Demand Drives South Africa's Snapt to Establish U.S. Sales and Marketing Arm
Snapt, a Software-Based Application Delivery Networking Startup, Achieves 400% Annual Growth Rate, Surpasses 10,000 Customers, Establishes U.S. Sales and Marketing Offices in Atlanta
(firmenpresse) - ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/05/15 -- Snapt, a South African provider of software-based load balancers and (ADCs), today announced that it has established an independent U.S. sales and marketing arm, Snapt Global, due to accelerating market demand and aggressive U.S. expansion plans. A Delaware corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and led by a team of industry veterans, Snapt Global will focus on sales and marketing, as well as sourcing and commercializing new and complementary ADC products to advance security, reliability and availability for forward-thinking IT organizations. Snapt's corporate offices and engineering operations will remain in South Africa.
Disrupting the traditional hardware-based application delivery controller (ADC) industry, Snapt achieved a record-breaking 400% annual growth rate in 2014 and is on track to exceed 1000% growth in 2015 having completed 10,000 successful customer installations in over 50 countries. The company's exponential growth is driven by its high performance products, in-house customer service, word of mouth referrals, expanded licensing within their existing customer base, and dedication to new product innovation. Snapt's software-based application delivery and load balancer solutions outperform and out-feature ADC industry competitors at one-tenth (1/10) or less of the price. Snapt also publishes and maintains an , the fastest response time in the industry.
Establishing Snapt Global, given its experienced team and on the ground presence, will further amplify Snapt's market innovation capabilities and ensure that the company continues its rapid growth trajectory.
As South Africa emerges as a cradle of innovation for software startups and South African born entrepreneurs like Elon Musk (Paypal, SpaceX, Tesla), Herman Mashaba (Lephatsi Investments), and Mark Shuttleworth (Thawte) take to the global stage, Snapt has quietly become the country's latest success story.
"Snapt has a relentless hunger for developing affordable, innovative web acceleration and load balancing solutions that will define the future of the global ADC market," said Scott Ryan, CEO/Founder Asankya, Atlanta investor, and Snapt adviser. "Establishing a U.S. presence is an important step forward in building their global business. Snapt Global will introduce additional next generation software-based ADC products in the coming months."
"Customers around the globe increasingly choose Snapt's virtual, software-based solutions to take ownership of their application networking, load balancing, and website security solutions," said Dave Blakey, CEO of Snapt. "Snapt's customers are agile IT heroes who keep their businesses online, performing efficiently, safely, and securely. Their mission is our mission."
"I would recommend Snapt to anybody who is not my competitor," added Todd Reagor, CEO of RivalHost, Snapt's customer and managed web hosting company. "With Snapt's affordable software products, user-friendly interface, and game-changing customer service, we've saved $250,000 in development and staffing costs."
There are currently 517 South African startups and 1,963 angel investors interested in South Africa on AngelList™.
Born in the cloud, Snapt's software-based application delivery controller (ADC) and load balancer solutions power fast, secure delivery of business-critical applications anytime, anywhere, on any device, platform, or cloud-based infrastructure. Disrupting the traditional hardware-based ADC industry, Snapt achieved a 400% annual growth rate in 2014 and now provides software-based load balancing and web acceleration to 10,000 customers in 50 countries. Visit: .
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