
“The combined company serves around 20,000 customers managing and around 16 million end users in 96 countries,” he said.
“It also includes the combined billings of around US$50 million in the past twelve months.
“Marshal8e6 will begin operations with more than 250 employees; research and development; and sales operations in US, England, New Zealand and Taiwan.”
According to Hulse the two companies agreed to merge – and not acquire one or the other – because both had similar synergies; a good roadmap; and portfolio of products.
“[Merger] discussions have been going on for a number of months and came to fruition when it was decided that it would be a great opportunity between both companies as we operate in similar spheres and it will provide a greater offering to both our customers and channel partners,” he said.
“8e6 also has a great reputation in the education and mobility market. These two areas are important in the Australian region.”
“While we are global, Marshal’s presence will give us a stronger foothold in some regions and vice versa,” he said.
Murray said 8e6 approaches products from an appliance perspective and Marshal from a software box view.
“This will compliment both organisations,” he said.