Macro 4 and Blue Turtle announce partnership

Global business software provider Macro 4 plc (LSE:MAO) has appointed Blue Turtle as its distributor for South Africa. Blue Turtle will promote, sell and support the complete range of Macro 4 document management, systems management and application performance and availability solutions to financial services clients across the South African region.

John Blowes, WDO region manager, Macro 4 says: Blue Turtle has a great background in document management and systems management. As a result they have the right skill set to support our existing South African customers and our portfolio of products. They also have the drive to secure and develop new business and we are confident they will expand the client base and will be targeting the large financial services community in South Africa.

Martyn Healy, director, Blue Turtle adds: We are delighted to have formed this partnership with Macro 4. The high quality of Macro 4s solutions has already brought it a sound customer base in South Africa.

Much of our expertise is based upon solutions that complement the Macro 4 offering, especially in the areas of document management and systems management. We are very confident that this combination of opportunity and expertise will develop a great deal of new business for Blue Turtle and Macro 4.

Existing customers in South Africa include EDS, Sanlam, Arivia, Total Oil and SITA.