Xepa Consulting was established in 2000 and founded by Garth" target="_blank">http://www.xepa.co.za/about.html#">Garth Francis. Xepa is 100% black-owned and has grown into a dynamic and successful team which adheres to the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment strategy of the country. Xepa is an ICT Solutions Provider focusing on Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions, ConsultingServices and Outsourcing. Xepa has skilled and certified resources in the related solutions and has the necessary consulting experience and expertise to deliver professional services and support. In addition to Novell and Microsoft partnerships, Xepa is a VMWare Enterprise Partner, a GlobalSignAuthorised Partner, GWAVA Authorised Partner and an HP Preferred Partner. Xepa also has partnerships with other leading hardware and software vendors, including, EMC, Juniper, Cyberoam, TrendMicro andSymantec. With the emergence of Cloud Computing and Software as a Service, Xepa has signed up as a GoogleEnterprise Partner to bring Google Apps to the South African market.