Manchester-based, AIM-listed IT services group and cyber security specialist SysGroup has secured more than £1m of new cyber resilience contracts as it becomes the first managed service provider in the UK and Ireland to join data security firm Rubrik’s PayGo programme.
The group said its latest clients included two three-year deals with a UK housing association and an English further education provider to deliver managed data protection, cyber resilience and recovery services using the Rubrik technology platform.
Joining Silicon Valley-HQ’d Rubrik’s MSP PayGo scheme, the group added, gives it a more flexible, scalable way to offer its capabilities as a managed service, without customers facing large upfront costs.
The company said the tie-up aligns with its “MSP 3.0” and AI strategy and provides a platform for further growth in its managed cyber resilience business.
Heejae Chae, SysGroup executive chairman, said: “Becoming the first UK&I MSP to join Rubrik’s PayGo programme is strategically important for SysGroup.
“It combines Rubrik’s market-leading cyber resilience platform with our ability to advise, implement and manage complex customer environments.
“The result is a differentiated proposition: enterprise-grade data protection and ransomware resilience delivered as a flexible managed service, without requiring customers to take on the cost, complexity or capacity commitments normally associated with enterprise technology.”
He added: “These two three-year agreements, across the social housing and further education sectors, demonstrate that this is not simply a technology partnership. It is already translating into customer demand, recurring revenue and a stronger competitive position for SysGroup.”
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David Kosman, area vice president, global MSP sales, Rubrik, said: “SysGroup combines strong customer relationships, managed service capability and cyber security expertise, making it an excellent partner to extend Rubrik’s cyber resilience capabilities to more organisations.
“Together, we will help customers strengthen their data security, improve ransomware preparedness and access cyber resilience through a flexible, consumption-based managed service.”
SysGroup also has UK offices in Edinburgh, London, Newport and at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
