NEC XON, a privately owned company headquartered in South Africa, was founded in 1996 and employs approximately 460 individuals. Functioning as an African integrator of ICT solutions and part of the global Japanese firm NEC, the company has operated in Africa since 1963, specializing in IT services and IT consulting. It delivers communications, energy, safety, security, and digital solutions across 54 African countries, with a footprint in 16 and regional headquarters in South, East, and West Africa. NEC XON is also a level 1-certified broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) business.
On June 23, 2026, NEC XON highlighted that the primary bottleneck in enterprise networks stems from skills shortages, not raw speed, advocating for effective management of escalating data growth and complexity. This followed the company being named Fortinet’s Most Certified Partner of the Year on June 22, 2026, an award recognizing its highly skilled Fortinet practices, with 24 engineers holding 83 certifications across the Fortinet Security Fabric portfolio. The company stated this recognition reflects a deliberate multi-year strategy focused on investing in engineering depth, lab capability, and customer relationships ahead of demand. Earlier, on May 26, 2026, NEC XON successfully detected and stopped a ransomware attack on a global recruitment firm. The attack, which involved cybercriminals navigating the company's systems through probing and reconnaissance, was neutralized using Cortex XDR.
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