Manage Protect wins iAwards Annual Industry Award in Start-up Company Category

Online security and productivity SaaS provider, Manage Protect, has been selected by a panel of industry experts as the award recipient of this year’s iAwards industry award in the Start-up Company state awards -Victoria.

The Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Development, Industry and Trade, Jaala Pulford, presented the award to Andrew Johnson, Manage Protect’s Managing Director. As the winner of the Victorian state awards, Manage Protect will go on to represent Victoria at the national iAwards in August and will also have the opportunity to participate in the Innovation Showcase.

The 2010 iAwards celebrates the ICT industry’s accomplishments, contribution to strong and efficient business across the economy and the importance of technology innovation to Australia’s international competitiveness.

Manage Protect offers four business-grade SaaS offerings for small to medium businesses which require no hardware, software or maintenance: MPmail, MParchive, MPweb, MPexchange.

Johnson said, “We are thrilled to receive this award and thank our channel partners for their strong commitment to us and the support of their customers. Through the execution of a one hundred per cent channel partner strategy, Manage Protect has built a highly robust and rapidly growing business. Our partners are confident that there will be no conflict with a direct channel, and that our marketing and technical resources are there to support them 100 per cent.

“This award is continued validation of our growing reputation since launching in early 2008. Manage Protect is today protecting over 700 businesses, representing thousands of end users across Australia and New Zealand. We believe that our unwavering commitment to the channel and delivery of best of breed security SaaS to businesses is striking a chord with both the partner community and the businesses that we serve daily,” concluded Johnson.

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About Manage Protect Pty Ltd (www.manageprotect.com.au)

Manage Protect is an Australian online security SaaS provider to the VAR (Value Added Reseller) and MSP (Managed Service Provider) channel in Australia and New Zealand. The company delivers SMB focused security SaaS powered by best-of-breed vendors from around the world under the Manage Protect brand.

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