WatchGuard Technologies Inc. appoints ACA Pacific Technology as Distributor in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - WatchGuard® Technologies Inc., a global leader in network security solutions today announced the appointment of ACA Pacific Technology (S) Pte Ltd and ACA Pacific Technology (M) Sdn Bhd  as authorised distributors in Singapore and Malaysia respectively. This appointment will allow ACA Pacific to distribute comprehensive, award leading WatchGuard network security products through its partners, in support of WatchGuard’s expansion plan to grow its market share in Asia Pacific.

“We’ve just completed a record year in Southeast Asia by growing the WatchGuard enterprise business by over 50%, making this a great time to join forces with ACA Pacific’s valued added distribution team.” said Scott Robertson, Vice President Asia Pacific, WatchGuard Technologies. “This new relationship will bring significant opportunity for our partners to leverage ACA Pacific’s service and support model and we’re looking forward to an even more successful year ahead.”

Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and several other countries worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management (UTM) appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard works on a 100% Channel based sales system in which ACA Pacific will be an important part of.

“We are confident that sales potential in Singapore and Malaysia is high, given the increasing volume of threats and evolving security landscape in South-East Asia. WatchGuard complements the other products in our portfolio, and allows us to offer best-of-breed security solution in an UTM appliance.” said Mark Gill, Managing Director of ACA Pacific.

ACA Pacific Technology is an established IT Marketing and Value-Added Distribution Company founded in 1986. Serving the Asia-Pacific region for more than 20 years, their forte is in selecting and integrating the “Best-of-Breed” software and hardware to meet changing business dynamics. ACA Pacific will be working closely with WatchGuard Technologies in providing the required order fulfillment, training and needs for the resellers in both regions with immediate effect.