Lywand concludes distribution partnership with Nestec
Lywand's channel-exclusive solution for automated security audits is now available for IT service providers in Austria, South Tyrol and the Eastern Adriatic region via the value-added distributor Nestec. The collaboration supports IT service providers, system houses, MSPs and MSSPs in offering their customers reliable IT security services and developing new, cloud-based service models despite a shortage of skilled labour.
The platform offers IT service providers a simple way to improve the IT security of their SME customers. The solution performs automated security audits of the infrastructure and summarises the results in a compact, easy-to-understand summary and a list of necessary measures. This requires no expert knowledge, simplifies the consulting process and can be flexibly integrated into any service package, which supports the development of cloud-based service models.
The channel-exclusive solution is now available via Nestec. The value-added distributor specialising in security and messaging has a broad partner network in Austria, South Tyrol and the Eastern Adriatic region and will provide its partners with Lywand within the proven consumption model. Depending on the intensity and frequency of scans as part of their services, IT service providers can select the partner level that is right for them. The price for a scan performed is calculated according to the type of infrastructure analysed and the largest monthly scan volume used in the respective partner level (Silver, 1-500 targets; Gold, 501-4000 targets; Platinum, 4001- >10,000 targets). Billing is based on monthly usage.
IT security service offering despite staff shortages
"For us, it quickly became clear that Lywand addresses and is able to solve permanently acute issues in the IT consulting and MSSP landscape," comments Alexander Scharf, Managing Partner of NESTEC, on the collaboration.
"Many are confronted with general staff shortages and, in particular, a lack of security specialists who are expensive and time-consuming to train from within their own ranks. Lywand can alleviate this issue in an elegant, functional and, in any case, quickly realisable way by taking over a good part of the tasks of a security specialist in a smart and intelligent way," Scharf continues. "I see a platform here that can really help our MSP partners and consultants, who are in the process of becoming MSSPs, to reliably and securely provide the essential additional security services that customers urgently require."
Launch webinar on 25 January
NESTEC and Lywand are organising a joint webinar on Thursday, 25 January at 11 a.m. to mark the start of their collaboration, in which they will present the Lywand platform to IT service providers in detail. Partners and interested parties can register for the free event at the following link: https://meeting.nestec.at/meeting/register?sessionId=1023797719
An initial overview can be found here: https://nestec.at/lywand
NESTEC Scharf IT-Solutions OG
NESTEC is a value-added distributor specialising in security and messaging. In addition to distribution and specialised trade support for numerous well-known international manufacturers, NESTEC also offers specialised trade its own value-added services such as support, training and sales consulting as well as numerous other free value-added services.
Another major strength of NESTEC is its in-house white label SaaS service portfolio, the "same day" delivery guarantee for most of the software licences on offer, which enables specialist retailers to install and activate the products on site at the user's premises directly after the sale, as well as comprehensive licence management for all licences and devices of the partner's customers.
NESTEC is a purely Austrian, privately owned company based in Enns and emerged from "GFI Software Austria", which was founded in 1999, in the course of constantly expanding its product range. Further information: www.nestec.at
