group consists of six complementary companies Bromide Technologies, Ensync Business Solutions, eSecure Distribution, SMB Solutions, Managed Print Solutions (MPS) and Guideline Risk Technologies Africa.

Ensync Business Solutions is an e-business solutions company focusing on the medium to large-size markets with products ranging from VPN, managed private networks, Internet access, hosting to security solutions and remote access.

e-Secure Distribution distributes four niche data network security products through a reseller network, and has the technical competence to design, implement, install and configure complete security solutions. These four products are BlueCoat Systems, CipherTrust, WatchGuard and Radware.

As an accredited SAP Business One sales and service partner, SMB Solutions delivers ERP solutions to companies with up to 1 000 staff members, while Guideline Risk Technologies Africa has developed an operational risk intelligence application locally for medium to large corporations. This solution continually monitors risk exposure and aids in the detection of fraud.

MPS is a company solely focused on reduced operational costs in companies across the business spectrum by consolidating, optimising and streamlining printing and related technologies.