NZ is an important market for us and Chillisoft has been able to unlock the hidden potential of the NZ SMB market. By working with selected Partners we have been able to come up with an innovative way...
Chillisoft is a specialist cybersecurity distributor, representing industry-leading vendors in New Zealand, Australia, and throughout the South Pacific. Channel-first, we back our partners and users with highly-competent pre-sales, implementation services, product training, and great support to ensure best possible results.
Our products can be used as standalone point-solutions, or in complementary combinations addressing the complex cybersecurity puzzle.
Today we have around 25 staff, some of whom have worked here for 10+ years, and partners and customers with whom we have worked for 20+ years.
Much modern business is conducted online and we’ve invested significantly in self-serve systems and processes to enable fast, accurate transactions wherever possible. We hold regular online training and product-information events that can be attended by customers and partners from anywhere.
Online events are convenient and effective for wide geographical spread, but we also love in-person so we conduct and attend a wide range of events throughout Australia, Fiji and NZ. Our largest annual event is CybersecCon in Auckland, which had 400+ registrations in 2022. We hope to see you at an event in-person or online soon !
You won’t see us putting this front-of house but we’re grateful for our ongoing good fortune and are pleased to be able to support some extremely effective charities and also provide scholarships for the next generation’s cybersecurity professionals at University of Auckland and AUT.
HISTORY
1998 – Business is founded to distribute Australian developed antivirus product VET, from Cybec in NZ. We also consult in help-desk systems and custom software development projects.
2000 – Cybec is purchased by Computer Associates who have an established distribution channel so we end that relationship and focus on our other activities.
2002 – Relationship begins with emerging European endpoint security vendor ESET.
2006 – Awarded our first vendor awards from ESET for growth and for customer retention.
2018 – Founder Geoff Cossey wants to spend more time fishing. After a 9 month selection process highly-experienced cybersecurity executive Alex Teh is welcomed as new CEO and shareholder. A business strategy review results in the decision to broaden the vendor mix across a wider spectrum of cybersecurity needs.
2019 – 2023 Distribution agreements are signed with the vendors listed here.
Awards
Community SUPPORT
These amazing organisations make huge differences to the lives of many people and we’re very pleased to have been able to support each of them for 10+ years.
Testimonials
Thank you partners and customers for the opportunity to serve you.
I’d like to extend a big thank you to both Chillisoft and ESET, because we absolutely depend on having great partnerships with quality vendors, we rely on receiving expert guidance to help us make informed decisions about the...
Thank you Chillisoft and ESET for the MSP award. This is a testament to good old teamwork by CodeBlue, Chillisoft and ESET. Chillisoft is a strategic partner of CodeBlue, and they are role models for how partners should...
CommArc are very proud to have been selected to receive this award given we are a South Island owned and operated business. Thank you all so much for being here to share in this occasion. We are honoured...
In being someone completely new to this industry, the team at Chillisoft did a fantastic job in setting up multiple training sessions with their vendor community as well as their internal subject matter experts to get me across...
Alex & the ChilliSoft team have been a valuable technology partner for our business over the past few years. They have been champions in helping us develop our LogRhythm MSSP service offering from training our team to helping...
As Country Manager for LogRhythm across Australia and New Zeeland the success of LogRhythm centres around the capability and performance of our Distribution and Partner ecosystem. Across New Zealand the Chillisoft brand has been the trailblazer as a...
Chillisoft has been a great security partner for us, doing an excellent job of making sure we are aware of new security offerings they bring to the New Zealand market. We love working with a local provider who...
Advantage and Chillsoft have been working together for several years as a trusted partners. Chillisoft has been a key partner in supporting us taking our SOC and SIEM service to market and putting their trust in us to...
I first partnered with Alex and the Chillisoft team when I was VP Sales APAC for LogRhythm. In building our presence in the NZ market Chillisoft epitomised Value-Add Distribution by supporting LogRhythm with all aspects of channel management,...
Chillisoft have played an integral part in helping CyberArk establish and grow a successful business in the New Zealand market. They’ve played a key role in identifying and onboarding new partners, coordinating presales activities and workshops that have...
We’re always confident selling products to our customers when Chillisoft is the local distributor because of the support and expertise they provide. From the pre-sales design & customer engagement process to post-sales technical support, we know that Chillisoft...
Our engagement with Chillisoft over the past 12 months has been incredibly positive for Netskope in New Zealand. With Chillisoft’s support, we have formed exciting new go-to-market relationships with the likes of Cello, Spark and Advantage, enabling us...
