 Partnership Combines NEC XON's ICT Integration Expertise with PowerX's AI-Driven Energy Management Platform to Deliver Integrated Solutions for Africa's Telecommunications Sector
 As organisations face growing regulatory scrutiny and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, confidence in how technology partners manage personal data has become a critical business consideration. Recognising this shift, NEC XON has aligned its data protection (privacy) management framework with the latest requirements of ISO 27701:2025, strengthening the company's ability to protect customer data and support evolving governance expectations.
 By Armand Kruger Head of Cybersecurity at NEC XON Cybersecurity is seen as a “patch fast, block traffic, monitor alerts, respond to incidents” kind of function. But that framing misses the point. Breaches don’t generally begin with brute force. They begin with curiosity. Someone asking a system a question it was never designed to answer and seeing what happens. Thinking about what the system could do, rather than only what it’s meant to do.
 There’s a clear message for companies considering enterprise connectivity strategy: networks are entering a new phase defined less by raw capacity alone, and more by how effectively organisations can manage accelerating data growth, rising complexity and persistent skills shortages.
Brett van Rooyen, NEC XON Adtran Product Manager, says the enterprise landscape is being reshaped by the rapid expansion of cloud and AI-driven workloads.  The recognition caps a deliberate, multi-year strategy of investing in engineering depth, lab capability and customer relationships well ahead of demand - the same long-game discipline that has earned NEC global Partner of the Year recognition, year after year.
 Ransomware attacks rarely begin with chaos. More often, they start quietly - with probing, mapping, and patient reconnaissance inside a target’s network.
That was the situation facing a global recruitment firm when cybercriminals attempted to navigate through the company’s systems. What followed became a real-world demonstration of how modern AI-driven cybersecurity, combined with skilled human intervention, can stop an attack before it escalates into a business crisis. At the centre of the response was NEC XON and its Managed XDR service powered by Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR.  Strategic Mimosa Networks distribution partnership across Africa NEC XON has reinforced its position in the wireless connectivity market through a strategic distribution partnership with Mimosa Networks, enabling the delivery of high-performance fixed wireless access and backhaul solutions across Africa.
 NEC XON and Avaloq (both part of NEC Corporation) have combined Avaloq’s globally proven banking and wealth management platform with NEC XON’s strong regional presence and delivery capabilities to support the digitalisation of Africa’s wealth management sector.
 South African organisations - particularly those responsible for critical infrastructure - need to rethink their reliance on legacy “trusted network” approaches. “It’s a major systemic risk,” says Armand Kruger, Head of Cybersecurity at NEC XON. However, the fact that many African organisations haven’t yet moved beyond the perimeter security mindset presents a unique opportunity.
 Rajiv Maddisetty Whole-time Director, Pace Digitek Limited and Magnus Coetzee Executive Infrastructure & Energy at NEC XON Enables market entry in the African region; Supports growth of BESS product business through a scalable, partner-led model
Pace Digitek Limited, together with its subsidiary Lineage Power Private Limited (LPPL) has announced an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership with NEC XON, South Africa. |
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