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ESET appoints top distribution partner Chillisoft to enhance Australian channel business

Announcement posted by ESET 26 Nov 2015

Australia, November 2015: Leading security software vendor, ESET, has appointed one of its most successful software distributors, Chillisoft, as a key partner in Australia.
 
Since 2001 Chillisoft has been the exclusive ESET distributor in New Zealand and Oceania. Chillisoft CEO, Geoff Cossey, says the new appointment in Australia acknowledges the company’s excellent track record and the increasing success it is having in the Australian market.
 
“Chillisoft has been working with ESET in Australia for a year or so, and this announcement formalises our relationship and signals our long-term commitment to the market. We have put the same philosophies and methods to work in our Melbourne office that have sustained a thriving long-term relationship with ESET throughout New Zealand and Oceania.”
 
Cossey says Chillisoft invests heavily in systems and processes to simplify licensing, making it easy for resellers to undertake business with their customers. “Backed with highly experienced, skilled support and a very strong service ethic we have a compelling offering for channel.”
 
Chillisoft manages relationships with over 1000 IT resellers throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. The company has won multiple awards for service excellence, customer satisfaction and business growth.
 
ESET Australian Managing Director, Florin Vasile, says the Chillisoft appointment is highly strategic to its partner expansion in Australia.
 
“Chillisoft is a proven distributor with a very successful business model. It has an intimate knowledge of the market and understands the needs and objectives of the customers it serves. It has been instrumental in lifting ESET’s share of the security software market to near 30% in New Zealand and we believe it is extremely well placed to on-board and support a fast-growing reseller base in Australia.”
 
About ESET
Since 1987, ESET® has been developing award-winning security software that now helps over 100 million users to Enjoy Safer Technology. Its broad security product portfolio covers all popular platforms and provides businesses and consumers around the world with the perfect balance of performance and proactive protection. The company has a global sales network covering 180 countries, and regional offices in Bratislava, San Diego, Singapore and Buenos Aires. For more information visit www.eset.com or follow us on LinkedInFacebook and Twitter.
 
About Chillisoft
Chillisoft is a refreshingly different software distributor. It distributes leading software products and backs those with support, systems and processes designed to create exceptional results for its channel partners and customers. Since 2001 Chillisoft has been the exclusive distributor of ESET security software in New Zealand and Oceania. Chillisoft has been a Deloitte Fast 50 (a yearly index of the 50 fastest growing companies in New Zealand) award recipient multiple times.
 
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